ASUS Launches Fashion-Friendly Eee PC™ Model - The Eee PC S101

ASUS today launched the Eee PC™ S101, an exquisitely designed netbook for fashion conscious individuals who view style as much of a factor of success as substance. The Eee PC™ S101 builds upon the industry-pioneering form factor, ergonomics and features of its predecessors but boasts a wholly revamped exterior in three gorgeous colors—Brown, Champagne or Graphite—accentuated with delightful details such as premium Infusion finishes and crystal-adorned hinges, a successful melding of fashion and functionality that easily situates it at the pinnacle of netbook computing.

“The ASUS Eee PC™ S101 has raised the bar for netbooks. Customers now have more choices in terms of style without compromising on functionality. We expect Eee PC™ S101 to lead our netbook sales in India.” said Mr. Stanley Wu, Country Head – Notebook Business, ASUS (India) while commenting on this latest product by ASUS. He further added, “Looking at the changing customer preferences, the Eee PC™ S101 has combined style with substance to suit fashion conscious travelers and business professionals. We are confident that with this latest offering from ASUS customers will be able to enjoy a computing experience with a unique sense of style.”

Fashion-on-the-go Made Eeeasy

With its elegant styling and slender profile, the Eee PC™ S101 cuts a striking profile that complements any sartorial ensemble. Its unique colors emanate confidence, success and dynamism, and its incredible portability—weighing a mere 1 kg and svelter than most fashion magazines at just 1.8 cm—enables users to carry themselves with effortless grace, without the slouching and strain that often plagues users of regular notebooks. Its fantastic slimness, which has an uncanny ability to snare attention, enables it to tuck easily into most bags.

Substance in Equal Measure

Its head-turning looks and astounding portability aside, the Eee PC™ S101 is equally impressive in terms of features. It supports Wi-Fi 802.11n, enabling high speed Internet access virtually anywhere. It also features Bluetooth V2.0, ensuring fast and convenient connectivity with a vast range of Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Every Eee PC™ S101 comes with an encrypted 20 GB Internet storage facility known as Eee Storage, allowing users to store and subsequently access their important documents and media securely whenever, wherever. The Eee S101 will be available two variants - a 16GB solid state drive and a 160 GB hard disk drive model. Rounding off the Eee PC™ S101’s comprehensive storage capabilities is an integrated 4-in-1 flash card reader that supports more formats than other Eee PC™ models. The supported flash memory types are MMC, SD, Memory Stick and MS-PRO.

The Eee PC™ S101 is also equipped with a vibrant 10.2” wide active matrix LED-backlit display which is capable of running at WSVGA resolution, thus providing more-than-ample space for viewing documents and perusing other media.

Long Four-hour Battery Life with Super Hybrid Engine

The Eee PC™ S101 features the exclusive Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) which greatly enhances its energy efficiency, letting users enjoy longer battery life per charge—enabling up to five hours of continuous use—thus eliminating the need to lug power adapters along with them. SHE also offers a choice of performance and power consumption modes that allow users to make quick and easy adjustments to suit their usage scenarios.

Familiar Operating System

Catering to users across the full spectrum of experience levels, the Eee PC™ S101 is available with either Microsoft® Windows® XP Home edition operating system. The Microsoft Windows version offers users with moderate to substantial computing experience with more configuration avenues and a wider spread of applications. The incorporation of Windows Live™ Messenger and Windows Live Mail ensures that all of the user’s communication needs are fully met, and the inclusion of Microsoft Works equips the user with the ability to work efficiently while out of the office.

Specifications

Model: Eee PC™ S101
Operating System: Genuine Windows® XP Home
Display: 10.2” wide active matrix LED-backlit TFT, WSVGA 1024 x 600, 252K colors
CPU: Intel Atom
Chipset: Intel 945GSE ICH7-M
LAN: Onboard 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller
Wireless Data Network: WLAN: 802.11n
Bluetooth V2.0
Memory: 1 GB (DDR2)
Storage: Solid State Drive 16 GB / 160 GB Hard disk drive
20 GB Eee Storage
Interface: 1 x VGA port (D-sub 15-pin for external monitor)
3 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x LAN RJ-45
2 x audio jacks: Headphone / Mic-in
Camera: 0.3 M Pixel
Reader: 4-in-1 MMC, SD, Memory Stick and MS-PRO flash card slot
Touchpad: Multi-touch
Audio: Hi-definition audio CODEC
Built-in high quality stereo speakers
Digital Array Mic
Battery: 2-cell Li-Polymer (4 hours)
Dimensions: 264 mm (w) x 180.5 mm (d) x 18 ~ 25 mm (h)
Weight: 1 kg
Casing Colors / Infusion: Brown, Champagne or Graphite

ASUS India with IDLDPL Releases P527 PDA Phone in the Indian Market

AsusIndia along with IDLDPL, (India Digital Life Style Distributors Pvt. Ltd.)has launched their latest PDA phone, the P527 in Indian market. Among the host of versatile functions, Travelog and Location Courier have been crowned as the most unique features on the P527. While Travelog enables users to record travel routes and export data to Google Earth, Location Courier serves as a S.O.S. device to send a user’s GPS position to five preset phone numbers. In such cases of emergency, SMS messages will be delivered to the preset receivers with a touch of a button.

Mr. Surinder Saini, Asst Vice President, Sales-IDLDPL, said," The handset is deftly packaged in a compact and stylish form factor. It is an ideal personal gadget for users who enjoy efficiency on the go. In order to have a larger acceptance of this product, we will endeavour to make it available every where through our retailer partners. We will target all the B2C sites and retail chains across the country”.
Mr. Altaf Ansari, Product Manager, PDA Business, ASUS India, says, like many other Windows Mobile PDA-phones, the P527 comes with quite a few wireless connectivity features. It has all the other features like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. A bonus is the inclusion of an FM tuner. The ASUS P527 PDA brought home the prestige of CES Innovation Design and Engineering award for 2008. This latest cellular innovation from ASUS is designed to provide users with simple access to the latest GPS technology."
Capture and Share Exciting Journeys with Travelog
The P527 can record and share users’ traveling pictures, routes, Points of Interests (POIs) and memo with the handy built-in Travelog feature. This handy function supports the Google Earth satellite maps format – allowing users to create a diary of events during their travels. With Travelog, users will be able to put together snapshots and other interesting tidbits of their travels onto their blogs – allowing them to share with others their memorable travels as they trek across from one key point to another along their journeys.

GPS Quickly Pinpoints Your Locations
The timely GPS navigation with GPS Catcher allows users to find their location quickly wherever they are in the world – allowing them to rapidly navigate to their next destination with ease. The Location Courier feature of the P527 will also help prevent users from ever getting lost by accurately and periodically reporting their position to their pre-defined friends’ contacts. Even in locations with vast, open country, the global GPS network will always be able to locate the user – making this handy PDA phone the best safeguard for their daily safety.

New station Keeps You Updated with the Latest News
Utilizing the Windows® Mobile™ 6 Professional Operating System, the P527 provides complete Office functions and synchronizes Outlook emails, edits Word and Excel documents and views PowerPoint slides. Additionally, the new station feature allows users to receive the latest news reports and website information through RSS related settings – keeping them in touch through real-time updates and blog posts. The Business Card Recognition feature also makes it easy to capture the details of a business card without tediously keying in the data into the contacts – allowing users to keep track of contacts with ease.

Enjoy Portable Multimedia Functions
With the built-in FM Radio Receiver, 2 Mega-Pixels Camera (Auto-Focus) and Windows Media Player, users will be able to enjoy more multimedia enjoyment; while the built-in Windows® Live functions allow access to Hotmail, MSN, Spaces and Search – allowing them to keep in touch with their online friends and keep them updated on whatever they are doing.

Sophisticated Outlook with User-Friendly Interface
The P527’s slim 15.4mm design with a silver-gray aluminum cover exudes both style and professionalism. 8 dedicated hotkeys allow quick access to main functions – making it simple and time efficient to use. Furthermore, the 5 directional front jog dial and the 3 directional side jog wheel allow easy access to the interface according to the user’s preference – providing the user with an easy-to-use interface that allows single-handed usage for enhanced work efficiency.

.Other features:

Dimensions: 113 x 58 x 15.4 mm
Weight: 125 grams
Display: 240 x 320 pixels
CPU: TI OMAP850 200 MHz
64 MB RAM/ 128 MB ROM
TransFlash/microSD
SiRF Star III GPS chip
Screen Size:2.6 inches
Screen Details:240 x 320, 65K
Camera:Yes
Megapixels:2 MP
Bluetooth:Yes
Web Browser:Yes
Network:GSM
Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
High-Speed Data:EDGE
Special Features:Music
It is a quad band phone (GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900) powered by Windows Mobile 6 and has 64MB RAM with 128MB ROM. As far as storage expansion, the P527 provides TransFlash/microSD slot. The con about this phone is it only supports EDGE connection.

Pricing & Availability:

The new ASUS P527 PDAphone is priced at Rs.17900/

ASUS India with IDLDPL unveils yet another new P750 PDA phone

Asus India along with IDLDPL, (India Digital Life Style Distributors Pvt. Ltd.) has launched their latest PDA phone, the P750. The P750 is a fully loaded Tri-Band GSM PDA phone with GPS capabilities as well as Wi-Fi, 3.5G with HSDPA and Bluetooth with A2DP connectivity. This particular model is also the winner of the 2007 Japan G-Mark Award.
The new gadget will be equipped with powerful processor and 3.2 MP camera. The new ASUS P750 will work on the basis of Marvell PXA27x processor with clock frequency of 520 MHz under control of OS Mobile Windows 6 Professional and contain 64 MB of operative memory, also 256 MB, used for storage of programs and others. For additional memory, one can always add microSD card. The Smartphone is equipped with TFT display with a diagonal of 2, 8 inches and resolution of 240x320 pixels, and also with built in 3, 2 megapixels camera with an auto focus.

One of the basic features of the device is the presence of GPS of chipset SiRFStar III. ASUS P750 supports cellular network standards GSM/GPRS/EDGE, and UMTS/HSDPA as well. Communication opportunities are also provided by Bluetooth 2.0 module, wireless interface 802.11b, 802.11g and USB port used for synchronization with other, including personal computers, devices.
Mr. Surinder Saini, Asst Vice President, Sales-IDLDPL, said," The handset is a complete businessapplication and connectivity set that will allow users to carry their office communication device in their palms. Further more he adds, As IDLDPL has aggressive marketing plan also ready along with good distribution system, I am optimistic that ASUS P750 will acquire a very huge market share in the coming days especially among the young professionals as it’s a light weight smart phone that is heavy on features”.
Mr. Altaf Ansari, Product Manager, PDA Business, ASUS India, says, "This is one of the models that we are planning to launch in Indian market to cater to the different tastes of our customers. The ASUS P750 is one of our most powerful offerings in the PDA Phone category. It has won many awards in performance and design which makes it just the right companion for a smart and stylish professional".
The ASUS P750 is powered by a 520MHz Marvell PXA270M processor and runs Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional. It's a tri-band GSM handset with GPRS/EDGE and 3G/HSDPA connectivity supporting download speeds of up to 3.6Mbps with suitable network coverage. The device has 256MB of flash ROM and 64MB of SDRAM. After a hard reset, our review sample reported 147MB of free storage memory. This can be augmented with microSD cards; the ASUS P750 supports SDHC, which means it can handle high-capacity (2GB) cards.
Both Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth (2.0+EDR) are integrated, and a SiRFStar III GPS receiver completes a full suite of wireless connectivity options for the P750 — WAN, LAN, PAN and satellite. ASUS provides two GPS-aware applications. Location Courier allows you to send an SMS containing your latitude and longitude to up to five recipients at once. You can send messages manually or set the software up to automatically send positioning information at regular time intervals. The second application, called Travelog, captures your GPS footprint as you travel. This can be exported in a format appropriate for use with Google Earth.
The ASUS P750 has two cameras. The front-mounted VGA-resolution camera above the screen is designed primarily for video calling, while the main camera is on the back of the device. This is a 3-megapixel unit that lacks both a self-portrait mirror and a flash, but offers a good range of settings (for a handheld) and an auto-focus mode. The auto-focus mode comes in handy when using the World Card application, which converts a photo of a business card into an entry in the Contacts database. This works surprisingly well.
Other bundled applications include Remote Presenter, which lets you control PowerPoint presentations via Bluetooth; an RSS reader; a backup and restore utility; My Secrets for keeping documents, pictures and video in a password-protected area; and a graphical icon-driven alternative to the Windows Mobile Today screen.
As far as the P750's battery life is concerned, ASUS claims 6 hours of 2G talk, and 240 hours of 3G standby. We used Automatic Mode in our battery test, which involved setting the P750 to play music non-stop from a microSD card with the screen forced to remain on. Under these conditions, the device managed just over 12 hours. This is impressive battery life for a Windows Mobile 6 Professional device, although realistic usage patterns involving a mixture of GPS, Wi-Fi and 3G mean that you'll be lucky to achieve it in practice.

Pricing & Availability:
The new ASUS P750 PDAphone is priced at Rs.32, 000/-and MOPRs.28, 900/-.ASUS P750 PDAphone is now available in India through India Digital Life Style Distributors Pvt Ltd.You can contact IDLDPL at 135-136-137, Rectangle-1, Plot No- D4, District Centre, Saket, New Delhi-110017, and Phone: 011-46096400, Fax: 011- 46096430, Mail: contactus@idldpl.comWebsite: www.idldpl.com/and all mobile stores.

About IDLDPL:
IDLDPL (India Digital Life Style Distributors Pvt. Ltd.) is one of the largest distributors of lifestyle products in India. IDLDPL represents some of the world-repute brands like Sony, Pentax, Creative, YES, Lacie, Parrot, Logic3, Panasonic, ASUS, Canon and Colorvision. Based out of New Delhi, it has presence all across India including metros like Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore; and non-metro markets in B-and C-class cities. Besides, IDLDPL has tie-ups with all major retail chains including Reliance, Planet-M, Future Bazaar, The Mobile Store, Music World, TV-18, Metro, and Asli Sale.com. IDLDPL also provides multi-location billing facility to its customers. IDLDPL believes in Quality of Services. Part of this, logistics and support are the company’s forte.

About ASUS:
Technology Pvt. Ltd.: Asus Technology Pvt. Ltd. is a leading provider of 3C total solutions. With a global staff of more than 100 thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the turnover for 2006 was 16.5 billion U.S. Dollars. ASUS has been ranked in Business Week InfoTech 100 for 10 straight years, and was ranked No.1 by the Wall Street Journal for best quality products in Taiwan. Its product portfolio includes notebooks, motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, LCD monitors, information appliances, desktop PCs & PC components, servers, wireless solutions, mobile phones, handhelds, digital home solutions, broadband communication products and networking devices.