Asus P526

The Taiwanese electronic devices manufacturer Asus has proved to be a serious contender on the Pocket PCs market. In terms of performance, its devices make little room for improvements and starting with the P525 model, the usability features have also benefited from a serious boost. Although the P526 is not the direct successor of the P525, it offers a similar design, with the same numeric phone keypad first introduced by Asus in the P525. Belonging to the middle-class range of Pocket PCs, the P526 comes with an integrated GPS receiver and runs on Microsoft's latest version of its operating system, Windows Mobile 6 Professional.

Also known under the Pegasus codename, the P526 was launched in June 2007 and is now available for purchase for a price of about $640. The first thing to notice about the P526 is that it looks like a smartphone, including a number keypad similar to that found in ordinary phones. Furthermore, its size (58x110x15.4 mm) and weight seem to suggest this. But even with these dimensions and even though the device is very light, weighing as little as 115 grams, make no mistake, the P526 is a fully featured Pocket PC.