The mythical P565 handset is now official, as it has appeared on Asus' website.

The 'fastest business PDA phone in the world' boasts an 800 MHz CPU, and features Asus' Glide UI. The specs for the phone are impressive - 3.6Mbps HSDPA, EDGE/GPRS/GSM (900/1800/1900), 2.8" LCD display, 256MB flash, 128MB DDR SDRAM, microSD expansion slot, HTTP/WAP 1.2.1/2.0, WLAN 802.11 b/g, USB v1.1, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 3-megapixel webcam with autofocus, and 300k video recording, support for MPEG4, BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3, WMA, 3GP, AAC, and AAC+.

The P565 is loaded with Windows Mobile 6.1, and features all the goodies you could need on a smartphone - Microsoft Office, calendar, calculator, etc.

"[The P565 has] system performance beyond anything else on the market at present, posting Vsbenchmark scores almost two times that of competing products in its class. This enables the P565 to glide through resource-intensive tasks effortlessly and to handle heavy multitasking exceptionally well¡ªmaking it ideal for businesspeople who demand uncompromising performance and maximum speed from their productivity tools."

There's no word on release date or price.