Speculation, being what it is, forces us to take both possible sides of a story in to account. Such as this latest rumor regarding the Lamborghini-branded Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone from ASUS. The ASUS ZX1 Lamborghini has been gussied up and shown off for the lux-handset demographic to drool over for the past several months, and we've been waiting on ASUS to finally launch the handset this summer. But, that may no longer be the case.

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Wait, what? Google's Android mobile OS is running on a handset designed with Symbian as the underlying mobile platform?
Yep, at least that's what it looks like from what we can see in this here video. Apparently, some enterprising Android fan has managed to get what seems to be Android up and running on their Nokia N95. The videos aren't exactly of the best quality (read: crap), but we can clearly see the Android-based Google Maps application grabbing positional data and the Android dialer making a voice call.

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Garmin, one of the biggest names in GPS navigation hardware, has announced that it has, for the first time ever, outsourced production of a device. The Garmin Nuvifone, long-expected to marry Garmin's GPS navigation prowess with the convenience of a mobile phone, will apparently be manufactured by ASUS.

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What good is a flagship handset sporting a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM radio, tri-band (850/1900/2100Mhz) UMTS/HSDPA radio, WiFi, and integrated GPS if it doesn't sport the latest eye-candy available?
Well, actually, it's still a damn good range-topping handset, but there's always room for improvement.

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Let's see, HTC has its own UI (TouchFLO and TouchFLO 3D) running on top of Windows Mobile, Gigabyte and Sony Ericsson are working on something similar, and now ASUS is joining the pack with its Glide — in its release ASUS doesn't specifies on top of which mobile OS Glide will run, however all their handsets are using Windows Mobile.

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ASUS isn't showing any signs of slowing down its Windows Mobile product lineup anytime soon. The ASUS P560 may be a bit overshadowed by the company's Lamborghini-branded ASUS ZX1, but that doesn't mean the ASUS P560 isn't a true powerhouse by any means.

The quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM ASUS P560 is powered by Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 and packs in a dual-band 3.6Mbps HSDPA radio, aGPS, WiFi, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, microSDHC slot, 256MB ROM / 128MB RAM.

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ASUS P320 touchscreen smartphone recently got FCC approval. It works well on Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900), GPRS and EDGE connectivity. Running on Windows Mobile Pro 6.1, ASUS P320 features TI OMAP 850 200 MHz CPU, 1280 ROM/64 RAM, 2.8″ QVGA 320×240 px TFT LCD touchscreen and Built-in SiRF III GPS.

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When ASUS are pushing out Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro 320 x 320 touchscreen smartphones with HSDPA, GPS, WiFi and a 3-megapixel camera, it hardly seems surprising that anticipation for Palm’s upcoming WM Treo isn’t that hot. The ASUS m536 manages to be slimmer than the Treo 750v (just 13.9mm) despite blowing it away feature-wise, and has a clever dual-purpose fingerprint reader that not only offers biometric security but works as a five-way navigation control too.

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ASUS has introduced its P560 communicator at the CeBIT 2008. Like ASUS Lamborghini ZX1 it is based on Windows Mobile 6.1 and own-branded 3D graphical interface, which enables “one-touch” access to multimedia menu. You can adjust Multi-Home animated menu as you like. The specs provided below are taken from the exhibition info and can be somewhat changed by the release of the device.

The specs of ASUS P560:

Networks - GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSDPA

OS - Windows Mobile 6.1

Display – 2.8” touchscreen 240×320 pixels

128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM

Bluetooth 2.0

WI-FI 802.11b/g

GPS-receiver

3-megapixel camera

VGA-camera

Li-Ion battery

Dimensions – 116.4×64.2×13.4 mm

Weight – 120.5 g

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Asus, a company perhaps best known for making motherboards for personal computers, has had its toe dipped in the smartphone market for a couple of years now. The company, which is not well known for phones outside of Asia, officially entered the UK market late last year and now has plans to enter the U.S. market with the launch of the P527, the subject of this review.

The P527 is a Windows Mobile Professional smartphone that comes equipped with high end features like an auto-focus camera and GPS navigation. It also features one rather rare and practical feature for a touchscreen based Windows Mobile device: a traditional alphanumeric phone keypad. After spending a couple of weeks with the P527, I can safely say that this quad-band GSM/EDGE smartphone is a very handy device to have around.

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Asus keep us our attention busy these days with several announcements from the CeBIT IT show in Hannover. The high-end devices are Asus P560, Asus P320 also known as Galaxi Mini, Asus M536 and ASUS Lamborghini ZX1 running on 3D-like customized Windows Mobile 6.1 UI.

Asus P320
The second offering is the quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE Asus P320 Galaxi Mini, running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS. It's powered by the somewhat underpowered 200 MHz TI OMAP 850 processor and has 128 MB of ROM and 64 MB RAM. Those specs however are understandable as the Asus P320 Galaxi Mini is among the smallest PocketPC phones. It's smaller than the HTC Touch and the LG KS20 beats it only by one millimeter in thickness.

The display is again a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen. The built-in GPS takes advantage of the SiRFstar III chipset and definitely makes it the smallest Pocket PC phone with GPS . Other goodies include Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 and microSD card support. There is no Wi-Fi support however - that alone is enough to make us sad.

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Here you go QWERTY fans, ASUS' M536. This touch-screen follow-up to the M530W runs Windows Mobile 6.1 under that 2.43-inch, 320 x 320 display. Inside you'll find 802.11b/g WiFi, 256MB of flash, and GPS. While it sports 3.6Mbps HSDPA on the 2100/1900/850 bands, it's unfortunately limited to GSM/EDGE/GPRS riding the 900/1800/1900 frequencies. As such, we'll bet this one is heading straight to Europe, Statesiders. Our hands-on was brief due to that fingerprint scanner. Still, we'd bet that this business minded handset will come sporting ASUS' own sultry WinMo overlay whenever it does launch.

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After the Lamborghini notebook, Asus is reportedly prepping for the unveiling of the new Asus ZX1 Lamborghini PDA phone over at the CeBit in Germany in March, along with its new computers. According to mobinaute.com, the Asus ZX1 Lamborghini phone will have a perfectly flat display integrated onto the phone housing and will have a touch-screen interface very similar to the iPhone. It will run on either Windows Mobile 6 Pro or Windows Mobile 6.1, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, 520 MHz Qualcomm CPU, and 3G connection with HSDPA support. As expected, the Asus ZX1 Lamborghini is a high-end phone with a projected price of around US$950-1,000.

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This little device in a tiny computer, comes with Windows Mobile and has built in Wi-fi and bluetooth giving you a versatile computing platform on the go. The device also provides multi-media options and support a wide range of formats and CODECs. Has built in speakers allowing you to view and listen to music and videos. If couple with this and you will have one powerful GPS.

312 MHz Marvell XScale processor

3.5-inch TFT LCD touchscreen with 65k colors, 240 x 320-pixel resolution (QVGA)

128 MB Flash ROM and 64 MB SDRAM, 3.5mm earphone jack, Integrated microphone and speakers

Full duplex recording and playback,1200 mAh removable/rechargeable battery

Dimensions: 2.8 x 0.6 x 4.6 inches and weighs only 5.57 ounces

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Never mind the silly little internal display for just a moment -- the Windows Mobile 6 Standard-based M930 from ASUS is still a pretty interesting phone in a form factor that doesn't come along every day, and it'll likely get scrutinized for purchase by a good many folks in 2100MHz 3G-friendly parts of the globe over the next few months. TamsWMS had the opportunity to touch one at a recent ASUS press event and compare it side-by-side with a variety of other devices; it appears to be roughly the same size as a Treo 680 (pictured), but don't be fooled -- it also makes the chubby Nokia N71 look like a RAZR.

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