ASUS may unveil convertible smartphone-laptop combo at Computex

By on May 27, 2011 at 7:45 AM
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Earlier this week, ASUS teased a new device to be unveiled at the annual Computex trade show. The question it raised, “pad or phone?” lead many to speculate that we might be looking at another device featuring a convertible form factor similar to that of the company’s popular Eee Pad Transformer. Now, new teaser images posted to ASUS’ Facebook page add fuel to the fire. The first teaser, pictured above on the left, shows a smartphone and reads, “Break the rules: A tablet that jumps out at you.” The second, pictured on the right, shows both a tablet and an Android phone while asking, “Break the rules: Pad or phone? How about both?” It would now certainly appear as though ASUS is preparing to unveil a hybrid device  that marries a smartphone with a tablet, just as the Eee Pad Transformer married a tablet with a netbook computer.

[Via Engadget]

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  • Anonymous

    maybe it’s got a spring loaded device that rockets the phone into the stratosphere therefore proving something “that jumps out at you.”

  • Anonymous

    sooo shouldn’t this be more compared to the Atrix and Laptop Dock than the Transformer? Seems like that’s what this will be

    • Anonymous

      agreed
      sounds like its going to be a tablet with a smartphone plugged into the back of it that provides the brains. Which is similar to what the Atrix does.

  • http://twitter.com/mfg68 MFG

    No, because this will be a tablet.

  • http://twitter.com/rravindras Ryan

    Nooooo Asus! Don’t copy Motorola!

  • Anonymous

    Finally, what I’ve been wanting for quite some time! 

    I wrote up the idea here on BGR back on April 20!

    • Anonymous

      Sorry, have you beat by 9 months, actually more like 1.5 years, but the evidence I have only dates back 9 months. I sent an email to Steve Jobs outlying the entire concept of the Atrix and the Padphone. I have to say, my execution is a lot cleaner, and the rumors of A5 powered Macbooks is more validation that my idea was.. valid? lol.

      Here’s the original email I sent to sjobs@apple.com August 18, 2010

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      If this has been invented, I haven’t seen it. iPhone 4 performance is basically what a computer was 7 years ago, but as you know, even though it’s “slower”, people’s day to day computing needs are thoroughly fulfilled with this level of processing power. 
      So I got to thinking, why are we using 3-4 devices just because the delivery requirement those computing needs changes? i.e. we’re doing the EXACT same tasks on a phone, tablet, and a large monitor, but there’s so much redundancy and waste in the hardware to fulfill the delivery of content on each device. We can’t use 3 devices simultaneously (side by side, yes, simultaneously, no), so why have 3 hard drives, 3 CPU’s, 3 sets of RAM, etc.Why not start with the most mobile form (iPhone), and have the hardware, software, and content “dock” with the delivery method. A 9″ multi-touch tablet w/ an iPhone dock, or a 24″ desktop monitor with an iPhone dock.It really is an elegant symbiosis, more so then an ecosystem, of devices. I don’t think it contradicts Apple’s current product lineup, since foreseeably products like this would come at a more reachable price point for those people who have general computing needs vs those who have specific requirements (professionals, office work force, students, etc.).Think of all the cash! People would get an iPhone and 2 additional devices, who would normally not be able, or willing, to drop 2.5-3 grand on 2 additional full-featured devices.Just a thought.

      • Anonymous

        Why have it dock at all? I believe Apple will use iCloud to connect all of your devices (Macs and iOS) to a single Mac/iTunes account with all of your data/music synced. Then whatever device you’d be using would be YOUR device, and not multiple versions of “your”. 

        Or NFC technology could be used, similar to BB’s bridge. Apple has explored this technology in patent filings.

      • Anonymous

        You’re missing the point. You still need a piece of hardware to access cloud data. The point being made is that there’s a developing pattern of people owning 3 devices. Phone, Tablet, and a desktop/laptop. From a logistical standpoint, you’re basically buying 3 seperate Cpu’s, 3 sets of ram, 3 sets of storage, 3 circuitboards, etc. etc., when what people are REALLY looking for, is just 1 computing source, and 3 seperate form factors. So why pay 300 / 500 / 1500 for 3 seperate devices, when you can pay 300 for the phone, 200 for a tablet form factor, and 250 for a desktop form factor.

  • Anonymous

    Asus is yet addition PC company afterwards a continued list of others that wish to aftermath their own SmartPhones and accomplish a move into the mobile phone territory, which of advance appears to accomplish sense.

    Smartphones

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