[Alex (nedge2k)]

Cast your mind back to October, we exclusively previewed Asus' all singing, all dancing P750. At the time I was told to expect e-tailers like Expansys and Devicewire to be stocking the device by December and for a certain carrier O2 to have the device by February.

Well, as with most release dates, the P750's has slipped. However, I was doing my regular check of Expansys earlier and what did I see? The P750 was available by request! This, however, has now changed to what seems to be a firm date of March 20th and an amazing price of just £349.95!

Now, when you consider the almost identically spec'd HTC Kaiser is currently selling for £469.95, you realise just how good that price really is.

Oh and as a teaser of things to come, we've got our hands on a UK retail P750 which I'll be doing the obligatory video unboxing / review of very soon. Keep it locked people

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[Joost39]

Cant wait

[mstephenson]

Must have missed the preview of this back in October but WOW this looks like one great device! Been looking at something to replace my S710 and whilst this breaks the £300 price barrier which I try to stay below, it certainly looks worth the money. Might just start saving

[gorstj]

Great device but why the 2.6" screen?

Trying to decide between the Asus, HP Ipaq 614 and the Touch cruise

All have pros and cons?

Asus - small screen, but good price and good GPS chipset, only 64meg ram(is this a problem)
HP - unknown quality GPS, ?poor support as pulled from the USA (e.g. software updates, lower number of users)
Touch Cruise - no graphics driver!!, more expensive

So what is the screen like compared to a 2.8". Is it transreflective?

This post has been edited by gorstj: 26 February 2008 - 10:42 AM

[Alex (nedge2k)]

gorstj, on Feb 26 2008, 10:28, said:

Great device but why the 2.6" screen?

Trying to decide between the Asus, HP Ipaq 614 and the Touch cruise

All have pros and cons?

Asus - small screen, but good price and good GPS chipset, only 64meg ram(is this a problem)
HP - unknown quality GPS, ?poor support as pulled from the USA (e.g. software updates, lower number of users)
Touch Cruise - no graphics driver!!, more expensive

So what is the screen like compared to a 2.8". Is it transreflective?

I haven't had many, if any, issues with the lack of RAM. The overall performance of the device seems to more than make up for it. As for the screen, I'll admit I would have preferred a 2.8" unit but the 2.6" is still very usable - it's only 0.2" difference at the end of the day

[J273]

Hmmm

Ive just orderd a i780 if i dont like it...think ill be getting me one of these.

[J273]

have you had any problems with it at all yet Alex?

[Alex (nedge2k)]

J273, on Feb 26 2008, 12:50, said:

have you had any problems with it at all yet Alex?

Hardware-wise? No. Software-wise? Yes BUT, the ROM installed on my device is 4.3.3 - from looking on the Asus support FTP site, it seems that this is a little out of date. Also, two of the main issues I've experienced seem to have been already addressed with Hotfixes (Asus don't make you wait for a whole new ROM before they issue a fix ). For the most part, it's been an absolute dream to live with

[Mechanicaldan]

I too have a S710 (stupid rubber covers), and want more of an All-In-One smartphone. I like having number keys. It's just personal preference. I'm also trying to decide between the P750, the HP 614c, and the MWg Zinc II (which goes against the keypad comment, but I love the S710's slide out keyboard!) I think the 614c might be too big for my pocket. The Zinc II has a slightly larger screen in almost the same case size as the P750. Plus the Zinc II has FM radio, BUT it only has 1.9 MP camera. My next device has to have GPS, otherwise I'll keep my S710. I'm leaning toward the P750 for the better camera, but it's only tri-band and I travel to the states. I'm still making trade-offs. It looks like I'm waiting for the Xperia X1.

I'm really looking forward to the review/unboxing.

Decisions, decisions....

This post has been edited by Mechanicaldan: 26 February 2008 - 04:44 PM

[Ovie]

Mmmm it's alright, I don't really think it can be compared to the Kaiser which has a full QWERTY keyboard. Also it has a smaller screen and half the RAM. I just get the feeling we need more than 64mb these days, I seem to be multi-tasking more and more and my Trinity is really struggling!

[Alex (nedge2k)]

Ovie, on Feb 26 2008, 17:20, said:

Mmmm it's alright, I don't really think it can be compared to the Kaiser which has a full QWERTY keyboard. Also it has a smaller screen and half the RAM. I just get the feeling we need more than 64mb these days, I seem to be multi-tasking more and more and my Trinity is really struggling!

P750 is a lot cheaper than the Kaiser, has better GPS than the Kaiser, is a lot faster than the Kaiser, better looking than the Kaiser and smaller than the Kaiser. That makes it the better device in my book.

I personally prefer having a T9 keypad over a QWERTY keyboard - means you can use it easily with one hand

The only thing that the Kaiser beats the P750 on is community support. E.g. the chances of seeing a cooked ROM for the P750 are very slim.

[Joost39]

I´m still waiting for my new iPAQ 614C, ordered it saturday (in stock they wrote) - no phone today it has the 2.8" screen, but my 2,6" on the HTC Touch Dual is okay for everyday use including navigation with GARMIN Mobile XT.

The P750 looks damn nice though...

This post has been edited by Joost39: 27 February 2008 - 04:46 PM

[gorstj]

Joost39, on Feb 26 2008, 18:27, said:

I´m still waiting for my new iPAQ 614C, ordered it saturday (in stock they wrote) - no phone today it has the 2.8" screen, but my 2,6" on the HTC Touch Dual is okay for everyday use including navigation with GARMIN Mobile XT.

The the P750 looks damn nice though...

Let us know what the Ipaq 614 GPS is like.... that is the main thing putting me off..

[rkrishnamurthy]

Alex (nedge2k), on Feb 26 2008, 18:11, said:

The only thing that the Kaiser beats the P750 on is community support. E.g. the chances of seeing a cooked ROM for the P750 are very slim.

No Alex,

Actually they have a dedicated russian forum (http://asusmobile.ru) for Asus Devices with a load of custom roms. i actually use P750 and mine is asian version. i am using a WM6.1 ROM downloaded from the russian website.

Only gripe is, we need to use the google translation and it may not be 100% correct all the time.

regards
krish

[hrcro2]

Alex (nedge2k), on Feb 26 2008, 19:11, said:

The only thing that the Kaiser beats the P750 on is community support. E.g. the chances of seeing a cooked ROM for the P750 are very slim.

Here is direct translated link.
http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=en&am...a60e13f43eac4c2

This post has been edited by hrcro2: 27 February 2008 - 07:39 AM

[Joost39]

gorstj, on Feb 26 2008, 19:59, said:

Let us know what the Ipaq 614 GPS is like.... that is the main thing putting me off..

Sure I´ll do that when it arrives....I´m waiting for it to get here any old day now

[mstephenson]

Was pretty much ready to start saving for one of these phones but i'm growing increasingly worried about the joystick control. Really thought we'd moved on past this idea but it seems not. The main problem is we won't find out if there are any issues with the joystick for a good few months yet as the one on the C600 was great for the first few months. I wouldn't be thinking twice about whether to get this or not if it had the directional pad. Guess at least you have the touch screen and scroll wheel options

[Joost39]

Got the iPAQ 614C today - WOW what a wonderful onehanded unit all the way - and the GPS is just as good as my Freedom Keychain BT GPS 2000.
Tomtom6 and GARMIN Mobile XT runs like a charm and the 2,8" screen rocks. The touch wheel (round two ways and 4 ways up and down/sideways movement) is nice with the scroll button on the side.
I´m a happy gadgetguy

[gorstj]

Joost39, on Feb 28 2008, 16:43, said:

Got the iPAQ 614C today - WOW what a wonderful onehanded unit all the way - and the GPS is just as good as my Freedom Keychain BT GPS 2000.
Tomtom6 and GARMIN Mobile XT runs like a charm and the 2,8" screen rocks. The touch wheel (round two ways and 4 ways up and down/sideways movement) is nice with the scroll button on the side.
I´m a happy gadgetguy

What was the GPS lock on time like? Did you download the A-GPS information first, or did it just lock on itself?

What is the speed of the unit like? I believe the intel chip it uses is quite old?

What comes with it in the box? (is their an active car cradle/charger?)

Cheers

[J273]

Joost39, on Feb 28 2008, 16:43, said:

Got the iPAQ 614C today - WOW what a wonderful onehanded unit all the way - and the GPS is just as good as my Freedom Keychain BT GPS 2000.
Tomtom6 and GARMIN Mobile XT runs like a charm and the 2,8" screen rocks. The touch wheel (round two ways and 4 ways up and down/sideways movement) is nice with the scroll button on the side.
I´m a happy gadgetguy

Do you have any piccys of the handset?

Thanks

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