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Asus Padfone 2 was announced back in October and it’s still not available in most parts of the world. In fact, British users are about to get the option to buy one from few retailers, including Ebuyer and Carphone Warehouse. The former has started accepting pre-orders, asking 599 GBP (about $900) for the unlocked, SIM-free…
Asus is going to make owners of the Transformer Pad TF300 proud, as it’s now rolling out Android 4.2 Jelly Bean to the tablet. The update is available now in the United States by way of over-the-air (OTA), with other countries to follow later this month. The Transformer Pad 300 will get the usual additions…
If you’re a custom ROM maker or Android developer, you might want to send a tweet of thanks to the ol’ Google. Google has just uploaded the newest Android 4.2.2 binaries to the Nexus device download page, which are for use with any Nexus AOSP-enabled device. Supported devices are the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 WiFi,…
ASUS’s 10-inch tablet, the MeMo Pad Smart 10, has finally been given a release date, set to arrive in stores on March 5th. The unit will be priced around $300, which makes the unit a viable choice for those in the market for an affordable, powerful 10 inch tablet. The MeMo Pad Smart 10 will be outfitted…
ASUS had a fairly small booth at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Their key devices were the Padfone Infinity and Intel-powered FonePad. Needless to say, we prefer the former which looks pretty sexy in its metallic body and the HD tablet shell. Moreover, few of their Transformer tablets were on display as well, and so…
We knew ASUS will have a number of different products at display in Barcelona and thought we should give them a spin, as well. As you would imagine, ASUS saved the best for its Transformer series and with the MemoPad 7 and MemoPad 10, they’re going for the tablet buyers on the budget. Still, both…
Despite its cost and unusual configuration, Asus is all in with its Padfone convertible phone-tablet device. The original model was introduced last year at MWC and this years model, the Padfone Infinity, bumps up the tablet to LTE, an HD display and Android 4.2. The phone part of the Padfone Infinity is a powerhouse with…
We’re a bit surprised it took this long for a company to make a 7 inch tablet that it wants you to make calls with. Asus announced such a device, the FonePad, and after seeing the spec list of this hybrid device, you just might be fine putting it up to your face for a…
Asus is in the middle of its MWC press event and had just taken the wraps off the 7-inch FonePad tablet. The tablet has two features that set it apart from most of the competition — it’s capable of making calls and is powered by an Atom CPU. Asus opted to go with a 1.2GHz Atom…
Asus took to the stage today at Mobile World Congress 2013 and set the venue on fire with its newest smartphone-tablet combo, the PadFone Infinity. Building upon the PadFone brand, the Infinity is one heck of a device. It features Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz, a 5-inch edge-to-edge display with 1920 x 1080 resolution and…