At the Computex 2011 in Taiwan, Asus Chairman unveiled their latest smartphone-tablet combo — the Asus Pad Phone PadFone.
The PadFone is an Android smartphone that you can plug at the back of a bigger tablet. It’s definitely a big departure from the current line-up of Android handsets.
The ASUS Padfone is a device that explores one possible convergence between two popular mobile devices — the smartphone and the tablet. The Padfone solves the problem of data transfer hassles and multiple SIM cards when both a smartphone and 3G tablet are used. With the Padfone, the smartphone docks inside the tablet to give users an expanded view to suit their tasks.
With the phone docked, it can recharge from the tablet’s larger battery and the tablet can also make use of the smartphone’s 3G internet connection. The dual interfaces for both the pad and phone ensure an enhanced user experience as the layout is automatically adjusted for all activities such as video conferencing, web browsing, and emailing.
Still waiting for specific details on specs and pricing. Will update once we more info from PR.
Twitter: roiji
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it could also be a laptop…
i think it can also be docked with the eee pad transformer’s keyboard dock.. i saw a picture of it’s bottom, it looks like that of the eee pad transformer..
i hope this will be as cheap as the eee pad transformer..
Twitter: Yugatech
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nice one from Asus.. hope it will be available at cheaper price when it become available here..
Simply AWESOME. ASUS might not have the best marketing, but they really make astounding devices. And here are proofs of it. They also showed off a new thin notebook named ASUS UX21 that will obviously go head to head with MacAir and Dell XPs15. Here’s an article about that http://www.biggtech.com/technology/asus-ux21-to-go-heat-to-head-with-dells-xps15-and-apples-macbook-air_7638.html
anyway, is the phone running Gingerbread? And does it have ASUS’ custom UI? Because it does look like it’s customed.
SPELL AWESOME. A-S-U-S :)
It’s a re-do of the Motorola Atrix that docks on a an full-sized laptop “accessory.” The tablet+smartphone combo shows the computing prowess of the smartphone but I think there are very few scenarios in reality necessitating use of the combo aside from demos or flaunting IMHO. The Transformer is another story — one that is more practical and more convincing.
This is yet another reason why Google Android is the future and Apple iOS is the past. Every month there are new and exciting things happening with Android, new phones, new tablets and everything in between. Android offers many choices, Apple only offers one.
To those who hated iOS and keep on praising android… Pls watch out for the iOS 5. I’m sure the whole tech industry will watch again, and ready their pencils and take notes, how to copy what iOS 5 has to offer.
Remember, these are just copycats of iPhone, iOS & iPad.
Twitter: AndroidSolution
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If it comes from ASUS it must be good, hope this one runs on the latest Android OS version Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich… building Custom ROMs will be interesting.. …
Twitter: OurTechieWorld
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Nice innovation by asus!
Twitter: Teknisyan
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Nice… looks like the Motorola Atrix with it’s laptop dock that was announced sometime ago.
http://www.teknisyan.net/2011/01/motorola-atrix-4g-and-laptop-dock-promo.html
Twitter: joanne_0518
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looks nice! hopefully the price won’t be that high.
Twitter: ConanLog
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http://bit.ly/iQS4wE So Pretty Gadget Sir!
This device is for people who find that particular phone very useful and use it as their main communication and multimedia device,this will include a very small number of people.very informative post about the newly launched device.thanks for sharing this.
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I just thought of a possible “scenario” that makes this very appealing: upgrading. If the dock can be used for new future, better, stronger phones than all you have to do is buy the newer better phone and you’re actually getting 2 new gadgets in one!–> a new phone plus an upgraded tablet! beat the hell out of buying a new iphone and ipad. It will be like upgrading the graphics card of your PC. as NVIDIA keeps pumping out stronger and faster SoC’s with more cores and GPU’s, you can’t keep buying the same tech over and over again just for the new nvidia chip. This allows you to just upgrade your tech! Now if only ASUS can pull this through. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Having to use only a single sim to use both the devices is truly exceptional.I think Asus has got beyond the smarphone era and their Pasfone just seems to have proven it to the world!
Ang bigat naman nito. Kaya nga mobile phone para mapasok sa bulsa tapos magdadala ka pa ng malaking isa pa. Eh, kung silang dalawa maubusan ng power di dalawang mabigat na. Hinde practical ang concept na ‘to.
asus padfone is one of the best thing ever i ve gone through, for more details about asus padfone,
check the following
http://www.netbooksreviewspecs.com/2011/07/asus-latest-padfone-officially-released.html
asus padfone is one of the best thing ever i ve gone through, for more details about asus padfone, check the following http://www.netbooksreviewspecs.com/2011/07/asus-latest-padfone-officially-released.html
Good, hope it won’t cost an arm a leg or more
Twitter: shwuang
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Is this available in the market right now?how much could it be?
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