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ASUS P735

By John Chan on 23 May 2007

A handheld with good features for the business user, but those who want the latest HSDPA and GPS options may have to look elsewhere.

Editor's rating:7.0 User rating:7.8

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  WazR32GTSt gave 10/10 on 15/01/2008 16:09

  • Good: Fast. Reliable.
  • Bad: Not as good looking as other phones eg O2 atom

  This is an amazing phone.
  I have had an O2 XDAII mini for 2 years and finally needed an upgrade. I hate the qwerty keyboards and wanted a PDA/phone combo that was similar to the O2 XDAII mini that i had. The requirements were:
  - small and light
  - no qwerty keyboard or phone pad
  - RELIABLE
  - good features: 3G if i need, WIFI if i need, etc
  
  So i was looking at this asus p735 and the O2 atom life. i really liked the atom life as it looked fantastic and had a heap of feautres. but, unfortunately i found reviews that absolutely canned it for a lack of reliability. this is a big issue for me, as my XDAII mini was waht i would consider reliable yet was in the service centre for a month for a buzzing speaker and because the microphone stopped working. Not going to go down that road again.
  
  I came across many reviews of hte P535 but not many of the P735 as its a relatively new phone. This (P735) is the only P-series ASUS phone available to the australian market.
  
  So how do i rate it?
  fantastic! its fast as hell and all the mentioned features work amazing. no hang-ups, no issues whatsoever. exactly what i wanted from a phone. if it had GPS then it would be fulyl feature-packed, but as i already have GPS hardwired into my car i don't need it.
  
  the only thing that i first noticed on day1 was that the battery drained fairly quickly. so, i turned off WIFI, bluetooth, put the CPU into power-saving mode, and switched the phone to 2G mode (regular mode) and suddenly the battery lasts 4+ days :)
  
  I have never written a review before, but i felt that i had to share this positive experience as the reviews i had previously read helped me to decide on this particuler phone.
  
  I got it for $649 from Organiser World (in melbourne ww.ow.com.au) and it came in the box with 2 batteries, a leather case, and all the usual goodies. plus a 2yr factory warranty.

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  mrzouz gave 5/10 on 11/09/2007 22:37

  • Good: asus product quality . also if you find 384kbps for internet is acceptable then 3G here is ok (Compare it to HSDPA of 3,7mbps)
  • Bad: I can think of alot but here are some
    no 3.5 G (HSDPA), no GPS, only 64 ram meaning programs have problem to run together, only usb 1.1,

  hey it's the same in almost all pda's on the market. it has nothing to stand out among all other products available

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  anjo_suarez gave 9/10 on 08/07/2007 20:09

  • Good: FAST and efficient d best Pocket pc cam! excellent connectivity
  • Bad: qwerty

  the best and relaible POCKET PC ever! i love it!! it the best ive ever had... clear pictures fast and smooth internet surfing...d best masculine build smootha and stylish metal housing awesome! up to date WM Os!

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  Ardwych gave 8/10 on 24/04/2007 14:13

  • Good: Style and WinMob6
  • Bad: Emmachisit & Wherejagedit?

  Ah ha - Win Mobile Crossbow V6. Stylus input.
  Now with TengoNet or MessagEase it might be a goer.

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  Ardwych gave 7/10 on 24/04/2007 04:38

  • Good: Uncomplicated, efficient. OS?
  • Bad: Touch-screen? Why couldn't the screen occupy more of that space where the metal is?

  But is it Touch-Screen?!?!?
  The screen is only 44% of the top surface. Is that enough?

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