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ASUS just dropped a bomb on CES, announcing three new tablets. One happens to have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for those who want a tablet computer, but would miss the speed and tactility of using physical keys. The ASUS Eee Pad Slider features a 10-inch IPS touch-screen display and sports the latest version of Android…
Let’s face it, the Garminfone didn’t do much to really attract customers in buying one of the navigation-focused smartphones. Thankfully, that hasn’t stopped the Android OS updates from trickling out, and the four people who actually bought the Garminfone will be happy to know that the handset has been updated to Android 2.1 Eclair. T-Mobile…
Garmin and Asus are calling it quits next year, and that may allow Asus to revisit Android to make a smartphone worth buying. According to rumors, Asus may be putting Windows Phone 7 on the back burner to focus on Google’s mobile OS. We know Asus has been working on a Windows Phone 7 device…
Last week we reported a rumor that said Garmin and Asus may be ending their partnership in early 2011. Today, we’re hearing more reports about the break-up and a more official announcement may be made tomorrow. Word is that Garmin may just close its smartphone business and continue on with making navigation devices. According to…
Looks like Asus and Garmin are calling it quits come January next year, and we can’t say that we’re surprised. With the crash and burn of the Garminfone, we’re actually more surprised this didn’t happen sooner. This makes strike two for Garmin, with the Nuvifone not quite attracting anyone, either. Now that the two companies…
Last time we talked about the ASUS Eee Pad we did mention the company will be releasing both Android and Windows 7-powered tablet computers. Today we caught an article on Electronista, discussing the Windows model marked as EP90. Specs wise, the upcoming device will rock a 1GHz dual-core Tegra CPU, 8.9-inch 1024×600 pixels display, WiFi…
According to Asustek Computer’s CEO, Jerry Shen, the company will release a tablet that’s running Google’s Android operating system sometime in March of 2011. The tablet, a part of the Eee Pad family, will cost less than $399. The company has a team of 800 software engineers working on Android, but most are working on…
So far, LG has been the only real manufacturer throwing around Windows Phone 7 hardware to developers (HTC has one in the oven, mind you), and it seems like Asus is ready to play too. No specs to accompany this photo coming from Pakistan, but they’ll likely meet the high-end requirements for Chassis 1 devices,…
Windows Phone 7 is coming very soon, especially since Microsoft recently announced the fact that it hit a major internal milestone – its technical preview completion. Now the software companies have confirmed what we mostly already knew, its hardware partners. LG, Samsung, Dell, Asus and HTC will be building out any number of the three…
While it’s not the sexiest device around, nor is it something you’ve been pining over like … any other smartphone, some may be happy to hear that T-Mobile has already cut the price of the Garminfone to $129.99. While Garmin said that the Garminfone is selling as they expected it to, there has been some who…