Tech Mania: ASUS announces the Padfone plus 1 more articles |
| Posted: 30 May 2011 04:57 AM PDT ASUS announces the Padfone is a post from: Tech Mania.Check out more of the latest news by Subscribing to feed Remember yesterday I posted about Asus PadFone and today at Computex, Asus have introduced an Android smartphone device that comes with a tablet it can dock into. Display switching is done dynamically, so that reading emails or browsing the web on the phone portion expands itself seamlessly once it’s connected into the pad.
Also expanded will be battery life, with an extra cell included in the slate. The mockup ASUS is showing the world today includes a 4.3-inch smarpthone and a 10.1-inch tablet dock, but the company says it hasn’t yet settled on the final dimensions of the eventual retail product. Other details, such as the particular version of Android, are still light on the ground.Check out more pics of Jonney Shih showing off the Padfone, along with the press release and ASUS’ promo video after the break. Netbooknews caught Jonney Shih’s unveiling of the Padfone live on video.Check out press shots, more snaps and eyes on at Engadget. ASUS has big plans for it — plans that coalesce around the Christmas period and the very latest version of Android at that time. ASUS’ Benson Lin was careful not to openly admit the company intends to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich, but he did point out that you can’t launch a smartphone with Honeycomb as the OS. The smartphone is actually the only smart aspect of this hardware pair — the slate part acts as a display, a set of speakers, an extended battery, and an I/O extender, but it doesn’t work by itself. ASUS also tells us there’ll be other functionality enabled by the tablet panel, but that’s being kept under wraps for now. Compatibility between the display dock and subsequent phone generations is being contemplated but couldn’t be confirmed, and as to the UI, ASUS says it’ll be almost the same as its second-gen Android tablets. You heard that right, second generation ASUS Android tablets — to succeed the Transformer and Slider — will be coming around the same time as the Padfone. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video.
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| Gigabyte’s announces S1080 Windows 7 Tablet with USB 3.0 With Optical Drive Dock Posted: 30 May 2011 04:06 AM PDT Gigabyte's announces S1080 Windows 7 Tablet with USB 3.0 With Optical Drive Dock is a post from: Tech Mania.Check out more of the latest news by Subscribing to feed One of my favourite companies when it comes too VFM motherboards Gigabyte have moved into the tablet segment and today they have announced a windows 7 tablet with the model no S1080 which comes with UBS 3.0 support and optical drive lock as prominent features at Computex.This 10.1 inch 14.94mm-thick capacitive tablet has a Intel Atom N570 processor with 2 gigs of DDR 3 RAM, 320gb hard drive(5400rpm SATA), USB 2.0 port, USB 3.0 port, SD card reader, RJ-45 jack, 1.3 megapixel webcam, 4000mAh battery, Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and 3.5G modem.
Gigabyte's is also giving a set of stereo speakers, VGA output, three USB 2.0 ports, and audio line-in to the tablet. One more feature is the optical drive, which is hard enough to find on docking stations these days. Oh, and if you need more battery then there's also an optional 2700mAh battery bar that hooks onto the bottom of the tablet. Expect the S1080 to hit US markets in June for around $700, with pricing for dock to be said soon. Related Posts : |
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