Rumours that ASUS will not release the innovative ASUS Transformer Book Duet TD300 unveiled at CES 2014 continue to gather steam. Following earlier reports, The Wall Street Journal is the latest to indicate that the dual-booting convertible tablet has been “indefinitely postponed.” Its sources indicate that Google is not alone in not wanting to see its operating system share a device […]
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ASUS “postpones” Transformer Book Duet TD300
There have already been rumours that ASUS has either cancelled or at least delayed the launch of its dual-booting convertible Transformer Book Duet TD300 over “resistance from Google.” Billed as “the world’s first quad-mode, dual-OS laptop and tablet convertible” when it was announced at CES 2014, not only can this device run as a notebook or a tablet but it […]
Android/Windows ASUS Transformer Book Duet cancelled over Google concerns?
Last year, Samsung unveiled the ATIV Q, an innovative convertible tablet that could boot in either Windows 8 or Android. For reasons still unclear, it never made it to market. There were some suggestions that Microsoft blocked the release using some patents it owned. Earlier this year, ASUS unveiled its own dual-booting convertible tablet at CES 2014. The ASUS Transformer […]
2014 ASUS notebook roadmap includes C200 and C300 Chromebooks
ASUS may be among the last of the major PC manufacturers not to offer at least one Chromebook but that looks set to change this year. Rumblings that ASUS would jump into the Chromebook first surfaced last year and were followed up by ASUS launching its first Chromebox earlier this year. A leaked document called “ASUS NB Strategy” obtained by […]
Rumours of a Google Nexus 8 tablet resurface
Rumours of a Google Nexus 8 tablet first surfaced when a mysterious image surfaced on its Android.com website back in November 2013. The device was revealed to be the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play edition and the rumours died down for a time. They were back in early January with a report that Google would retire its Nexus 7 […]
CES 2014: ASUS Announces ZenFone line of smartphones
Along with the ASUS Transformer Book Duet, ASUS today unveiled a new line of smartphones ranging in size from 4- to 6-inches. Billed a line of “high-value” devices, they all come with Intel Atom processors, five statement colors and ASUS’ new ZenUI user interface that promises to help users “keep track of their lives.” ASUS ZenFone 6 specifications: Processor: 2GHz […]
CES 2014: ASUS unveils dual-OS Transformer Book Duet TD300
Following in the footsteps of the Transformer Pad convertible laptop and the Transformer Book Trio, ASUS today unveiled Transformer Book Duet TD300, a convertible laptop-tablet hybrid that runs both Google Android and Microsoft Windows. ASUS bills it as “the world’s first quad-mode, dual-OS laptop and tablet convertible” as it can function as an Android laptop, a Windows laptop, an Android […]
CES 2014: ASUS PadFone X headed to AT&T
The ASUS PadFone X is indeed a real device and it is headed to AT&T which will be its exclusive U.S. carrier. AT&T made the announcement during its 2014 AT&T Developer Summit at CES 2014 today. Like other Padfone devices, the ASUS Padfone X is a smartphone that converts into a tablet when it is docked into a dock. In […]