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The headline says it all. The Taiwanese manufacturer best known for desktop motherboards and the like has dabbled in the Windows Mobile world for some time but never really broke through.

Now, it has unleashed the P565 which was immediately hailed as "world's fastest." And, in truth, it's actually quite the beast. Full specs are after the jump. But the short version is a 480x640 touchscreen and an 800-freaking-megahertz Marvell processor. (Before you get too excited, it's lacking the 850 band for US 3G data. Grrrrrrrr.)

By comparison, the HTC Touch Pro is running a 528MHz processor, as is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. The Palm Treo Pro is at 400MHz, and the iPhone 3G is listed at 620MHz 412MHz.

Of course, pure chip speed isn't everything (though it's pretty darn close). So we'll the above video speak for itself. On the left is a Touch Diamond. On the right, the Asus P565.

Wow.

GSMDome via WMPowerUser

Asus P565 specs

• Bands: HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100, EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz (That's bad news for us in the U.S., with no 850 MHz)
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6.1™ Professional
• Form Factor: Bar Type
• Color: Black
• Dimensions: 102 x 60.5 x 16 mm
• Weight: 120g with battery
• Standby Time: 3G: 300 hours; 2G: 250 hours
• Talk Time: 3G: 4 hours; 2G: 6 hours
• Display: 2.8" TFT, Touch Screen, 65,000-color, 480 x 640 pixels
• CPU: Marvell PXA930 800MHz (!)
• Memory: Built-in 256MB Flash ROM, 128MB DDR SDRAM
• Expansion Slot: Micro-SD (support SDHC)
• Communication: WLAN 802.11b/g, USB v1.1, Bluetooth V2.0+EDR
• Browsing: HTTP and WAP 1.2.1/2.0
• Messaging: SMS/MSN/MMS/ Email/Push E-Mail
• Battery: 1300mAh Li-Ion
• PIM & Utilities: Word (editor) / Excel (editor) / Power Point (viewer) / Windows Live, MSN / Voice Commander / Push Email (Exchange Server) / Business Card Recognition / PDF viewer
• Camera: 3 Mega-Pixels, Auto Focus (Main), 300K-Pixels Camera for Video Telephony (Sub)
• Video: Record:MPEG4@QVGA 24fps / H.263@QCIF 24fps; Playback: MPEG4@QVGA 30fps / H.263@QCIF 30fps
• Picture: JPEG/PNG/GIF/BMP
• Audio: MP3/WMA/AAC/AAC+/3GP
• Ringtone: MIDI/MP3
• JAVA: J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)

Our pal Jennifer at TreoCentral has our precious Fuze in hand and is putting it through its paces. Go on over and take a look at her initial thoughts on video (check out that blooper reel!).

Just as importantly, head on into our forums and help her out with some persistent syncing bugs she's been experiencing. It might also be a good time to suggest your favorite piece of Windows Mobile software to her. If we're gonna get this Fuze the fair hearing it deserves in this Smartphone Round Robin, it will help to give it a little software bump here and there.

Plus, you know, every day your comment there (and yes, here too), you're automatically entered for a chance to win a Fuze of your very own, with that bonus Redfly C8N we just told you about.

Originally designed for the emergency medical needs of military, the iCEphone (In Case of Emergency Phone) is something of great amazement when it comes to our love for buttons. As a matter of fact we feel sometimes there's never enough. Let

We've already mentioned that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a (or the SEX1a as Malatesta's taken to calling it) is available for pre-order at Best Buy for the low, low price of $1 million $800 (albeit unlocked).

Now we bring mention of the X1a's romp through the Federal Communications Commission [via Engadget Mobile], including some obligatory FCC-style candid external and internal shots. (Warning: pdf links.)

So head on over to the FCC site if you're wanting to take a look at just what makes this guy tick. And then try to figure out how you can justify that much money for the thing.

For those sitting on the edge of your seats waiting for the new Shadow II from HTC, you

We'd originally put out a BOLO on the Alltel Touch Pro for Nov. 14 or so. Obviously that's passed. Now we're being told to look for it this Thursday, Nov. 20.

Still no official word on pricing, though we'd previously been told around $300. But it could well be more, given that Verizon, which as we all know has swallowed up Alltel, reportedly will sell its Touch Pro for $350.

Update: OK, the Alltel Touch Pro's now available for pre-sale at Best Buy for a whopping $999. That better be a typo. Other pricing is as follows:

• Two-Year Price: $379.99, with a $100.00 mail-in rebate, resulting in a final price of $279.99
• One-Year Price: $439.99
• Non-Contract Price: $599.99
• Prepaid Price: Not available for prepaid

More pics after the jump.

And thanks, Brandon, for the heads up!