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After that metallic teaser clip with spaceship landing in the middle of Sagrada Familia, ASUS released another video titled “A New Discovery at Hand,” featuring Christopher Columbus statue taking a phone call on his stone tablet. Again, the description invites us on the February 25th event to witness “Pad and Phone coming together.” Again, we’re…
ASUS released a viral video on YouTube to get some attention for its MWC announcement next week. The clip features some sport of spaceship that flies over Barcelona only to land in the middle of Sagrada Familia (the famous church in the city). The tagline “Ultimate Craftsmanship” promises a nice lookin’ device while “metallic miracle”…
Asus likes combining words “Pad” and “Fone.” After making two “Padfones” they’re about to release their first “FonePad.” However, instead of using “standard” ARM-based chips, this device will rock an Intel-made Atom processor. It is said that soon-to-be-launched device will come with a 7-inch tablet with 1280×800 pixels resolution. The processor built inside will be…
The ASUS MeMo Pad Smart ME301T has been officially announced at a mobile expo in Thailand. The tablet comes with a 10-WXGA display, a Tegra 3 processor, 1 GB of Ram, 16GB of on-board storage and a microSD slot for additional storage.The tablet runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and has a 5-megapixel rear camera, 1.2-megapixel front camera. Although…
Asus’ Padfone 2 isn’t selling like hot cupcakes, despite being a pretty cool device. The problem is in distribution as the device isn’t as widely available as it should be (to reach some significant sales figures). According to DigiTimes, which cites Taiwan-based supply chain makers, Asus has sold “nearly one million units” globally, with shipments…
It looks as though ASUS is making its “cheaper Nexus 7 ” tablet official by announcing today the launch of the MeMo Pad 7. We’ve seen renders and leaks before, and the official specs of the device match up to the ones we’ve been hearing in rumors. The MeMo Pad 7 is said to be coming…
Looks like the Memo Pad 7 won’t be the only Asus device in the series. Rather, the Taiwanese company is preparing to launch a 10-inch model as well, most likely at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The tablet pictured above is said to come with specs that are similar to the Transformer Pad 300 series,…
Asus is rumored to be working on a successor to the wildly popular Google Nexus 7 tablet. This latest rumor is coming from a report from the Taiwanese site DigiTimes, which isn’t always on point with their reports. However, in this case the site says that an ASUS-built Nexus 7 successor will feature a “full HD” 1080p…
ASUS released a small update for the Padfone 2, packing several improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what firmware version 10.4.9.6 brings: Improved Padfone 2 and Padfone 2 Station performance and stability Improved 3G/Wi-Fi connection and stability Improved Garmin navigation system performance Updated Camera app with included optimizations for the camera’s HDR and Automatic White Balance…
When the original Padfone was announced I was amazed. And I know I was not the only one. I thought that will be my next phone/tablet – I’ll have a regular smartphone with the tablet “option” jumping in only in certain situations when I want to watch a movie or do some research (when the…