This device’s 9800mAh battery is quoted by Acer as reaching for the stars with 15 hours of HD video playback – great for getting your sports on! You’ve got a 5MP camera on the back just incase you actually intend to go to the games with this device, HDMI output with dual-display support: quite unique, and Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR. Acer has created a tablet that’s set to hit the top of the line here in the summer of 2012, and with this look, feel, and price (right around $430 USD) you’ll be happy you joined the party.

Have a peek at this device in the gallery below as well as in the images above as we place our hands upon it at Computex 2012. We’ve got one whole heck of a lot more Computex action for you coming up and a great archive made already, so head to the timeline below to get your Acer on!

Acer has brought some heat this time around complete with a microSD card slot, 3G capability, and a giant 3260mAh battery under the hood. This device has GPS and GLONASS inside as well as the same enhancements we saw on the previous generation of Acer Androids with the Acer Life Widget. This tablet works with many of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich features we’d missed on some of the first tablets coming out with the software such as Android Face Unlock. It’s got Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and has Zinio, Kindle, Kobo, and Polaris Office right out of the box.

The Iconis Tab A210 takes what we loved about the A200 and bumps it up here – the USB 2.0 port is still intact, for example, with the biggest changes being the change of the soft plastic for hard plastic and the processor bump from dual to quad-core. This tablet comes in white with a black bordered front and may well have other color choices by the time it hits the market. We’ll know more soon!

Stick around for more Computex 2012 action and hit up the timeline below to see all things Acer!

This device has a fairly plain looking design to it, with a plain gray matte back and a black front with a standard sized border around the display and hard plastic beyond the glass. The whole tablet is a relatively large 11.4mm thick and you’ve got microHDMI as well as microUSB around the edges. This device will be perfect for those of you looking for a standard tablet with a massively powerful processor under the hood, that’s for sure.

You’ve got 8GB of storage built-in with a microSD card slot so that you’re able to expand by another 32GB, and the whole beast has not yet been priced or dated. You’ll find that Acer has added a few bits to the software here and there, but for the most part you’ve got a lovely version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with all the bonuses that go with it right out of the box. Have a peek at our hands-on photos here and hit the timeline below to see the rest of our Acer coverage at Computex 2012!

The display itself uses an IPS LCD panel with 178-degree viewing angles, and ASUS believes the UX21A should last for up to 150 days in standby mode and yet still load up in just 2 seconds from sleep. Graphics are courtesy of Intel’s HD 4000 chipset, paired with a third-gen Ivy Bridge Core processor.

ASUS Zenbook Prime Touch demo:

There’s also 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 256GB of SSD storage, and a multitouch trackpad for those times you’re not in the mood to peck at the display. The keyboard is backlit, and feels pretty darn responsive despite the fact that the ultrabook is a mere 17.5mm at its thickest.

No news on pricing or availability, but as with so many of the other devices we’ve seen this past week it’s all contingent on when Windows 8 itself hits the market. Considering the non-touch UX21A has an RRP of $1,199, we’d expect the Touch version to be in excess of that.

Both models have 11.6-inch capacitive touchscreen displays, front and back cameras (2- and 8-megapixels respectively) and an active digitizer stylus that docks into a special silo-slot on the side. The Series 7 – which Samsung tells us is codenamed “Jones” – runs an Intel Core i5 processor, and has a few discrete punctures on the back for letting out the heat.

The Series 5 Hybrid, however – codenamed “William” apparently – hasn’t had its processor detailed, though given it has less obvious cooling our guess would be a more humble processor than that of the Series 7. Both have HDMI outputs, among other things.

Although these certainly aren’t the first hybrids of the week – Acer, Compal, ASUS, Acer and more have all used the design – they’re some of the slickest thanks to Samsung’s minimal hinge. The flip-side to that is a shortfall in space for connectivity, though you do at least get a few USB ports. No word on pricing or availability so far.

The keyboard section is the same as we saw on the W500, which is to say that it’s more a peripheral than a true dock. You get a QWERTY keyboard with reasonable key-feel, along with a trackpoint stick, but no extra battery life or storage.

AMD had already shown off a hybrid design of its own during its Computex keynote, which includes a larger hard-drive in the base as well as ethernet connectivity, HDMI and USB ports. We’re yet to hear if any OEM has signed up to use the Compal-made reference design.

Acer isn’t talking availability at this stage, but with Windows 8 not expected until sometime in the middle of 2H 2012 we shouldn’t expect to see it any time soon. The deciding factor between it and Android tablets or ARM-based Windows RT models may well end up being battery life, something else Acer is coy on.

The hardware itself is reasonably solid, though there’s some flex in the slate section. It docks with a reassuring click – the cradle itself has two latches and a cup-design that hugs the lower edges – while the speaker on the bottom of the tablet is replaced by integrated stereo speakers built into the hinges of the dock.

The keyboard section isn’t just a peripheral, but adds new functionality to the package as a whole: AMD says it has a large capacity hard-drive inside, along with automatic sync between it and the slate’s storage. Together, closed, they’re 20mm thick, which brings the whole package into ultrabook territory.

A couple of cameras, several USB ports spread out between the tablet and the dock, a wired ethernet port on the back of the keyboard and HDMI connectivity round out the main specs. It’s certainly not the first hybrid we’ve seen, but if AMD can deliver its Trinity APU performance claims in the real-world, it’s one we might consider opting for.

Specifications include cameras front and back, along with a mini HDMI connector for hooking the unnamed ThinkPad slate up to an external TV or monitor. There’s also USB and a microSD card slot, together with a SIM slot for the integrated cellular modem.

Lenovo ThinkPad Windows 8 Atom tablet hands-on:

Lenovo is playing coy over the rest of the specs, though we’re guessing WiFi and Bluetooth will be present and probably some TPM security hardware if the company is serious about its enterprise focus.

No word on pricing or availability at this stage – it’s still being described as a prototype, though it’s one of the sturdier examples of a Windows 8 tablet we’ve played with this week – but we’d be very surprised if Lenovo didn’t follow through with a full launch midway through the latter half of this year, when Windows 8 itself officially arrives. More images in the gallery below.

If your room or office has AC outlets that are at a premium, the integrated outlet is a big deal because you can plug in the powerline adapter and still plug something in the outlet as well. Like any other powerline networking adapter, the new TRENDnet parts send your data across your homes electrical wiring system. Powerline networking is perfect for homes were Wi-Fi isn’t an option or rooms where Wi-Fi signals can’t reach.

TRENDnet says the adapters are designed to sip power with the ability to lower power consumption by up to 70% standby mode. The network adapter has a three-year warranty and will be available starting in October for $64.99. The kit with a pair of adapters will sell for $109.99.

Connectivity includes a gigabit ethernet port and three USB ports – two on the back and one on the front panel. There’s also an SD card reader for directly transferring files from a digital camera or media player.

As for the user-interface, as you’d expect it’s browser-based. There’s support for standalone BitTorrent downloads and DLNA media-server functionality, and Shuttle will offer iOS and Android apps for phones and tablets.

Build quality seems good – though Shuttle obviously has some experience making small, sturdy hardware – though the company is obviously coming from behind in terms of things like software flexibility; rivals like Synology already offer plugin-based feature expansion, for instance. Still, Shuttle looks to be aiming for the long-haul, with the KD20 only being the first of the new OMNINAS range. Pricing is yet to be confirmed, as is release date.

Last month, AMD was all about the ultrabook-rivaling form-factor; this time around, it’s more eye-catching tablets. The Compal slate slots into a keyboard-dock, turning it into a mini-notebook of sorts, just as we’ve seen from ASUS and others this week.

Exact specifications for the tablet/hybrid itself haven’t been revealed, though since it’s a reference design it’ll undoubtedly be different to anything that actually reaches the market. Inside there’s an AMD Trinity A6 APU, a relatively mid-range choice but one still capable of Full HD 1080p video and decent gaming.

That’s the theory, at least – and what we’ve seen tentatively explored in AMD’s own demonstrations – but we’ll have to wait a little longer to actually try out 2nd-Gen Trinity based tablets ourselves. That’s unlikely to happen, with Windows 8 in place, until midway through the latter half of 2012.

This first mystery device goes by the name Toshiba Satellite U840W and has a U840 relative as well, both of them considered Ultrabooks. You’ll find here a 14.4-inch display on the W version of this device with a strange 21:9 aspect ratio. The U840 without the W classification has a 14-inch display with a much more normal look to it. Have a peek at the both of them in our hands-on experience.

Next get your eyes on the Toshiba R9 Series, several devices with a fabulous ultraportable chassis and 3rd Gen Intel Core processor right under the hood. Will Ivy Bridge be enough to keep you on board with a no-touchscreen experience?

The Toshiba AT300 tablet is more than likely going to be the top of the pile as far as Toshiba’s tablet offering in the Android world this summer, complete with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor to keep you humming through to winter. This device has an aluminum shell and is certainly one whole heck of a lot thinner than Toshiba’s first Android at just 8.95mm thin.

There’s a cool Toshiba Portege Z930 coming your way this summer with 1.12kg of weight on it and Ultrabook in the name. This device comes with Ivy Bridge and, like the rest of these devices, will be upgradable to Windows 8 if it’s not released with the software right out of the box.

Finally get a look at the Toshiba LX830 All-in-one PC, with its 23-inch Full HD LCD touchscreen up front and Ivy Bridge in the back. This device comes with a Freeview digital TV tuner and is quite smooth looking if I do say so myself.

Next head to our [Computex 2012 portal] to see everything we’ve thus far seen and stay tuned as the hardware continues!

There’s also NVIDIA Optimus graphics, using the GeForce GT650M GPU, and an integrated optical drive. A TV tuner is preinstalled, and Creative TruStudio Pro audio is onboard with integrated speakers under the screen section.

Design-wise, it’s pretty clean but not the thinnest or the slickest of the all-in-ones we’ve seen over the past few days. MSI has always balanced its specs with low prices, however, and that could be the ace in the Wind Top AE2712′s deck; we won’t know for sure until MSI spills all the details later in the year.

That touchscreen supports multitouch, naturally, while under the hood there are chips from Intel’s latest 3rd Gen Core line-up. MSI even goes to so far as to claim that it’s “the best convertible ultrabook in the world”, though since we’re not sure either ASUS or Samsung bothered referring to their models as ultrabooks, it could be MSI is leading a category of one.

Still, the hardware is distinctive, though MSI’s prototype needed a little extra guiding through its convertible process. The keyboard that’s then exposed is a little on the small side, and might be too close to the bottom edge of the display for some, but it’s usable and the whole thing is a lot more portable than some laptops-that-turn-into-tablets we’ve seen of late.

MSI isn’t talking pricing or final specifications at this stage, nor when we might see the S20 hit the streets.

Despite the dimensions – which include a weight of 1.12kg – the Z930 can run for up to 8hrs on a single charge, so Toshiba claims. It also supports Intel VPro, making it arguably more suited to enterprise users than rival models.

We’re particularly glad to see an anti-glare display, rather than the more traditional super-glossy panels. The keyboard is backlit, and there’s a spill-resistant membrane underneath it so as to help prevent damage from spills. Despite the dimensions, Toshiba hasn’t forgotten the specs: up to 12GB of DDR3 memory can be fitted, along with up to 512MB of SSD storage.

Intel HD 4000 graphics, WiFi, optional 3G, three USB ports, HDMI and an SD card reader round out the key specs. The Toshiba Portégé Z930 will go on sale in Q3 2012, priced from £899 ($1,383) in the UK.

That way, Toshiba tells us, you can have a regular 16:9 widescreen movie playing and still have a 5:9 aspect app down the side, ideal for keeping up with mid-movie Twitter chat. The display itself uses LED backlighting, and there’s harman-kardon speakers and SRS Premium Sound 3D together with an HDMI output for using a bigger display.

Unfortunately, you’ll have to be buying your widescreen movies digitally, since the U840W lacks an optical drive of any sort. That’s sacrificed in the name of a compact chassis – 368.5 x 200 x 20.8 mm and 1.57kg – finishes in brushed metal and with an optionally-backlit chiclet keyboard.

Connectivity includes WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, Intel WiDi, three USB 3.0, ethernet and a multi-format memory card reader, while storage uses a combination of a 500GB HDD and a 32GB SSD for faster loading of Windows. Up to 10GB of DDR3 memory can be installed, together with a choice of ultrabook-centric Ivy Bridge Intel processors.

Meanwhile, the Toshiba Satellite U840 looks mundane in comparison, a relatively straightforward ultrabook with a 14-inch display and 8hr battery. It too has Ivy Bridge processors, HDMI and WiDi, along with a combination of USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports and audio in/out.

Backlit keys, a combo 32GB SSD and 500GB HDD, and a slick – if uninspiring – metal chassis round the U840 out.

The Toshiba Satellite U840W will go on sale in Q3 2012 priced from £899 ($1,383) in the UK. The Satellite U840 will drop at the same time, priced from £599.

The AT300 is certainly slim, though its blunt edges don’t fool the hands into thinking it’s a sheet rather than a slab, unlike the iPad and some rival Android tablets. Still, it’s reasonably lightweight and there are plenty of ports: USB, mini HDMI, headphones and a full-sized SD card slot, for instance.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich ran swiftly on the NVIDIA quadcore, though we saw a few judders in panning around the homescreen. The 5-megapixel main camera struggled in the low light of Toshiba’s testing area, producing murky on-screen images, but that comes as little surprised after our general experience with tablet cameras.

It’s a reasonably premium feeling option, though there’s no shortage of Android tablets around these days, and Acer and ASUS both have rival machines running Windows 8 that put the AT300 to shame in terms of form-factor innovation.

There’s some neat detailing to be found, with the carefully punched speaker grilles and the pinched, tapering legs being two of our favorites. The LX830 doesn’t exactly masquerade as a typical TV, but it would certainly hold up well as a dual-purpose PC and TV in a bedroom or kitchen.

Wifi and wired ethernet are standard, while Bluetooth is an option. Toshiba also throws in a wireless keyboard and mouse, and the set gets Onkyo speakers as standard along with an HDMI input for hooking up a games console or Blu-ray deck.

It may lack the eye-catching wireless display of the somewhat bizarre ASUS Transformer AiO, but it’s a sturdy, no-nonsense option for a more mainstream audience. The Toshiba LX830 all-in-one will go on sale in Q3 2012, priced from £599 ($921) in the UK.

Up to 16GB of RAM and optional integrated AMD Radeon graphics are on the table, along with up to 500GB of HDD storage or alternatively up to 256GB of SSD. There’s WiFi a/b/g/n as standard across the board, together with Bluetooth 4.0, with 3G HSPA optional.

Connectivity includes Intel WiDi, two USB 3.0, a USB/eSATA and VGA. The R940 throws in DisplayPort, gigabit ethernet and an SD card reader, while the R950 adds to that a further USB 2.0 port. The R930 makes do with HDMI not DisplayPort, but has a 1.3-megapixel webcam versus its larger counterparts’ 1-megapixel camera.

Battery life is rated at up to 9hrs on the two smaller models, with the R950 dipping to up to 7hrs. As you’d expect, there are various enterprise-centric security features, including a TPM security module, optional self-encrypting drives and a bundled subscription to Intel Anti-Theft firmware for remote wipe, tracking and shutdown.

All three models will go on sale from Q3 2012, priced from £899 ($1,383) in the UK.

First have a peek as ASUS presents their Transformer Books, made to bring you no less than Windows 8 on a display that’s detachable from the keyboard dock it sits in and on. These books will bring you all the great things we’ve seen in the Transformer series for Android, this time with Microsoft’s newest operating system.

Next see ASUS’ presentation of the TAICHI, a device which has not one, but two screens on it – one on top of the tablet, one on the inside next to the keyboard. Have a peek first at the presentation, then see the hands-on right afterward:

The hands-on we’ve got is presented by ASUS and shows the most current build of Windows 8, just about as close to the actual consumer release as you’re going to get. This device has a larger display on the inside and a smaller display on the outside – both of them touchscreens.

ASUS Transformer all-in-one is here as well, one of two gigantic devices that sits on its own pedestal to show off touchscreen greatness from all angles.

Then get prepared for Acer’s show of power at Computex as well, with Windows 8 once again right up at the head of things in all aspects.

Then we’ve got two magical devices to show you in close-up hands-on experiences. First have a peek at the Acer Aspire 7600U, another all-in-one device made to encourage you to touch the future of Microsoft. Behold one of the larger iterations of Windows 8 we’ve seen at the convention thus far.

Finally take a peek at the Acer ICONIA W510, a tablet that comes with a keyboard dock and the ability to turn its face around so many degrees that you’ll swear its possessed. This is one of two tablets that were shown today by Acer, both of them with Windows 8 inside.

Have a peek at the timeline below to get a complete deep-dive into all of the action we’ve seen thus far from Acer and ASUS this week as well. It’s an international fight for the greater good of Microsoft’s Windows 8!

Next you’ll want to peek at the Acer Iconia W700 and W510 Windows 8 tablets, the larger of the two coming with a dock, the smaller coming with a keyboard attachment. Finally you will love the updates in the Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabook series complete with 180-degree fold-back of the touchscreens and Windows 8 to boot: Ivy Bridge inside as well, of course!

Acer presentation above

Then it’ll be time for you to get your hands on each of these beasts. Start with the Acer Aspire 7600U and 5600U AiOs to get your juices going. These devices will be sitting on your desktop with full intentions of getting touched from all sides – especially the 7600U which invites you and every last best friend you’ve got to touch it at once: 64-point simultaneous touch compatibility for all!

Next get real with the Acer Aspire S7 touchscreen Ultrabook complete with both its 11.6 and 13.3-inch form factors. You’ll find both devices to have their own ups and downs such as glass tops, fold-back so great you’ll feel strange going back to anything else, and general HD display excellence.

Finally get your eyes on our hands on with the Acer Iconia W700 and W510 tablets. The larger of the two has USB 3.0 as well as microHDMI and works with a massive 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. The smaller of the two works with a keyboard dock the likes of which will make you wonder how you ever got along without a detachable screen – we’ll see how fabulous the both of these are in real-world working situations soon enough. Stay tuned to SlashGear for more Computex 2012 action all week as well!

What you see above is a dual-screen beast by the name of ASUS TAICHI, made with Windows 8 in mind with a 11.6-inch panel on the outside and a 13.3-inch panel on the inside aside a keyboard – a whole new category of notebook! ASUS also revealed the Transformer Book which takes what we know of their Transformer series for Android with a notebook that utilizes a detachable tablet and adds in Windows 8. This series can be seen close-up with our ASUS Tablet 600 hands-on, this showing off Windows 8 in its Windows RT form.

ASUS Transformer Books

The all-in-one world got a little bit brighter with the ASUS Transformer AiO with its massive 18.4-inch detachable docking display that runs both Windows 8 and Android – what more could you ask for? One of the devices we were not allowed to get our hands on was the ASUS Tablet 810 – though eyes-on were allowed – complete with Windows 8 on Medfield.

ASUS TAICHI presentation above, hands-on below

We got hands-on time with both the TAICHI hybrid and the Tablet 600 and 810 series. You’ll want to see our ASUS Transformer Book hands-on as well as our ASUS Transformer AiO hands-on and get a taste for another new avenue for ASUS in our Asustor AS 6 series NAS hands-on as well!

ASUS AiO

And believe it or not ASUS did bring a bit of fire to the router world with the RT-AC66U 802.11ac Wi-Fi router as well – fire I say! Stay tuned for the rest of our Computex 2012 coverage all week as well – let us know what you want to see and we’ll grab it!

If you’re looking for something a little smaller or more compact, these aren’t the products for you. The Book line will feature 11.6-inch, 13.3-inch, and 14-inch screens, all running full HD 1080p IPs panels with support for multitouch. The entire line will be running Intel’s mobile Ivy Bridge platforms, specifically some ULV Core i3, i5 or i7 chips. ASUS is also promising discrete graphics instead of the integrated HD 4000 GPU, as well as SSD and HDD options.

USB 3.0 connectivity will also be onboard, as well as 4GB of RAM. A five megapixel camera will serve as the primary camera, plus an “HD” webcam on the front for video calls. ASUS isn’t saying what kind of battery life we can expect from the range, and we imagine its something the company is still trying to figure out too, but if it’s anything like the rest of the Transformer range, expect batteries in both the dock and main tablet. Once again, there’s no word on pricing or availability.

The screen has support for ten-point multi touch, has a two megapixel camera up top for video calls, and radios onboard include WiFi b/g/n with Bluetooth 4.0 support. Like the Transformer Prime, the screen can detach from the keyboard base, and popping it back in will give you a full keyboard to work with plus some extra battery life.

The Tablet 810, meanwhile, is a little bigger at 11.6-inches, but keeps the 1366×768 resolution and Super IPS+ display. ASUS say that model will run a “next-generation Intel Atom processor” (i.e. Medfield). Otherwise specs are similar to the Tablet 600, although storage gets bumped to 64GB, with 2GB of RAM, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0, and an eight megapixel main camera plus two megapixel front-facing camera. There’s also support for a Wacom digitizer stylus in case you’re feeling up to the challenge of doodling on an 11.6-inch screen.

Once again, no word on when we’ll be able to buy either of these beauties, or how much they’ll cost, but we would wager that they’ll make an appearance later in the year. Start saving those pennies in the meantime.

Once in place you get several extra USB ports, among other things, and with a keyboard and mouse – for those times you don’t want to reach forward and stab up to ten fingers at the touchscreen – you could create a useful little desktop replacement. Ports include USB 3.0 and even Thunderbolt, and the whole thing is sturdy and flex-free with its slick brushed-metal finish.

As for the Iconia W510, that’s smaller at 10.1-inches and follows in the footsteps of ASUS’ well-liked Transformer series. It has a separate keyboard dock with reasonably usable keys, and interestingly the slate section can be rotated all the way around so that it’s facing both backward, handy if you want to prop it up for movie watching or impromptu presentations.

The 11.6-incher is particularly light and promises up to nine hours of runtime, while the 12.5mm thick unibody aluminum chassis manages to look sufficiently different to a MacBook Air so that you wouldn’t necessarily mistake the two. It’s flex-free as well, and the backlit keyboard is a much-needed addition for the sort of market that might find the S7 appealing.

As for the 13.3-inch S7, it boosts the runtime promise to up to twelve hours, but sticks with the same unibody aluminum and minimalistic style. The touchscreen responsiveness is good – despite these being prototypes and not expected to go on sale until Windows 8 arrives in a few months time – and the keyboard, though relatively short on travel, isn’t awful.

Pricing will be the big decider, and of course there are plenty of other, more unusual touchscreen options for those who want to tap through Windows 8. Still, as near-mainstream ultrabooks go, the Aspire S7 models do a good job of avoiding pure-Apple replication.

The 27-inch 7600U folds flat into a useful approximation of Microsoft’s Surface multitouch table – with up to 64 fingers recognized simultaneously  - though presumably a whole lot more affordable (Acer isn’t talking pricing yet). The display is responsive and the hinge suitably sturdy to keep the tilt/swivel mechanism manageable.

It’s the dimensions that are perhaps most impressive, being just 3.5cm thick and yet still toting a fair number of ports. You also get Dolby Home Cinema Surround Sound.

As for the 23-inch Aspire 5600U, Acer says it’s the thinnest all-in-one PC around and it’s certainly slimline. The low-profile stand is neat and the display is responsive. Windows 8′s Metro UI really does make for a better AIO experience on a larger touchscreen than Windows 7 ever could before.

The display – larger than the new RT-based Tablet 600, also announced today, which is 10.1-inches -  runs at 1366 x 768 resolution and uses a Super IPS+ panel. ASUS has also taken advantage of Windows 8′s support for active digitizers, slapping Wacom technology inside so as to allow for both digital pen and 10-point multitouch finger control.

Storage is courtesy of a 64GB eMMC drive, helping keep bulk down, and there’s NFC support, too. Dock the screen section into the keyboard, and you get a second battery, a QWERTY keyboard, trackpad, and more USB connectivity.

As with the rest of ASUS’ Computex 2012 announcements, pricing and availability details are in short supply. Still, with Windows 8 not expected to reach the market until later in the second half of the year, we’re guessing there’ll be a few months yet to go.

[Image credit: Netbook News]

The screen itself is an LED-backlit panel with 10-point multitouch support; ASUS hasn’t said what resolution it’s running at. A button press flicks it into Android mode from the main Windows 8 OS.

From the sound of things, this isn’t the sort of tablet you could pull out and take out of the house with you (even if you had a sufficiently capacious bag). The screen section instead apparently works as some sort of wireless display for Windows 8, meaning you’ll likely need to be within a certain range of the base station.

The exact technical details on that haven’t been shared, and nor do we know what’s inside the base station itself; our guess would be something from Intel’s 3rd Gen Core range, however. You get an optical drive, too, and more ports like USB.

As ideas go it’s a distinctive one, certainly, but we’re not entirely sure whether most users are keen to pull off their PC screen and drag it to the coffee table rather than use a proper tablet or notebook.

Under the hood there’s WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, along with a digital compass and NFC. The front-facing camera is a step up from the usual Windows fare, running at 2-megapixels, while the rear camera is a whopping 8-megapixels with auto-focus and an LED flash.

ASUS isn’t talking battery life expectations for the Tablet 600, but we’re expecting runtimes more akin to the 10-15 hours we’ve seen from the Android-based Transformers than the sub-10hr norm of ultrabooks. Despite Intel’s work on the power-consumption of its chips, ARM-based rivals are still generally far more frugal, and that should pay dividends on Windows RT machines like the Tablet 600.

Pricing and availability aren’t confirmed at this stage, but like the ASUS TAICHI we’re not expecting the Tablet 600 to arrive until sometime midway through the latter half of 2012, thanks to Windows 8′s own release schedule. If ASUS can price it akin to the roughly $300-400 Android Transformers, though, it could well have a winner on its hands.

[Image credit: The Verge]

There’s also 4GB of DDR3 memory and USB 3.0 connectivity, as well as a choice of SSD and HDD storage. ASUS is also pretty keen to flag up its speaker technology, too, with the ASUS SonicMaster audio promising decent bass despite the dimensions.

Twin cameras are onboard, with an HD webcam facing the user and a 5-megapixel main camera on the back. ASUS isn’t saying how big the battery is, but we’re assuming that – as in the Android Transformer range – there’s a combination of two packs, with one in the screen section and another in the keyboard dock.

According to ASUS, the Transformer Book range “is made for the seasoned user who enjoys the portability of a tablet for leisure but still prefers a more traditional Windows-based notebook when it comes to work.” No news on availability or pricing at this stage.

Both support Full HD 1080p resolution, and used Super IPS+ LCD panels for better viewing angles, colors and brightness. There are also cameras front and back, and interestingly both displays can be active simultaneously; ASUS suggests that’s great for back-to-back working or sharing slideshows or presentations with an audience, though we’re not sure what sort of impact it might have on the TAICHI’s battery.

The smaller, outer panel is also a touchscreen – complete with stylus support – which means owners will be able to use the closed-down notebook as a tablet and tap their way through the Windows 8 Metro UI. Storage is solid-state, helping keep things as light as ASUS’ regular Zenbook range.

Since the two screens are independent, too, it’s potentially possible that people on both sides could be using Windows 8 on their own; we’ll have to wait and see exactly how that might work out. Pricing and availability haven’t been confirmed, though given the ASUS TAICHI runs Windows 8 we wouldn’t be expecting to see it until midway through the latter half of 2012.

There’s also 4GB of DDR3 memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000 and a 128GB SSD. Connectivity includes one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0, Mini DisplayPort, a combo audio in/out port and a microSD card slot, and there’s WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0.

A 1.3-megapixel camera is onboard, along with a “glass-fiber” trackpad and a 95-percent full-sized keyboard. Gigabyte also claims to have worked some magic with the speaker system, for audio performance that belies the X11′s diminutive dimensions.

The hinge is aluminum and the rest is finished in either “woven diamond” or “black diamond” depending on whether you want to show off the carbon-fiber or not. Expect it to hit shelves next month.

Acer Aspire 7600U

This unit is made for multiple users, complete with its 64 touch compatibility and its 0 to 90 degree viewing angles. You’ve got swivle on this device’s base at four sides as well as a completely flat mode for multi-user support. This unit is 35mm thin and has a Full HD display, this being perfect for home entertainment when paired with its built-in Dolby Home Theater surround sound. This unit features four USB 2.0 ports, power port, audio in/out, Blu-Ray drive, and full-sized SD card port as well.

Acer Aspire 5600U

Acer is noting and claiming this unit is the thinnest all-in-one unit available – that in itself is enough to warrant a want. But what you’ve got in addition is fabulous too – desk mode, availability for wall mounting, and full touch screen for Windows 8. On its base you can tilt from 30 to 85 degrees, and this unit also has Full HD visuals as well as Dolby Home Theater Surround Sound as well.

We’re sure to get a whole lot more info in coming weeks as Acer lets it be known how much all units will be and when we can get them – stay tuned!

Iconia Tab W700

First have a listen in on what the Acer Iconia W700 packs: an 11.6-inch full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel display, 8 hours of battery life, and Dolby Home Theater hardware (and software) built in. This tablet has a single USB 3.0 port on its side, while the dock it’s packaged with contains three USB 3.0 ports. The tablet has one microHDMI port as well as a fully fledged Thunderbolt port, volume up/down, power button, and headphone jack. When you’ve got the device ported on its dock you lose access to your power jack and single USB 3.0, but retain access to your HDMI and Thunderbolt ports.

The tablet also has its own screen lock switch, vents to keep the whole unit cool, and a 5 megapixel camera on the back with its own microphone. This tablet is mostly aluminum but does have a lovely strip of rubbery-plastic at the head of the back so that you’re not sliding away on smooth surfaces. The front of this tablet also features a single home button with the new Windows logo on it. This unit does NOT have a packaged keyboard whereas the 510 unit does – if you want a keyboard here, you’ll need to use one of your USB ports or Bluetooth to make it happen.

Iconia Tab W510

This device may appear similar to the tablet listed above, but it’s made to be marketed entirely differently. Here we’ve for a 10.1-inch IPS display without a confirmed pixel x pixel definition and a release with a packaged keyboard instead of a plain ol’ dock. This keyboard allows 295 degree rotations of the tablet and has a single USB 2.0 port on the right and a power port on the left. The tablet has its own microHDMI port as well as microUSB, microSD, and SIM card ports as well. You’ve got a volume up/down button, speakers on either side with Dolby Home Theater hardware and software inside, and of course Windows 8 right out of the box.

This device is bumped down compared to the tablet listed above, but does have some value-added features such as an 8 megapixel camera and a slightly more everyday situation size. And that SIM card slot might prove useful as well – oh, and the tablet has 8 hours of battery life, or 18 hours with the dock. That’s power!

Could this be the dawn of the real Netbook killing Tablet? We shall see soon enough! Stick around for more details as they arrive!

The 13-inch Aspire S7 has a glass lid, both versions of this Ultrabook have fully backlit keyboards, and both have full HD displays. The actual specifications these notebooks will have has not yet been revealed by Acer, but we can expect press releases sooner than later. For now we can expect what’s certainly going to be 3rd Generation Intel Core (Ivy Bridge) processors in both i5 and i7 configurations, ultra-thin profiles on the whole units, and lovely minimalistic design all around.

These units have been confirmed to be utilizing a new feature from Acer, the Twin Air cooling system. This system will have next-level abilities in keeping the whole Ultrabook at room temperature so you don’t burn your legs off – if that’s the sort of person you are, of course. These units have also not quite been priced yet, but seeing as how Windows 8 is going to play a major factor in their sales, we’re guessing something like 4 months from now we’ll see the first shipments – stay tuned!

See our review of the Acer Aspire S3 with Core i7 processor inside and get prepped for the next generation!

The teaser video you’re about to see doesn’t reveal a whole lot besides the fact that we’ll be going through a whole new door with the two systems on one machine. ASUS has also released a teaser that includes two sides of a single board which say Tai and Chi, flipping around in the wind and creating one object. This may mean that there’s only going to be a tablet coming our way, but we’re still shooting for a transformable device as per ASUS’ track record thus far.

Endless Possibilites seems to be the theme here, with water dropping together and splitting apart like a growing lifeform. Next you’ll see the Tai Chi spot with the same epic drum beat preparing you for some next-level wild delivery of electronics – be ready! Also take note that the term “all-in-one” has been tossed around several times, this making a single desktop computer a possibility as well – expect docking!

Check out our timeline below to follow the path ASUS has been taking as of late and see if you can figure out what we’ll be seein at Computex. Let us know if you’re prepared for more convergence!

Of course, ASUS couldn’t let a teaser go by without a mention of everyone’s favorite buzzword of the moment: the cloud. “The shape of the cloud is ever-changing, beyond time and boundaries” the video continues, presumably ahead of ASUS making more of a push to link together its various devices using web-based backup and streaming.

It’s the final frames that give away the most, however. “Join us as we introduce the truly incredible Next Transformations” suggests ASUS has a fresh range of Transformers to show, and we’ll be curious to see if the company has stuck with Android or is planning ahead with Windows 8 models for later in 2012.

SlashGear will be headed over to Computex 2012 in early June, when we’ll have all the details of what ASUS brings new to the show.

[Thanks Sal!]