Asus M530w

  • Released 2008, April
    135g, 13.8mm thickness
    Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Standard
    256MB 64MB RAM storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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  • 2.4"
    320x240 pixels
  • 2MP
    Video recorder
  • 64MB RAM
  • 1200mAh
    Li-Ion

Asus M530w - Specs

Network Technology GSM / UMTS
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands UMTS 2100
Speed Yes, 384 kbps
Launch Announced 2007, May. Released 2008, April
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 117 x 65 x 13.8 mm (4.61 x 2.56 x 0.54 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz)
Keyboard QWERTY
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT , 65K colors
Size 2.4 inches, 17.8 cm2 (~23.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~167 ppi density)
Platform OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Standard
CPU 32-bit Intel XScale PXA270 416 MHz
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal 256MB 64MB RAM
Main Camera Single 2 MP
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single VGA videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WMA, AAC, Midi, WMV ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS No
Radio No
USB 1.1
Features Sensors
Browser HTTP / WAP 2.0
 Pocket Office
Bluetooth Presenter
Business card scanner
MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
WMV/MP4 player
Organizer
World Clock
File Manager
MSN
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 250 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
Misc Colors Black, White
Price About 330 EUR

Asus M530w - User Reviews

  • i wanna purches this handset .. pleae tell from where can i buy it . . ? ? ??????????

  • m530w stop to window pls send to apdeter tools

  • This phone looks NICE

  • my mobiles asus m530w display damaged in an accident few days back. i searched about service centre in secundrabad, but i couldnot get it please inform me.where is the serviece centre?

  • my mobiles asus m530w display damaged in an accident few days back. i searched about service centre in secundrabad, but i couldnot get it please inform me.where is the serviece centre?

  • my mobiles asus m530w display damaged in an accident few days back. i searched about service centre in secundrabad, but i couldnot get it please inform me.where is the serviece centre?

  • ASUS is good it can beat the specification of other phones. The problem is their Service Centers and their spareparts. Its very difficult to get in touch with them to ask when and where can buy their parts.

  • hi asus m530w coste

  • never purchase this phone. i have purchased this phone@rs 12000 and now it became just a brick. i contacted service center, they mother board will cost u rs.7,500. this phone has no. of demerits within one year i repaired it three times during warranty period.so pl. don't purchase this phone.

  • hii.. can I ask about my hp m530w.. why suddenly certain messages in inbox was gone & the features for mms also gone.. then,yesterday I can't send sms, only can make a call/received call & sms.. so,what should I do rather than call customer service center?

  • if you don't know how to use it, it's not the phone's problem....;)

  • bhainchod asus m530w jaisa chutia phone kabhi nahi kharidna....i m serious about it..i am now fedup with this phone...not only mother board problem is there but the problem of batttery backup is there...it is difficult to connect with pc...dont ever buy this bloddy phone

  • Now this is a Cool phone! HTC s621 is a cool phone too, but this phone looks even better wow.

  • Some of the specifications stated are not true. disappointed with this phone. bad impression on this brand.

  • I completely agree with Mr. Samuel ASUS should just stop making phones. It is a harrowing experience to use this phone

  • have been using the 530 for almost an year now....has the normal hickups of a windows phone - needs a restart once in almost 2 days....email using the blackberry connect is really good ... but the skin on the buttons are already peeling off exposing the while plastic buttons beneath ... cheap finish..Battery with GPRS is a complete let down...another pain is the sync feature with outlook contacts - every time i sync it with my contacts on the PC, it posts the mobile numbers under the "others" field of the outlook contacts on the PC. while syncing back to the phone it misses the numbers leaving only the names on the phone...

  • how to install the latest Active Sync ?

  • how does this asus 530w connect on the PC ?

  • I know what you mean - mine has gone thrice in less than a year. Still waiting for it to come back from the last time, and its been a week.

  • it's depends how you use the phone. I'm using ASUS for 7 years and seems I got no problem at all. :)

  • I think it is a damn good phone... but he's right about the motherboard... Mine has been changed twice. But very good after sales service.

  • this phone is the best..i like it..

  • Never Buy Asus Phones, its only eight months i have chnged mother board bcos it was not charging agian same problem and service centre people dont know wats the problem

  • This phone awesome

  • this hand set speaker volume so poor

  • Please....how do I insert an IP address on the Wireless Network. Please help.....email me on [email protected]

  • Sorry to say this model is a big disappointment, would strongly suggest not to buy this phone unless you want to waste your money.

  • I want to setup blackberry on 530w. I have download the software and installed on the device. It started working but after downloading 5-6 messages it stops working. After restating the device it will again fetch some message and again stop working. If anyone has setup blackberry on this device please help.

  • You have to instal the latest version of Active Sync before trying to connect the M530 to the PC. You also need to enable your handset to connect via the USB connection. Press Start, Settings, Connections, USB. Then every time you connect via the USB cable you will get the Active Sync screen come up and you can sync and transfer files both ways without any problem.

  • very good phone core player working perfect...

  • ASUS!!!! needs to work bigtimeon their handsets. firstly the batt life is lousy andn ow my keypads have started shedding their top finish leaving it palin pastic buttons while the phone is just 45 days old

  • is picture taken by its camera has good quality? is coreplayer working fine with this?thanks.

  • Mobile is working but very poor battery backup.It is not for bussiness use till battry back-up issue resolved.As per specification standby time is 250hrs and talk time is 5 hrs but does not meet specifications.

  • how do i download and transfer files from my PC to my Asus M530w when connected with the USB cable.

  • pls my Asus M530w cannot be receive files from the USB when connected. in fact it does not receive the signal of recognition when connected to any PC. i wanted to transfer files from my PC to the phone and it could not get the recognition when connected. can i either get the software installation CD so that i install and use it. If you can help pls let me know so that i send you the address for subsequent transfer. however if you can direct me as to how i use it pls and kindly let me know.

  • boss what is actual talk time & standby time & where 2 get bigger battery & what price

  • I found vry critical problem I want to copy my contacts frm M530w to nokia 5800.bt couldn't do this.I syncronised frm M530 to pc bt no way to copy them frm thr.can send contacts one by one frm blootooth bt it takes vry long time.Pls help Me!!! I highly appreciate ur help!!! my mail: [email protected]

  • Very good phone!! Great features But horrible battery, is there any bigger/better batt for this model rgds KAR

  • I tried to update my mobile through my PC. It got updated but one very bad thing happened. All my Contacts as well as all the downloaded photos and SMS got vanished. Now I am in a very stranded position. I will be thankful if anyone can help me to recover atleast my Contact details as they were very important for me. You can directly mail to me on [email protected] Thanks

  • The battery is very weak, being a business phone the battery should be powerful. Can I get a better battery?

  • yess yu have to pay for it to upgrade

  • I check the windows update, and there is no update at the moment. I don't know if Asus Center can upgrade to WM 6.1 Can anybody provide information? Thanks.

  • I see from the specs that it supports both 3G and WiFi and GPRS, but what about EDGE? and what is the class of the EDGE transmission it supports? thanks heaps!

  • i was told by customer care m530w will be upgraded by asus to 6.1 windows.can any body tel me how to that?

  • how to load gps and at lowest cost ?can any body guide me?MY ID ;[email protected]

  • i have just baught it.it is doing net in wap.my e50 was faster did net in web.can any body guide me to do net in web with mouse for surfing.wap is consuming bty fast.

  • Yes it does support blackberry visit this link and download blackberry connect and install it on your phone ... Select : Mobile > M Series > M530w Select OS: Windows Mobile Goto Utilities > you will see blackberry connect s/w download blackberry connect and install it on your phone ... Good Luck From another M530w User [email protected]

  • Can anyone tell me if this phone support Blackberry and if someone is using it than do tell me about your experience.Send me on my mail id [email protected].

  • I am using this mobile from last 6 months everything is good but battery is just too bad dont last more then 2 hour talk time .its hard to get 3rd party software for this brand .Perfect mobile if asus can resolve battery problem.Visited asus service centre twice they change the battery but its of no use .

  • The battery is not giving the usage time as per specification.Hanging problem and gprs once connected cannot disconnect we have to make the phone off for it.

  • I bought this phone based on the reviews I read here but am totally disappointed by the dismal performance of this phone. The battery does not last for 5 hours in Standby model while the maker claims 120 hours! The phone hangs every now and then. It takes more than 45 seconds to execute one command. The windows mobile is also painful while using outlook. No auto complete for addresses, no copy or paste function. In short this phone sucks! I will not recommand this phone to even my enemy. Stay away from it.

  • I like it very much. Got it as my second phone for ~200$, ~140EUR. It's working OK with 8GB Sandisk SDHC class4 misroSD So good things: + great display + good connectivity + can charge using standart mini USB connector + Powerful CPU (can watch DVDRip full size divx movies) + very nice build quality (it looks almost as expensive as blackberry) + keypad + OK camera + very detailed call history bad things: - battery life could be better (that nice, bright screen eats all power...I can't find any way to set lower brightness lever) - a bit bulky at first, but you will get used to it soon - had some software compatibility issues installing third party tools - office document viewers instead of full office suite - no notepad software comes by default what do I forget? :)

  • r u sure? connecting to pc will keep ur phone battery fully charged

  • yes, u can and it's working

  • telefon is Ok, price ok camera Ok

  • the battery is good, you dont connect to PC, because it reduce the battery life. In normal i use it about 3 days.

  • Can you install skype on it? Does it work?

  • this phone has terrible battery...even you can not use the phone it will drain and does not takes you a long time to use.

  • can diz hp access to youtube?

  • hi all can anyone tell me how can i read chinese sms/words on my asus m530w? i have been looking around but still cant find a way to solve this problem thanks

  • I havnt used this ph, but it has everything u can c in a nokia 61 62 the only trouble with nokia is the speed... This ph has a faster processor, so i am gonna get rid of my nokia and go with asus...

  • I am facing the same problem with the battery. All i did was texting the battery can end within 1�day. -.-|||

  • Hi arieb83. I'm from Malaysia too and using Celcom too. I want to ask a few questions about using the phone in Malaysia. If you don't mind, can you e-mail me at emy_77 at yahoo.com (remove the at & replace with @ (to prevent spams)). Thank you

  • Hey Guys, How long does your battery least? Mine just about a day but I do have 4 email set up and auto check every 15mins. Is there anyway I can get a more powerful battery? Cheers, Dan

  • GREAT, i just ordered a sandisk 8gb sdhc class 4 just hope it works :)

  • Hi Guys, In case you wanna know, it does take 8GB SDHC card, I am using it now.

  • Hi, Does anyone if it take 8GB SDHC card? May Thanks.

  • hai.. this phone doesnt have excel n word.. but u can download the software.. im not use this phone form my work.. only use for mms. internet, sms and call.. this phone has the fast mms sending compare to toher phone...

  • does this phone have editable office ( document, excel etc) applications. There is no mention about this feature in the specifications given. pl intimate early. thanks.

  • hai.. i just bought this phone 3 days ago and want to share all i had experience with this phone.. although it only RM570 and secondhand phone but it still in good condition. my coment comes with negative first.. the connection with gprs is not automatic like other handphone such as sony or nokia.. it still connect unless i disconect manually.. i dont know whether it charge by operator or not if gprs active 24 hours.. but yet i disconect manually.. setting mms make me feel sick until i get help from Celcom operator.. thanks bro.. u must using wap 1.0 gateway port 9201.. then u must click sent or receive manually for sent or receive sometimes.. asus should nitced this problem ok or mobilewindows should copy like other handphone system.. the positive is more than negative.. clear camera.. details setting for camera like profesional camera... clear pic, sound ok.. 3g ok but small than my p990i.. very compelete smartphone such as dopod pr 838 3g.. i really love this phone.. after upgrade no hang sir.. u can get the latest firm from asus website.. any question u may email me or ask in this section ok... i give a- for this phone..

  • Yes it does get hang very often when I 1st bought it.But Later a friend on mine told me to switch to GSM network instead of 3G and I don't have this problem anymore.

  • I would like to know that Hard-Reset for Asus M530w.

  • I've been using this phone for almost a week.. but this phone sucks.. it keeps on hanging.. and its not user friendly, the only thing i like about this phone is the looks

  • This phone definately does have an internal micro SD card 'slot'... but you do have to take the back off to access it. One advantage over the Motorola Q9H is that the Asus 530W includes wi-fi, which the Noto doesn't... and a nice protective case comes in the box as well!

  • Is truth that this fone don't have a card slot? I read in a web store, they don't mention if it has or not! someone can tell me??

  • asus do the best. 530w is the best in similiar smartphones. but batery is terrible

  • I have changed over 40 phones in the last 6 months and if you like using a qwerty pda phone this is the perfect phone. wireless,fast processor,3g,secondary camera and on and on. The only other phone with the same features is the samsung i600 which has a ridiculouly bad battery unlike this phone. well done asus for creating the perfect phone.

  • nice!

  • I bought asus 530w last month. Can anybody tell me whether this is blackberry compatible or not?, can i get the connection of blackberry for this handset.

  • its the best bug free,battery wise its fair but don't be decieved,windows mobile is bug prone..so start crying at d os though its user interface is wow....

  • This is a GREAT phone. A lot of consumers are not familiar with ASUS when it comes to mobile units, but I must say it does give companies such as HTC,SAMSUNG,DOPOD,BLACKBERRY,and MOTO a run for its money. Equipped with a 2MP camera/with flash, WIFI b/g, 3G, and a lot of other goodies. This phone beats MOTO Q and SAMSUNG BLACKJACK2 hands down. As for the battery life, I dont agree with waht others here have posted. If you keep the phone of 3G, it will save you battery life. Only flaw is that it resembles a scientific calculator. Otherwise, an excellent choice and one for those who are seriously business oriented.

  • What i have seen around the internet the ASUS M530w has a micro SD card slot and not a mini SD card slot as said here on the site. Wondering if it is a good phone? Been thinking about buying for a while now. Any thoughs?

  • Can anyone pls let me know the following about Asus M530w: 1. How can I set multiple alarms in this phone 2. Is there application lock facility in this phone if yes how can I lock? 3. Is there miss call and unread message reminder facility in this phone, if yes how to activate it? 4. Company claims that this phone has world clock feature but I could not find it.

  • Hi, I have recently purchased Asus M530W, its really good phone but battery backup is really bad. Company claims battery has 5 hours talk time but I am even not getting more than one hour talk time.

  • auto macro helps the phone decide the distance of the object from the camera and focuses on it automatically.theres a minor difference between auto focus and auto macro.

  • 1. Battery backup is really really bad...Company claims 5 hours talk time but it is not more than even 1 hour. 2. We can't set multiple alarms in this phone. 3. No reminder for missed calls and message.

  • Battery backup is so bad

  • distributors in australia have just landed this phone!

  • What is this auto macro? Do you know?

  • despite the absent of touchscreen, this is amazing phone :) 2nd in the row after super HP in the same line with touchscreen :)

  • 1st one to POST!!! Great phone with great design, features and functions. for me it's even better with the Motorola Q, because in my past experience Motorola, Nokia E61 and samsung just lacks in processing speed.