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ASUS PadFone unboxed in Taiwan

Michael Crider, May 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've been waiting patiently for what seems like years to get our hands on ASUS' smartphone/tablet/netbook hybrid PadFone, and if you're currently in Taiwan you can put your money down for one right now. That's just what Netbook News did, along with the additional keyboard dock and Bluetooth headset-stylus combo, and they were kind enough to post a few minutes of gadget porn for the rest of the Internet to enjoy. Check the video after the break. Read The Full Story

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ASUS Padfone April release – stylus headset included [Hands-on]

Cory Gunther, Feb 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Here at Mobile World Congress 2012 at the ASUS Innovation press conference they are just starting to take the wraps of off what we can expect to see in 2012. Jumping right into the ASUS Padfone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and its 1.5 GHz Qualcomm S4 processor, with built-in 4G LTE. This is a phone, a tablet, and even has an included "headset stylus". Yes full stylus support that doubles as a headset. More info on the April date and more below. Read The Full Story

ASUS tease color combinations for tablets at MWC 2012

Chris Burns, Feb 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

There's another brand new teaser video in town this week, coming from ASUS with three colors in mind: Red, White, and Blue, painted right over the tablet landscape. Here's what we're figuring, given the information we have so far: this teaser is for the PadFone. Thus far we've gotten one teaser called "Divided We Stand" complete with some Russian nesting dolls, then we got a "Twice the Pixels, Twice the Fun" teaser which showed how if you put a bunch of rubber balls in a bin, they look better if there's more of them, now we get this. This teaser has three colors on a pallet, a painter smooshing one of them and stamping out a masterpiece on canvas. Read The Full Story

ASUS Padfone release teased in MWC invite UPDATED with video!

Chris Burns, Feb 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

It's less than a week now before we head to Barcelona to check out the biggest event of the year surrounding nothing but mobile and ASUS is bringing the heat with the Padfone! We've gotten a couple glimpses of this device in different iterations leading up to this event, and indeed across the ocean in the opposite direction they've had an older version of the device out for hands-on experience, but this is the upgrade. What we can expect is nothing less than a whole new set of hardware and perhaps an upgraded processor on the inside as well! Read The Full Story

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ASUS Padfone 2012 refresh eyes-on

Chris Burns, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [9]

This week we're getting the opportunity to take a look at ASUS new and upcoming mobile line, most of them tablets, but some of them oddities like this - the ASUS Padfone, a device which takes both a smartphone and ads a pocket inside a tablet to use both whenever you need whichever size. We've seen this device before in a couple of different iterations, and it's more than likely going to be dropping at Mobile World Congress 2012. What this 2012 refresh contains is Ice Cream Sandwich and a possible change-up of the processor manufacturer as well. Read The Full Story

Asus Padfone packing Snapdragon MSM8960 S4 spied in GLBenchmark database

Shane McGlaun, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

It seems that the folks that run around testing out unreleased handsets can’t resist taunting those of us that don’t get to see the devices until they launch. Often we catch little glimpses of the devices in spy photos and in benchmark databases as well. The GLBenchmark database has offered up some goods on a new version of the Asus Padfone. This little smartphone slips into the tablet dock we covered back in May. Read The Full Story

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SlashGear Weekly Roundup Video – June 5, 2011

Rue Liu, Jun 5th 2011 Discuss [3]

Microsoft’s new Windows 8 tablet UI got previewed this past week at the D9 Conference. The new OS was later shown running on some actual ARM-powered tablet prototypes at Computex. The major trade show in Taipei also revealed the ASUS Padfone to much fanfare and gimmickry. Other news came from the Qualcomm Uplinq event as well as speculations surrounding next weeks WWDC and E3 events. Continue after the jump for the full video and list of pertinent links.

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Padfone-Like Tablet With iPhone Dock By ECS

Rue Liu, May 31st 2011 Discuss [7]

The big buzz of the Computex 2011 pre-show was certainly the ASUS Padfone, the "revolutionary" tablet and smartphone hybrid. That announcement soon brought attention to similar concepts, including the Smart Book by AlwaysInnovating and the TransPhone by CMIT. And now we can add one more to the roster with an unnamed prototype from ECS. Read The Full Story

ASUS Padfone Not Unique, Behold The TransPhone!

Rue Liu, May 30th 2011 Discuss [5]

We just talked about a copycat claim from AlwaysInnovating that emerged soon after the ASUS Padfone announcement, and now there looks to be another manufacturer that may look with disdain at ASUS's claim to a revolutionary new product. The concept of a tablet and phone hybrid certainly isn't completely new, as we've seen before in this fancy HTC Tube design concept. But, actual working prototypes didn't seem to exist until now. Read The Full Story

ASUS Padfone Copycat Accusations Begin with AlwaysInnovating

Chris Burns, May 30th 2011 Discuss [6]

Here come the accusations! On our very own site we've heard the first scream of "how dare you!", directed straight at ASUS who today have announced their radically innovative Padfone, a combination of tablet and phone that hereto had never been heard of by anyone! Or had it? A group by the name of AlwaysInnovating has tossed the first rock at ASUS noting that their concept by the name of "Smart Book", a device which appears at first glance to be a combination of two ASUS products: the Padfone and the Eee Pad Transformer. Read The Full Story

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ASUS Padfone: Twice as appealing or doubly-dumb?

Chris Davies, May 30th 2011 Discuss [29]

Maybe it was too many Transformers toys when I was younger, or because I have a frustrated engineer inside me, but I – like plenty of others – can’t take my eyes off the ASUS Padfone. The new tablet/smartphone hybrid, fresh (after a leak or two) to Computex 2011 this morning, taps into a geeky, childish “slot this gadget into that gadget and make it better overall” mindset that also left us jonesing for an ATRIX after CES. Question is, after the lust fades, does the reality the Padfone offers actually bear up?

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ASUS PadFone hands-on roundup [Video]

Chris Davies, May 30th 2011 Discuss [6]

ASUS’ PadFone is currently splitting opinion at Computex 2011, and not just because the company has bizarrely chosen to brand the décolletage of its demo model. As well as a couple of ASUS-made demos, we’re seeing a number of hands-on first impressions of the hybrid phone/tablet prototype, and we’ve gathered them all up for you after the cut.