Asus M930 Smartphone Sneak Peek

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 05:45 PM EDT

We just got our hands on some hot news regarding Asus and a brand new smartphone they’ve just introduced. What you see pictured here is the new Asus M930 Windows Mobile 6-based smartphone. As the pictures show, the M930 has a clamshell design, and features dual screens, a QWERTY keyboard, and a built in camera / webcam.

According to our information, the Asus M930 sports a 450MHz TI OMAP 2431 processor with 256MB of Flash memory and 64MB of SDRAM. The unit also supports Micro-SD expansion cards and SDHC, however, for further expandability. Standby time is reportedly 150 - 200 hours with 2 - 3 hours of talk time using 3G or 4 - 5 hours using 2G. The external 2.0” screen has a QVGA resolution of 240x320 pixels, while the internal 2.6” widescreen support a WQVGA resolution of 400x240 pixels. The built in camera can take 2MP snapshots, and act as a 0.3MP webcam for video conferencing.

If you’re wondering what kind of connectivity options the M930 supports, it has WLAN 802.11b+g, USB 2.0, and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR built-in and can work on HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100, and EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900; Class 10 networks. The M930 also has full 3.5G connectivity where available, which should make it relatively speedy for data transfers.

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com