Smart Phones of today

Looks like everybody wants in on Android. During a press conference held in Taiwan, chairman of Asus Jonney Shih and CEO Jerry Shen talked about some of the company’s future endeavors, including the green energy market, notebooks and netbooks, and the launch schedule for their Android-based smartphone.

The only comment that they made regarding the Android device was that it was launching in the fourth quarter of 2009. It’s not much to go until the end of the year, so we’ll most likely see an official announcement in the following weeks. We’ll keep you posted.

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While poking around the ASUS booth this morning we had a chance to witness the world premier unveiling of the ZX1 Lamborghini. We even took a few shots before it went under the glass. However, the real treat is the UI based on a Windows Mobile 6.1 core running special ASUS tweaks. It?s ?just like the iPhone? according to our friendly ASUS guide. The device is expected to fetch an unsubsidized ?1,000 ($1,500) price tag when this 3G world-phone launches in Europe this May. Maybe you?ll think it?s worth it when we get back to you in a few with a video of the GUI albeit sans all that Lamborghini theme nonsense. Essentially, we are looking at a 400MhZ QVGA smartphone with GPS and WiFi – nothing particularly interesting here.

Now it?s time for the real world photos ladies and gents it is my pleasure to introduce you the first photos of the Lamborghini-branded smartphone – ASUS ZX1 Lamborghini. The picture above ? and more after the jump ? were taken during the CeBIT which is currently taking place in Hanover, Germany. Now I can only hope this baby runs as fast as some Symbian phones do. Yeah, I love Symbian more than I do Windows Mobile, but the raging bull can make anyone switch platforms.

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