Asus Zenphones unveiled, come in 4, 5 and 6 inches

You got it right! The number 4, 5 and 6 has manifested into a trio of Intel Atom-powered devices with screens of exactly those sizes. They belong to the new Asus Zenfone line and all run Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (updateable to 4.4) with a new interface customization called ZenUI. Also, all three Zefones offer dual-SIM functionality.

Asus Zenfone 4 Key Specification :

• 4" TFT LED Backlight with 800 x 480 WVGA TN resolution
• 1.2GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520
• 1GB RAM
• 5MP Back facing camera
• 1,170mAh
• Android 4.3 ( will update to 4.4 KitKat ) with ASUS ZenUI
• 124.4 x 61.4 x 11.2mm
• 115g

Asus Zenfone 5 Key Specification :

• 5" TFT LED Backlight with 1280 x 720 HD IPS resolution (Supports glove & pencil touch input)
• 2.0GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2580
• 1GB RAM
• 4GB internal memory with microSD slot
• 8MP (PixelMaster,f/2.0) Back facing camera
• 2MP front facing camera
• 2050mAh
• Android 4.3 ( will update to 4.4 KitKat ) with ASUS ZenUI
• 148.2 x 72.8 x 10.3mm
• 140g

Asus Zenfone 6 Key Specification :

• 6" TFT LED Backlight with 1280 x 720 HD IPS resolution (Supports glove & pencil touch input)
• 2.0GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2580
• 2GB RAM
• 8/16 GB internal memory with microSD slot
• 13MP (PixelMaster,f/2.0) Back facing camera
• 2MP front facing camera
• 3230mAh
• Android 4.3 ( will update to 4.4 KitKat ) with ASUS ZenUI
• 166.9 x 84.3 x 9.9mm
• 200g

Pricing and availability still unknown.

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Asus announces new PadFone Infinity 2, Snapdragon 800 inside

Asus has announces new version of the Padfone Infinity flagship. The new Padfone Infinity 2 come with latest processor and also microSD slot. The camera also got slightly upgrade. It's still a 13MP one, but is now capable of 3MP high-quality photos made of a bigger 13MP picture by combining 3 pixels into one and known as PixelMaster. There is also 35fps burst mode, but the resolution is only 3MP.

Asus Padfone Infinity 2 Key Specification :

• 5.0" IPS with 1080p display
• 2.2Ghz Quad core Snapdragon 800 chipset four Krait 400 cores
• Adreno 330
• 2GB RAM
• 13MP back camera with 1080p@30fps video recording
• 2MP front camera with 1080p@30fps video recording
• 16/32GB internal memory with microSD slot
• LTE
• 2400 mAh
• Android 4.2 Jelly bean
• Padfone Infinity 2 Price : $640
• PadFone Station Price : $240

There is no official launch date of the new Padfone Infinity 2.

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ASUS announces a bunch of Tablet in Computex 2013

Just few days ago, ASUS already show up few tablets in the Computex 2013.

Asus Memo Pad HD7 Key Specification :

• 7.0 inches IPS LCD with 1280 x 800 pixels of resolution
• Quad-core Cortex A7
• 1GB RAM
• 5MP back facing camera
• 1.2MP front facing camera
• 8/16GB storage with microSD slot

Asus Memo Pad FHD10 Key Specification :

• 10.0 inches IPS LCD with 1920 x 1200 pixels of resolution
• 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2560
• PowerVR SGX540
• 2GB RAM
• 5MP back facing camera
• 1.2MP front facing camera
• 16/32GB storage with microSD slot
• Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Key Specification :

• 10.1 inches Super IPS+ LCD with 2560 x 1600 pixels of resolution
• 1.9 GHz Quad Core Nvidia Tegra 4 Cortex-A15
• ULP GeForce
• 2GB RAM
• 5MP back facing camera
• 1.2MP front facing camera
• 32GB storage with microSD slot
• Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
• *Optional mobile dock with standard QWERTY keyboard and trackpad

Asus Fonepad Note FHD6 Key Specification :

• 6.0 inches Super IPS+ LCD with 1080 x 1920 pixels of resolution
• 1.6 GHz Dual-core Intel Atom Z2560
• PowerVR SGX544MP2
• 2GB RAM
• 8MP back facing camera
• 1.2MP front facing camera
• 8/16GB storage with microSD slot
• Stylus included
• Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)

Np pricing and avaibility yet for all tablet above but expected on Q3 of 2013.

You can check out full video presentation at here

My Opinion : I think the Fonepad Note FHD6 is the most attractive to me. It features stylus like Samsung Galaxy Note series line and also dual speaker stereo like HTC One. The only let down would be no flash available at the back facing camera. Plus, I would like to see what else the stylus can do. Uhh wonder will Samsung sue ASUS for using the NOTE name? :P Oh did I forgot to mention Fonepad Note work like a normal phone?

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Asus Padfone Infinity and Fonepad announced

ASUS just unveils next generation of Padfone and also a 7 inch tablet that can has telephone capability, FonePad.

ASUS Padfone Infinity Key Specification :

• 5” IPS 1080p screen and anti-fingerprint coating
• 1.7GHz Quad Core Krait 300 CPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Chipset
• 2GB RAM
• 13MP back facing camera with 1080p@30fps video
• 2MP front camera
• 64GB internal memory
• LTE
• NFC
• 2,400mAh
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

ASUS Padfone Infinity Tablet Key Specification :

• 10.1” screen with 1920x1200 resolution and anti-fingerprint coating
• 5,000mAh

The whole package will cost around $1325 (Converted RM 3975).

ASUS FonePad Key Specification :

• 7” IPS with 1280 x 800 resolution
• 1.2GHz single-core CPU Intel Atom Z2420 chipset
• PowerVR SGX540
• 1GB RAM
• 1.2MP/3MP Front facing camera
• 8/16GB GB internal memory with microSD slot
• 4,270mAh
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Dont freak out with the front camera because There will be two versions of the Asus Fonepad. In Europe, the tablet will come with 16GB of built-in storage and a 1.2MP front-facing camera. It will launch in April for €220 (Converted RM 890.95). For the APAC region, the Fonepad will have only 8GB of built-in storage but it grows a 3MP camera on the back and will launch in March for $250 (Converted RM 750). Both have microSD card slots and 5GB of lifetime Asus WebStorage.

My Opinion : As a Padfone (1st Gen) user, I am pretty rage! Ok just kidding. But ASUS just make my barely half year old Padfone 2 generation behind now. Sad to see the bad cover lost the unique Zenbook-alike-design on Padfone Infinity. The price was pretty high which can easily buy a notebook (or even Ultrabook). In the meantime, FonePad quite interesting for using Intel Atom processor. Other than that, for godsake the naming not sure is genius or lazy. PadFone, FonePad? What's next?

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ASUS announces MeMO Pad

Asus just release a new 7 inch look alike Nexus 7 tablet - MeMO Pad. Well, though they share the almost similar design, but spec has a huge difference.

ASUS MeMO Pad Key Specification :

• 7-inch with 1024 x 600 pixels Resolution LED-backlit
• 1GHz VIA WM8950 Processor
• Mali-400 GPU
• 1GB RAM
• 1MP front facing camera with 720p video recording
• 8GB/16GB internal storage with microSD card slot
• 4270mAh
• Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean

ASUS MeMO Pad will be available starting this January in selected markets from authorized ASUS resellers with the price tag $149 for the lowest storage option.

Well, not a Nexus 7 killer.

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Google announced Nexus 4, Nexus 7 32GB and Nexus 10

Google finally refreshed the NEXUS line with addition of new family in the member, Nexus 10 which is a Tablet manufactured by Samsung. Lets get started with the brand new NEXUS 4, a replacement for Galaxy Nexus and manufactured by LG.

Google LG Nexus 4 Key Specification :

• 4.7-inch WXGA True HD IPS Plus with 1280 x 768 pixels
• Qualcomm Snapdragon™ S4 Pro processor with 1.5GHz Quad-Core Krait CPUs
• Adreno 320 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 8.0MP rear camera and 1.3MP HD front
• 8/16GB internal memory. No expandsion slot
• 2,100mAh
• Wireless charging, NFC
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

LG Nexus 4 will be available starting Nov. 13 in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, France, Spain and Australia with the price of 8GB and 16GB versions for $299 and $349, respectively. It'll be sold unlocked as GSM/HSPA+ compatible. No LTE at the moment.

To recap, here is the spec for Google Nexus 7 who just got 32GB version and also 3G version.

Google ASUS Nexus 7 Key Specification :

• 7" IPS display with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels.
• 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3.
• 1GB of RAM.
• 12 core ultra-low voltage nVidia GeForce GPU.
• 8/16/32GB internal memory.
• 1.2MP front-facing with 720p video recording.
• 4325mAh.
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

The Google Nexus 7 price updated to 16GB version for $199, and 32GB for $249.

Finally, the most exciting tablet from Google is out as well. I guess this is the answer for iPad 4.

Google Samsung Nexus 10 Key Specification :

• 10-inch 2560x1600 PLS display
• Dual-core Cortex A15-based 1.7 GHz Samsung Exynos 5250 CPU
• Mali T604 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 5MP rear camera and 1.9MP front
• 16/32GB internal memory. No expandsion slot
• 9,000mAh
• NFC
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

Samsung Nexus 10 will be available from November 13th on Google Play in the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan -- with the 16GB edition costing $399 and the 32GB version setting you back $499.

In the same time, Google updated Android Jelly Bean to version 4.2. Be sure to check out our next post on "What's new in Android 4.2?"



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ASUS unveils the Padfone 2

Official announcement haven't ready at Milan and Asus can't wait to show off their latest Padfone 2 at Taiwan!

Asus Padfone 2 Key Specification :

• 4.7-inch with 720 x 1280 pixels Super IPS+ display
• 1.5Ghz Qualcomm APQ8064 quad-core processor
• 2GB RAM
• 16/32/64 GB Internal Memory
• 1.2mp fromt camera, 13 megapixel camera with f/2.4 BSI sensor, 1080p30 or 720p60 video recording
• NFC
• fixed 2,140mAh battery
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Asus Padfone 2 Station Key Specification :

• 10.1-inch IPS with 1280x800 resolution display
• 5,000mAh

Sadly the Padfone 2 have embedded battery and no expandable SDcard. The padfone 2 station battery lfie downgraded too from 6,600 mAh to 5,000mAh in exchange slimmer and lighter profile.

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ASUS release lower-end Transformer Pad 300

Asus just announced Transformer Pad 300, a lower end in Transformer family.

ASUS Transformer Pad 300 Key features :

• 10.1-inch, 1280 x 800 IPS display.
• Tegra 3 chip.
• 1GB RAM.
• 16GB of internal storage with microSD slot.
• 8MP back camera and 2MP front cameras.
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

ASUS Transformer Pad 300 offers different color choices (blue, white and red), a slightly downgraded display and optional LTE compare to the brothers.

No pricing and availability out yet but stay tune with us!

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ASUS Padfone formally launched in MWC

Finally, after the long waiting, ASUS Padfone finally show the true face in MWC!

ASUS Padfone Key Features :

• 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD display.
• Snapdragon's new dual-core S4 chip.
• Adreno 225 GPU.
• 8-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and f/2.2, autofocusing lens, VGA front camera.
• 16/32/64 GB Internal memory with microSD slot.
• 1,520mAh battery.
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

If you don't know, Padfone is 9.2mm thickness that able to slide into an optional station that effectively allows you to use it as if it were a 10.1-inch tablet. The tablet given extra battery as well like ASUS Transformer tablet dock. In addition, ASUS will be selling the keyboard dock as well for this. Finally, it came with stylus as well and the stylus work as as a headset for receiving calls.

Unfortunately ASUS did not reveal the pricing and availability. Guess the waiting game continue but we certainly excited with this new innovation.

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ASUS Transformer Prime will be launch on 18 January in Malaysia, RM2199

Finally, ASUS Transformer Prime hit store shelves this 18 January. The price is also confirmed at RM2,199 for the 32GB WiFi-only version with the keyboard dock included.

So are you excited and ready to get yourself this sweet babe who packed with Quad-core Tegra 3 processor with 1GB of RAM? It came with Honeycomb but will be getting ICS update very soon within this month or early February.

Here is the promo video :

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ASUS Transformer Prime demo Ice Cream Sandwich

ASUS promises to upgrade the latest tablet that come with Android 3.2 Honeycomb to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the near future.

But i guess the time is coming very soon! Nvidia has released an official demo of the tablet running on the latest Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

ASUS Transformer Prime look pretty promising!

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime goes official

Finally, the long awaiting Tegra 3 processor for tablet it out! ASUS will be the first tablet to used it!

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Key Featured :

• Display: 10.1-inch LED backlit Super IPS+ screen at 1280x800 resolution. 10-finger multitouch. Gorilla Glass.
• Operating System: Android 3.2 Honeycomb. Will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
• CPU: NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core CPU.
• Memory: 1GB DDR2.
• Storage: 32GB or 64GB. Also has ASUS cloud storage.
• Wireless: Wifi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.
• Cameras: 8MP rear with flash, f2.4; 1.2MP front.
• Ports: 3.5mm headphone/mic-in, microHDMI, microSD, internal mic, stereo speaker. On the keyboard dock: USB 2.0 port, SD card.
• Battery: 25 Watt-hours (tablet only) for 12 hours of 720p video playback at 60 nits, 18 hours with keyboard dock attached.
• Size/weight: Tablet - 263 x 180.8 x 8.3 mm, 586 grams; keyboard dock - 263 x 180.8 x 10.4 mm, 537 grams.
• Apps: ASUS launcher, @Vibe Music, ASUS WebStorage, MyLibrary, MyNet, MyCloud, file manager, ASUS sync, SuperNote, App Locker, App Backup, TegraZone, Polaris Office
• Other: G-sensor, light sensor, gyroscope, e-compass, GPS.

Look promising doesn't it? A good replacement for current ASUS Tranformer. It will be available in 32GB and 64GB capacities and will also have a microSD card slot for additional storage space. It will be priced at $499 and $599 respectively. The keyboard dock will be an optional extra and will cost an additional $149.

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Asus unveils Transformer Prime Android tablet, Padfone news and ICS upgradeon Eee Pad Transformer

After the teaser release by ASUS yesterday, today they unveils the Transformer Prime, ASUS next Eee Pad generation. This will be the first tablet that equipped with quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3. Transformer Prime come with 10-inch display, mini-HDMI port, a 14.5-hour battery, an SD card slot and a top lid that looks precisely like its Zenbook line. It's 8.3mm thick, not sure is docked or undocked.

Transformer Prime will come with Honeycomb OS but ASUS said by end of the year or earlier, it'll hit with Ice Cream Sandwich! The official ship date not reveal yet but stay tune on 9th November for the official release!

In addition, ASUS chairman Jonney Shih just affirmed that the long-awaited Padfone will be shipping in Q1 of 2012, and yes, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will be onboard.

Not to forget, ASUS Eee Pad Transformer will be getting Ice Cream Sandwich update as well! But the official schedule still unknown.

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ASUS teases us with next version of the Transformer tablet

Finally, the next generation Transformer is coming! The slate is rumored to be powered by the mighty NVidia quad-core Kal-El platform and will most probably be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

I know, ASUS always the best when come to innovative design.

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