14 DAY TRIAL // Asus P560, first presented at the beginning of March, during CeBIT 2008, will be commercially available across Europe starting next month (June), for a retail price of about 500 Euros (or $770). If you think this is expensive, well, it is, but the P560 seems to be worth all that money.
Although it comes as the less stylish brother of Asus Lamborghini ZX1, Asus P560 actually looks almost as good as the smartphone made in collaboration with the Italian sports car manufacturer, only that it doesn't have the "Lamborghini touch". The P560 resembles the ZX1 when it comes to features too, which is obviously a good thing.
At only 13.4 millimeters thick and 120 grams, Asus P560 packs a wide range of advanced features that make it a good choice for users who need a sophisticated smartphone. The P560 offers a 2.8 inch touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels and 65K colors, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA connectivity, Music and Video players, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, USB 2.0, a 3 Megapixel camera with auto focus, secondary video-call camera and memory expansion slot.
The smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, hence it brings all the suit of Microsoft-specific applications, including Office Mobile, Pocket Internet Explorer, email and so on. Relying on a 450 MHz processor and 128MB of RAM, the P560 is probably fast enough to satisfy the mobile needs of all users.
When available (in June, as we already mentioned), Asus P560 will come with regional maps of Europe and navigation software, installed on a 512MB card. For the moment there are no details about the device's availability in other regions except Europe, but since the Lamborghini ZX1 was recently announced for India, the P560 might also be released in Asia and even in the US.