The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is a device that is designed to combine the best of a tablet with a netbook. By docking the tablet into a keyboard, it can be used as a netbook. While the concept is solid, it has been a tough sell by straddling categories. However, Asus is investing in this, and [...]
Continue reading...24. June 2011 | by Jonas
Asus is showing off their Ultrabook UX21, which features some nice industrial design. After all, the package can be just as important as to what is inside. While the pricing and availability are not known, it is expected in the next 3 months… or so. In the meantime, it is all polished aluminum, and seriously thin [...]
Continue reading...3. June 2011 | by Jonas
Intel recently announced a new Atom chip, the N435. While not the bleeding edge of performance, it shapes up to be more of a value proposition. It will debut in the Asus Eee PC X101 and X101H. The clockspeed is power saving 1.33 GHz, with 512 kb of L2 cache. It is a 45 nm part, [...]
Continue reading...Today, Asus introduced their EeePC X101 netbook. It looks like Asus, amidst slowing netbooks sales, has gotten back to their original formula for what a netbook is, and hit a low price point. The X101 uses a 10″ display putting it in standard netbook territory. However, while there will also be a Windows 7 version for [...]
Continue reading...25. May 2011 | by Jonas
So, netbooks are a dying breed, and lately it has been all about tablets. Well, Asus may have missed that memo, or maybe they just thing that some folks will want a keyboard still, and realize that tablets are limited without them. So, Asus will be showing a new netbook device at the upcoming Computex. No [...]
Continue reading...20. May 2011 | by Jonas
With the iPad’s market share increasing at the expense of traditional netbooks, clearly there needs to be some pushback. A rumor suggests that Asus will hit Apple in their soft white underbelly… price. Asus has plans for next month to launch a new Eee netbook. While that would ordinarily not be too newsworthy, the intriguing part [...]
Continue reading...27. March 2011 | by Jonas
Conjuring up thoughts of Transformers: More than Meets the Eye is the latest combo tablet/netbook device from the folks at Asus. Taking a new approach than a netvertible is the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. The idea is that it can function independently as a tablet device. When it comes time to do some serious work, than [...]
Continue reading...20. March 2011 | by Jonas
While the “finger friendly interface” has undoubtedly contributed to the success of the iPad, it is not the answer to everything. In some situations, such as editing a document, a keyboard is a better input device. In others, a stylus would be better, such as when image creating, or for handwriting recognition. Thankfully, Asus is [...]
Continue reading...6. March 2011 | by Jonas
With the addition of Fusion to the netbook space, AMD has finally brought a viable Atom competitor to the space. a sign of that is that Asus is updating some models, and the Fusion is finding its way in. The 1015B will have a standard netbook display, but the Fusion C-30 (1.2 GHz), a single core [...]
Continue reading...Asus is showing off at CeBit their latest dual core netbook, the Eee PC 1015PN (yup, another name that rolls right off the tongue). The specs include a 10.1″ display with a resolution of 1024 x 600, a 250 GB hard drive, and 1 GB of DDR3 RAM. A 6 cell battery, and Nvidia Ion [...]
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26. June 2011 | by Jonas
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