

In addition, Asus on Monday unveiled its series of Android handsets called Zenfones that will be released in this year's first quarter in markets outside the U.S.


midyear, use the latest Qualcomm processor and support 4G LTE. The handset portion of the Padfone X comes as a 5-inch smartphone with a 2300mAh battery, while the tablet has a 9-inch screen. Like the previous models, it works as an Android smartphone that can be docked inside a tablet when snapped inside. The new model, called the Padfone X, is another hybrid that can turn from a smartphone into a tablet. The device itself runs Intel's fourth-generation Haswell chip, and will arrive in late March with a starting price of US$599.Īt the International CES show on Monday, the Taiwanese PC maker also announced that it would finally bring its Padfone product to the U.S., in a partnership with AT&T. The Asus Transformer Book Duet TD300īy pressing an "OS Switch" button located on the screen, the product will alternate to the other operating system in five seconds. But unlike other PC convertibles, the new Asus product can switch between the Windows and Android OSes in either tablet or laptop mode. The Asus Transformer Book Duet TD300 comes as a 13.3-inch notebook with a detachable keyboard, which when removed turns the device into a tablet. PC maker Asus is taking the Windows-Android hybrid concept to another level with a convertible laptop that can switch between the two OSes with the click of an on-screen button.
