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ASUS Transformer Book review: meet ASUS’ first detachable Ultrabook
Author: James Cliff
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For a while, it looked like ASUS’ Transformer Book would turn out to be vaporware: after debuting to much fanfare a year ago, it encountered numerous delays, and even missed the crucial holiday shopping season. Now it’s finally here, priced at $ 1,499 with a Core i7 processor, a 13.3-inch (1080p) screen and a detachable keyboard dock housing both a spare battery and a 500GB hard drive. The problem is the timing: Intel is about to launch its new Haswell chips, and here’s the Transformer Book, arriving on the scene with a lofty price and a year-old CPU.
It’d be easy enough to tell you just wait for a refresh, which is how we’ve been ending all of our PC reviews in the weeks leading up to this year’s Computex. But it’s still worth investigating whether the Transformer Book (aka the TX300) is a compelling idea. Though we’ve seen many tablet hybrids (the Surface Pro, etc.), they’ve mostly had smaller 11-inch screens. So what happens when you take that form factor and stretch it to accommodate a bigger screen — and a more spacious keyboard? And how does it compare to all those convertible options out there, like the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 or the Dell XPS 12? Let’s have a look.
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Filed under: Laptops, Tablets, ASUS
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ASUS Transformer Book hybrid PC gets May 21st release date
Author: Stefanie Jenkins
Remember ASUS’ Transformer Books? All is forgiven if you don’t, as we’re already approaching the one-year anniversary of when they were first revealed at Computex in Taipei. With Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processor options as well as the ability to detach and work as a standalone 13.3-inch tablet, the company’s taken to Facebook to announce that you’ll be able to pick one up in the US starting next week. Sure, Japanese buyers might have picked one up first, but interested hybrid PC shoppers should mark May 21st into their diaries. No official word on pricing, but preorder pages from MacMall earlier this year had the Core i7 model pegged at a hefty $ 1,479.99.
Source: ASUS US (Facebook)
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ASUS Fonepad gets a spec boost: 1.6GHz Intel processor, 32GB storage
Author: Charity Woods
ASUS’ Fonepad has been making its way around the world with a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor and 16GB of built-in storage, but apparently there’s a need for covering one’s face with a beefier version. Announced in Taiwan earlier today, the 7-inch tabletphone will be offered with a faster 1.6GHz Z2460 plus 32GB of memory (with micro-SD expansion as before). This new model will retail for NT$ 10,900 locally, which works out to be about US$ 360; whereas the original model will still be available for NT$ 8,990 or about US$ 300 (which is, by the way, a tad more expensive than the UK price). We’ll let you know when ASUS comes back with more information regarding availability in other regions.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile, ASUS
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ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU Mini set at $399 with May 20th release, up for pre-order (video)
Author: Jon Mitchell
ASUS’ GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini graphics card first broke cover in April without a price or concrete release date, but now Newegg has dished out just those details along with extra specs. Loaded with 1,344 CUDA cores and 2GB of 256-bit GDDR5 RAM, the silicon boats a base clock of 928Mhz and a boost speed of 1,006MHz. The 6.7-inch long hardware bound for diminutive — or even full-size — PCs rings up at $ 399, and is slated for availability on May 20th. Click the source link below to pre-order the dual-slot dwarf or head past the break for the retailer’s unboxing video.
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Filed under: Desktops
Source: Newegg
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ASUS ‘We Transform’ Computex teaser leaves us waiting for more teaser videos
Author: Brian McKinnell
Just like last year, ASUS is filling time before the Computex trade show by posting teaser trailers. Sporting a “We Transform” tag, its first one for 2013 features the spun metal casings, touchscreen laptops, convertibles, tablets and phones we’ve become accustomed to from the company. So what’s next? The video doesn’t appear to provide any hints, however the press page linked below includes a countdown to ASUS’ press conference June 3rd, and blank spaces for four more videos to come. We’ll keep an eye out for anything else that fills in the blanks (US release info for the Transformer Book would do the trick), check the video after the break to “transform your expectations of technology.”
Filed under: Laptops, Tablets, ASUS
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Asus to release smaller, lower priced Windows 8 tablets this year
Author: Matthew Wilson
After months of rumors that smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablets are on the way, Asus will reportedly release such a tablet later this year. Jerry Shen, Asus’ CEO, also told the Wall Street Journal that he believes prices for Windows 8 tablets will drop to an average of $ 300 before the year’s end. Currently, most Windows 8 tablets are priced around $ 400 to $ 500, with displays of about 10-inches, so a cheaper option would give Windows a chance to compete more directly with the likes of Apple’s iPad Mini and Google’s Nexus 7.
Microsoft knows all this, and knows that it needs to get into the mini tablet game. So far, Asus appears to only be joined by Acer with plans to create a smaller Windows 8 tablet. On Friday, we saw an an 8.1-inch Acer…
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Asus to release smaller, lower priced Windows 8 tablets this year
Author: Matthew Wilson
After months of rumors that smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablets are on the way, Asus will reportedly release such a tablet later this year. Jerry Shen, Asus’ CEO, also told the Wall Street Journal that he believes prices for Windows 8 tablets will drop to an average of $ 300 before the year’s end. Currently, most Windows 8 tablets are priced around $ 400 to $ 500, with displays of about 10-inches, so a cheaper option would give Windows a chance to compete more directly with the likes of Apple’s iPad Mini and Google’s Nexus 7.
Microsoft knows all this, and knows that it needs to get into the mini tablet game. So far, Asus appears to only be joined by Acer with plans to create a smaller Windows 8 tablet. On Friday, we saw an an 8.1-inch Acer…
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Asus to release smaller, lower priced Windows 8 tablets this year
Author: Matthew Wilson
After months of rumors that smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablets are on the way, Asus will reportedly release such a tablet later this year. Jerry Shen, Asus’ CEO, also told the Wall Street Journal that he believes prices for Windows 8 tablets will drop to an average of $ 300 before the year’s end. Currently, most Windows 8 tablets are priced around $ 400 to $ 500, with displays of about 10-inches, so a cheaper option would give Windows a chance to compete more directly with the likes of Apple’s iPad Mini and Google’s Nexus 7.
Microsoft knows all this, and knows that it needs to get into the mini tablet game. So far, Asus appears to only be joined by Acer with plans to create a smaller Windows 8 tablet. On Friday, we saw an an 8.1-inch Acer…
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ASUS Cube Google TV review
Author: Nancy Kennedy
The past year has been a busy one for Google TV — in fact, with the big I/O conference right around the corner, we’re sitting down to review our fifth such device in the past 12 months. The ASUS Cube naturally does everything one would expect from a Google TV set-top box, but it also has a few tricks of its own, like a mic for voice search and a unique “Cube” main menu interface. At $ 129, it’s priced just above the Vizio Co-Star and far below the Sony NSZ-G57. So how does it stack up? Let’s see.
Gallery: Asus Cube Review
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, ASUS
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ASUS Transformer AiO goes on sale in the US, unites desktop and tablet for $1,299
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ASUS’ distinct Transformer AiO has actually been a long time in coming, having first reached our paws last June. For Americans, it goes to last more than just a fantastical idea: Amazon, J&R, Rakuten and other US-friendly online retailers now list the oddest of odd Computers as on sale, and normally in stock. For a typical $ 1,299, more daring purchasers get a Windows 8 base desktop with a 3.1 GHz Core i5, 8GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a DVD drive and a GeForce GT 730M. The real enjoyable, obviously, rests in its show. Delete that 18.4-inch LCD from its dock and it suddenly becomes a gigantic Tegra 3-based Android tablet running Jelly Bean. We’re not sure if we’ll ever totally cover our heads around the idea, but those who understand ASUS’ expanded meaning of an all-in-one can go shopping at the source links.
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