Tech Mania: ASUS PadFone shown off in full brightness before the launch plus 1 more articles

ASUS PadFone shown off in full brightness before the launch

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:07 AM PDT

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We heard few days back from PocketNow that the name of phone docking tablet from ASUS is ASUS PadFone from the USPTO trademark document which was filed by ASUS merely four days ago.NotebookItalia showed some snaps of it until ASUS reveals it on Monday.

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Again thanks to folks at NotebookItalia they posted much brighter, non-silhouette form pics of the pad or phone combo.Despite the awkward cropping, the leaked product shot above echoes the same shape and set of Android soft keys as seen previously. Upon closer inspection, though, we believe that the newly-shown silver bar is just the phone’s volume rocker, rather than a potential docking port.So wait for tommorow for the confirmation.

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Run Android apps on your Windows PC – BlueStacks

Posted: 29 May 2011 02:12 AM PDT

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BlueStacks a small company backed by Ignition Ventures, Radar Partners, Helion Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz recently scored a $7.6 million Series A financing round from these companies based on its new software, which ports Android applications over to any x86 device running Windows.

According to BlueStacks

This softwatre is meant to help people access both the work and personal applications and/or data that’s stuck on their smartphones from their PC. The software supports mouse and keyboard input, as well as multi-touch input. BlueStacks said it also thinks the software will help breathe new life into the PC market because it gives “PC manufacturers the chance to take advantage of the growing consumer demand for Android-based mobile enterprise applications

There’s no doubt that Android is a hot mobile platform right now, and there are a growing number of business applications that run on Google’s popular platform. But the idea didn’t start with business apps, it started with games.

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“The idea is very simple,” Chief Executive and co-founder Rosen Sharma said. Sharma said it was born when a colleague’s daughter was playing games on an Android phone. “She went to a netbook, and she wanted the same apps on it,” Sharma said, but she couldn’t find them.

Porting Android apps from a phone to a tablet, laptop, or desktop has definite appeal for those who really enjoy their mobile applications.Businesses see the use case, especially given the number of companies that are developing their own, in-house Android applications

Sharma noted that, initially, the application will be available as a free beta via the Amazon.com Android store. It hopes to have a final version ready to ship by the end of the year, though pricing on that is still unclear. It also hopes to distribute the software through deals with PC makers and handset makers. It is also working with Citrix.

“Our vision is for an entirely new type of experience that supports the consumer interest in Android and also allows them to access some of the most valuable enterprise applications, enabling them to use their device of choice for work and play,” said Sharma.