By Tony Smith
21st June 2006 10:49 GMT
Asus this week unveiled its latest mobile phones, including a
slimline slider that doubles up as a remote control
unit. Operating by Bluetooth, the J208 is pitched at
business folk, who can use the handset to control
presentations and slideshows.
The J208 is 1.7mm thick and sports a 176 x 220, 1.9in,
262,144-colour screen and a two-megapixel digital camera. It's got
64MB of memory on board, expandable by MicroSD card. It's a music
player, natch - and can send stereo signals out by
Bluetooth.
The presentation system works the same way, sending out key
presses and movements of the five-way navigation control out to a
PC. It's the kind of technology already available on a
number of devices via third-party applications like Salling
Clicker.
The M310, meanwhile, is a tri-band clamshell phone. It too has a
two-megapixel camera, this time with an autofocus function, flash
and a five-level zoom. The handset sports a 2.2in, 320 x 240,
262,144-colour main display.
It'll synchronise with Microsoft Outlook to transfer
contacts and calendar data to its 35MB of memory.
Pricing and availability have yet to be announced. ®
