Asus phones aren’t very famous and you rarely see them, there are only 21 of them, and most are dedicated to office work. Regardless of all that, the rumoured Asus ZX1 might make its ways closer to the shelves than we think.

The ZX1 will feature HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, and to power all that, a Qualcomm’s 520 MHz CPU  bundled with a Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition, although that might be a Windows mobile 6.1 when the phone is released.

There are no imaging features leaked, and Asus doesn’t have any good history on cameraphones, so you can expect nothing more than a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus.

The form factor is unpredictable, but sliders and candybars are in right now, Asus has tried sliders, clamshells and even candybars.

Picture: CyberSalt
Source: Unwired View, IntoMobile

I really think that is an ugly phone, and the worst thing about it, it’s really a bulky slider.

In specifications terms, the i-mate is similar to all phones released on Mobile World Congress, this is the last one in their line-up, after this I will move onto two Nokias that I didn’t report yet on.

The display is a massive 2.8" with VGA resolution, and it’s a touchscreen with handwriting recognition, although there is a numeric keypad beneath the slide.

Connectivity is never a disadvantage in i-mates, there is HSDPA tri-band, EDGE on Quad-band, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/e/i, this device has e and i standards just like the Ultimate 8150. There is also Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support.

The phone is powered by Intel Bulverde 520 MHz processor, and has 128MB of RAM. To support this, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional was used, but I’m wondering why the latest version, 6.1 wasn’t used in any of the released i-mates.

There is a 2 megapixel camera, a secondary VGA camera for video calls, and a TV-out which should be in VGA resolution.

Specs:

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2007, February
	Status	Available. Released 2008, January

Size	Dimensions	118.5 x 60.5 x 15.5 mm
	Weight	152 g

Display	Type	TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
	Size	640 x 480 pixels, 2.8 inches
		- Handwriting recognition

Ringtones	Type	Polyphonic, MP3
	Customization	Download
	Vibration	Yes

Memory	Phonebook	In shared memory
	Call records	Yes
	Card slot	microSD (TransFlash)
		- 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM - Intel Bulverde 520 MHz processor

Data	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	HSCSD	No
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	HSDPA
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/e/i
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port	Yes
	USB	Yes, miniUSB

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE)
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Silver
	Camera	2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels; secondary video(VGA) call camera, video
		- Java MIDP 2.0 - Stereo FM radio - Voice memo - Windows media player 10 - Video/audio album - File manager - Built-in handsfree - TV out

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1530 mAh
	Stand-by
	Talk time

Picture: Clinton Finch
Source: GSMArena

If there is one powerful smartphone candybar available out there, is surely this 8150. Boasting a crazy XScale PXA 270, 520 MHz processor with 128MB of RAM, powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional Operating System.

The 2.6" display has a great VGA resolution, it’s touchscreen and supports handwriting recognition.

On the connectivity side, HSDPA is Triband, sitting on 850 / 1900 / 2100 frequencies, and there is Quad-band EDGE. As usual on the latest devices released by i-mate, the 8150 has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/e/i, as you see, it supports e and i standards on this model. Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support is a must, and a miniUSB port has been added.

TV-out should be in VGA resolution, for my content. The only downside seems to be the 2 megapixel camera, but this is a business phone and not multimedia orientated.