ASUS Transformer IOA, hybrid Tablet and PC all-in-One

The Taiwanese manufacturer presents the IOA Transformer, its PC all-in-One with screen-Tablet touch detachable "18.4 and dual-boot Android/Windows 8.

After the tablet which turns into ultrabook and the smartphone which is mu in tablet, here is that Asus unveils the PC all-in-One whose touch screen detaches to become a Tablet under Windows8/Android.

The Taiwanese manufacturer likes to mix uses and with this transforming IOA, us this is served. Indeed, in mode All-in-One, the apparatus with a large database based on a wide foot, it offers an optical drive, a tuner, USB 3.0, Ethernet, HDMI, jack ports, a reader of memory cards and operates with a processor Intel Core Ivy Bridge not defined at this time, all running Windows 8.

Touch screen of 18.4 "is also a provided connections because it can dissociate the database to then become an Android tablet version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with the whole Windows8/Android dual-boot.

Original, this concept presented by Asus on its stand at the Computex 2012 is stingy information therefore no detailed technical specifications or date of marketing or tariff have been advanced. Case to follow…

Read More

ASUS sued by Hasbro for its differential Transformer

The touch Tablet transforming premium of Asus against the robot Transformers Optimus Prime of Hasbro, who will emerge victorious?

Toy manufacturer Hasbro sees a bad look the use of the name "Transforming premium" of the last touch of Asus Android tablet. Indeed, the firm filed a complaint against Asus for brand noise because it thinks that there may be consumer confusion by associating the toys in the Transformers franchise with the touch tablet of the Taiwanese manufacturer.

Yet, they do not play in the same category of products, because between a Tablet - object technological and electronic - and a toy plastic there is still a huge gap, or even a grand canyon. Even if it must be admitted that at the level of names, with an Optimus Prime leader of the Autobots Transformers for Hasbro and the Transformer differential of Asus, the approximation is easy (which is also never made reference referring to touch slate of Asus?). And are you savings bonus of Google Nexus...

Hasbro is ready to defend its Transformers franchise to court if necessary and thus request damages and interest, or even outright the judgment of the commercialization of the tablet to the United States. Or when two companies agree on an agreement to negotiate a licence and may be one day see a Tablet transforming premium siglée of the seal of the Autobots... either a character in the upcoming feature film turn into touch tablet to find themselves on the thighs of Megan Fox!

Read More

The differential Transformer under Tegra 3 shows... a little

After a furtive appearance in a teaser video yesterday, Asus took the AsiaD Conference to unveil its new touchscreen tablet.

It is the CEO of Asus in person, Jonney Shih, who presented the new Eee Pad Transformer differential and not "transform 2". According the photos of our colleagues to Engadget, the Tablet resumes look brushed aluminium Ultrabooks "Zenbook" range and only 8.3 mm thick which makes it one of the finest bars of the time.

It is the first to integrate the new SoC quad-core Tegra Nvidia 3 (Kal - El), it will be completed by 1 GB of RAM, 32 GB of memory storage, a screen of 10 inches, a mini-HDMI output and SD card reader. It will always be or even add a keyboard dock (that hopefully retro-compatible) adding a USB host port and a battery for autonomy combined from 14: 30. Running Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) to its output, slate will be quickly updated to Android 4.0 alias Ice Cream Sandwich.

This Transformer differential, which will be presented a complete a conference press on November 9, met us already the water to the mouth.

 

Read More

The Asus Transformer 2: aluminium and Kal - El

The transforming of Asus Tablet has had some success, the company already preparing suite: EeePAD Transformer 2, alias TF201.

The transforming of Asus Tablet has had some success, the company already preparing suite: EeePAD Transformer 2, alias TF201. And according to our colleagues, this tablet will propose a hull aluminum like the UX21, the Asus ultrabook. Best used SoC - chip integrates CPU, the GPU, the memory controller, etc. - would be a "Kal - El, the successor of Tegra 2.

Reminder, Kal - El will be a kind of Tegra 2 boosted: 4 cores Cortex A9 (more exactly 4 + 1), a GeForce ULP faster, faster memory controller. Early returns indicate a quite interesting gain between Tegra 2 and Kal - El: it would of 29.2 fps on Tegra 2 to 53 fps on Kal - El with GLBenchmark 720 p test "Egypt offscreen. It's quick, even if the iPad 2 and its GPU oversized remains the reference with 85 fps in the same case and that the Exynos of the Galaxy Samsung S2 reached 42 fps with its 400MP4 Mali.

In the end, Asus should propose a speedy Tablet and especially convince users with one of its big advantages: its detachable physical keyboard.

Read More