During the same interview where the ASUS showed off the upcoming Transformer Prime tablet, company chairman, Jonney Shih, also revealed that the ASUS Padfone, its smartphone-tablet hybrid, will finally be released in 2012 with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It had been originally slated for release before the end of the year. Shih added that ASUS is hoping to have […]
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ASUS unveils Transformer Prime tablet
After teasing us with a short video of the Eee Pad Transformer successor, ASUS Chairman, Jonney Shih, showed it off at the AsiaD: All Things Digital conference during an interview with Walt Mossberg. It will be called the Transformer Prime and will have its official launch on November 9th. Shih confirmed that the Transformer Prime will be powered by a […]
ASUS teases upcoming Eee Pad Transformer 2
An ASUS teaser video called “the next transformation” has given us our first glimpse at the upcoming Eee Pad Transformer 2. It hints at a slimmer device with a redesigned keyboard and an LED flash for the camera. Past rumours have suggested that it will come with a Tegra 3 processor, Google Android 3 (Honeycomb), 32GB of internal storage, 1GB […]
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer 2 tablet to launch November 7th?
The eagerly expected ASUS Eee Pad Transformer 2 tablet could launch as early as next month. While ASUS has only confirmed that it will be released later this year, the UK-based LambdaTek Component Shop has posted it on its website with an availability date of November 7th 2011 (Click on the ‘Check Stock’ button to get the message: “OOPS. We […]
ASUS still on track with second generation Eee Pad Transformer
ASUS is still on track with its plans to release a second generation Eee Pad Transformer tablet this year, according to the company’s CEO Jerry Shen. Responding to rumours that the tablet was delayed and that ASUS would also cut prices on its first generation Eee Pad Transfomer, Shen indicated that its second-generation model was on schedule and would sell […]
ASUS Eee Pad Slider now available in Canada and US
The ASUS Eee Pad Slider has finally gone on sale in Canada and the US. First unveiled at CES 2011, it features a slide-out physical keyboard that transforms it from a tablet into a notebook: Whoever said that you can’t have the best of both worlds? Now you can, with the ASUS Eee Pad Slider with the built-in QWERTY keyboard […]
Second generation Asus Eee Pad Transformer to take on Apple iPad 3?
According to the Taiwan Economic News, Asus expects that Apple could release the iPad 3 (or the iPad 2 Plus?) as early as this US Thanksgiving (or “or next year” it also points out). Asus also expects that Apple will release it at the same price points as the current iPad 2 and discount the iPad 2 to clear out […]
ASUS now shipping 400,000 Eee Pad Transformers per month?
ASUS was not kidding when it said that it had solved its Eee Pad Transformer tablet supply chain issues. Digitimes sources now report that ASUS is shipping 400,000 Eee Pad Transformers per month. It also expects shipments to climb as high as 500,000 per month in the third quarter. The news has apparently prompted ASUS to raise its internal tablet […]