Asus FonePad gets better CPU, more storage
The Asus FonePad just got a hardware upgrade. In its native Taiwan, Asus launched a new version of the tablet today, one that comes with a beefed-up processor and more internal storage space. Whereas the original FonePad announced back in February comes with a 1.2 GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor, the new and improved model [...]
Asus ships 3 million tablets, touts the future of Windows slates. Acer still hates WinRT, readies 8” Win8 Iconia Tab
Some PC vendors are getting a hang of what it takes to make a competitive tablets. The most successful among them is Asustek. Asus just reported their first quarter earnings and they have sold 3 million tablets during the last three months. With no Chinese New Year Gift Giving Season, or the new version of [...]
Asus MeMO Pad Smart 10 has a successor in the works, coming soon with better specs
The 10-inch MeMO Pad (also called MeMO Pad Smart 10 in some markets) is Asus’ budget full-size tablet offering. It brings decent enough specs to a very nice price point, but the Taiwanese company is apparently at work on its successor already. Furthermore, this new MeMO Pad 10 (let’s hope it won’t be called the [...]
8 million new Google Nexus 7 tablets could be shipped this year
Although previous estimations had it that Google would sell 10 million second-generation Nexus 7 tablets this year, a new report throws a less-optimistic light on the matter. DigiTimes quotes “sources from the upstream supply chain”, saying that only 8 million new 7 inch Google tablets could be shipped before the end of the year, with [...]
Asus FonePad will be out in the UK on April 26 for £179.99. Pre-orders start on Friday
The Asus FonePad will become available in the UK on April 26 at Carphone Warehouse, Amazon, and Sainsbury’s. These three retailers should all start taking pre-orders for Asus’ first Intel-powered tablet on April 12, which is this coming Friday. If you’re wondering how much you’ll need to pay for the FonePad, know that it won’t [...]
7-inch Asus MeMO Pad now available in the US for $149
The 7-inch Asus MeMO Pad tablet can now be purchased in the US. It is one of the cheapest brand-name Android tablets ever made, as it can be yours for just $149. As you’d expect though, for that price there are a few pretty big caveats. The biggest of those is probably the fact that this [...]
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity gets updated to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
While most mobile device makers are currently struggling to bring Android 4.1 updates to their products, Asus is basically in a league of its own in this regard, especially compared to other tablet makers. The Taiwanese company started updating the Transformer Pad 300 to Android 4.2 last month, and now the rollout has started for [...]
New Asus-made Google Nexus 7 coming in July with Qualcomm CPU
This definitely isn’t the first time we’ve heard about the next Nexus 7 tablet switching from an Nvidia chipset to one made by Qualcomm. In fact, it’s not even the second time. It’s the third. Today, though, the info comes from Reuters and its sources (two in this case), and that makes the news just [...]
Padfone Infinity pre-orders now open in Asus’ home country, April release reconfirmed
Asus announced the Padfone Infinity last month at MWC 2013, making it the third-generation Padfone product. Now the smartphone-tablet hybrid is available for pre-order in Taiwan, Asus’ home country, where it’s going to hit the shelves starting next month (April) – in two color versions: gray and pink. Taiwanese customers can get the Padfone Infinity [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 and Asus Fonepad possibly launching in the UK next month
Officially announced by Samsung last month at MWC 2013, the Galaxy Note 8.0 is seemingly going to be available in the UK starting April. At least that’s what Carphone Warehouse suggests. CPW does not say how much it will charge for the Note 8.0. However, Handtec (another British retailer) has priced the tablet at £371.99 [...]
New rumors suggest that Google’s next Nexus 7 will use a Qualcomm processor
More than a month since we first heard about the fact that Google’s next-generation Nexus 7 would feature a Qualcomm processor, now new rumors – this time coming from Taiwan – are claiming the same thing. Taiwanese website DigiTimes has it that “sources from the upstream supply chain” are confirming the adoption of Qualcomm chipsets [...]
Asus Intel smartphone coming this summer. New Nexus 7 tablet out in May with better specs?
The FonePad apparently wasn’t a one-off partnership between Asus and Intel. The Taiwanese device maker seems to have grown pretty fond of the company sometimes nicknamed Chipzilla, and is planning on releasing at least one more device powered by an Intel processor. It will be a high-end smartphone. The Intel Atom Z2580 (Clover Trail+) will [...]
Asus Transformer Pad 300 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update now rolling out
If you’ve been wondering what the first non-Nexus device to get updated to Android 4.2 would be, it’s time to stop. We now know. It’s the Asus Transformer Pad 300 tablet (TF300T). This is not much of a surprise, since Asus has always been extremely quick to issue Android OS updates (compared to other mobile [...]
Asus FonePad arrives in Europe this month, priced at €265 in Russia
Asus took the wraps off of the FonePad at Mobile World Congress last week. The FonePad is the Taiwanese company’s first device to sport an Intel processor. It’s a 7-inch tablet that can make phone calls as well, if ever you’ll find yourself needing such functionality. We’ve been told that Asus will release the FonePad [...]
Asus MeMO Pad Smart 10 will be available in the US on March 5 for $299
The 10-inch Asus MeMO Pad, or Asus MeMO Pad Smart 10, or whatever else the Taiwanese company will call it next, is due for release in the United States very soon. In just four short days, that is. This tablet will be in stores on March 5, so on Tuesday, and it will set you [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III, Nokia Asha 305 and Google Nexus 7 all win GSMA awards
Like every year, the GSM Association announces Global Mobile Awards during MWC. This year, the big winner is Samsung, which won no less than five awards. First of all, Samsung was declared the Device Manufacturer of the Year Award, being hailed as “the stand-out winner. A terrific year for Samsung as it continues to build [...]
Asus announces pricing and availability in the UK for the MeMO Pad tablets
Although it had a full day yesterday, what with the launch of the PadFone Infinity and the FonePad, Asus somehow managed to find time for other things as well. For example, announcing the pricing and availability information for the MeMO Pad tablets in the UK. We’re talking about the 7-inch MeMO Pad that was announced [...]
Asus PadFone 2 will be available in the UK on March 1 for £599.99
Well, this is interesting. Asus announced that its PadFone 2 phone+tablet combo will be out in the UK on March 1, priced at £599.99. This is the PadFone 2 we’re talking about here, keep that in mind. This device was announced in October of last year. This isn’t the PadFone Infinity that the Taiwanese company unveiled [...]
Asus announces the 5″ 1080p PadFone Infinity with 10.1″ tablet dock, 7″ FonePad with Intel CPU
Asus has finished its Mobile World Congress press conference not long ago, and in it the Taiwanese company unveiled two new devices: the FonePad and the PadFone Infinity. So it’s proved once more how much it loves those two words and combining them in any shape or form. The Asus PadFone Infinity is the successor [...]
Asus teases ‘Metallic Miracle’ for Mobile World Congress. It will be a new PadFone or the FonePad
Asus has started building up the hype for its February 25 event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company is currently running a teaser campaign that started with a brief video yesterday, and continues with a mysterious image today. In the video that was released yesterday, and which you can see below, the Taiwanese company speaks [...]
