ASUS announces the Series S Ultrabook

ASUS has announced the upcoming availability of Ultrabook series S , Devices that are designed to offer users all the functionality of a Ultrabook generation at a price not too far. As per tradition, ASUS, also Ultrabook Series S are treated under the aspect of design, are characterized by a thickness of 21 mm and a lightweight and durable metal casing. Onboard we will find a processor Intel Ivy Bridge (up to Core i7) and optional graphics card Nvidia GT 635m, the latter will reduce consumption by supporting Nvidia Optimus.

 

The storage unit includes a choice hybrid SSD / HDD and the presence of a drive Optical , usually excluded from Ultrabook. The S series also boast ASUS Ultrabook a touchpad with advanced gesture Smart, capable of responding to different types of touch, of course, ideal for Windows 8. Finally, we point the audio department ASUS SonicMaster Lite and proprietary Super Hybrid Engine II, which allows for a more responsive system. Prices are now waiting to see if the relationship with performance will be so convenient as the company says.

Google Play Store officially shipped to buyers booking the Nexus 7 Hello!

Google earlier release of the first Nexus Tablet PC, be regarded as an important step in the face of the Apple iPad Mini and the Amazon Kindle 2, etc.. Google Nexus 7 pricing weight quite low, almost close to cost price, obviously want to increase the share of the Android tablet.

 

Earlier, Google has in Google Play Store to make reservations for the Nexus 7, a few days ago, Google Play in the official Google + being has said officially start the delivery to the buyers already booked the Nexus 7. However, the widely expected, due to supply issues, Google will be delayed until August or so will be on sale in other areas Nexus 7 Tablet PC.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_8gb

CyanogenMod 10 on Asus Prime Transformer (video)

After Optimus LG 4X HD, Nexus Galaxy, Galaxy Tab 10.1 and some devices Americans, here comes the turn of ' Asus Prime Transformer with CyanogenMod 10. As always videos very skinny, low-quality but showing some features of the new project, Jelly Bean Cyanogen Team. Camera and a small tour operating software that still shows the Kernel 2.6 as a very first port of Android 4.1.1.

Nexus 7 here that redefines the Android Tablet with Full Specifications and Prices

Although an hour after the official presentation you already knew all of the new Nexus 7, the Tablet Google certainly has not lived up to expectations. In fact we have a tablet with the best hardware available today, with Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM and a 7-inch HD screen very nice and defined.

Made in collaboration with Asus, Nexus 7 seems to please everyone, not just for the hardware, but also for the price and the system operational .

As mentioned in recent days lacks the rear camera and 3G connectivity, but for $ 199 in 8GB and 16GB $ 249 version can not expect much more difficult, although there may be some regrets.

Nexus 7 redefines Android still makes this point because not only the political price of Tablet Android seen to date, but shows the long-awaited Jelly Bean, a system which, fortunately, does not change ICS in the strict sense, but it evolves, improves and features in an even more complex.

A tablet that expresses the best of the Android 4.1 system, allowing to exploit the new content of the Play Store, videos, ebooks and magazines not to forget the music.

The multimedia aspect seems to be one of the most important experience, not so much for the improvements of the code of Jelly Bean, the new features for graphic Swype is more mature, but for compatibility with the Nexus Q, " social streaming media player "  that allows content management of the Tablet or Play Store in the same song throughout the house.

During the presentation of the gaming aspect has seen a major focus, which showed the goodness of the 12-core Nvidia GPU.

Nexus 7 more or less satisfied because all the developers will not have to reinvent themselves, but the Holo theme is always the same, only the API has been extended allowing more interaction with the system itself.

Satisfied users are also critical of Nvidia as now, with the official support of Google, we hope to see an acceleration in supporting kernel and driver development in general.

Satisfied users side price / performance with a complete, neither great nor small, neither fish nor fowl, perhaps, but still useful as a tablet is useful, or useless to many but cool for everyone.

This is the Nexus 7, a product that revolutionized the industry, no new leads in the strict sense, but in fact creates a new standard for the industry Android with money and power than other products, also went out and dream.

Pricing and Availability:

Nexus 7 is already sold in the Play Store in preorders and will be shipped from mid-July. When orders are available for America, Australia and UK. Other markets will come to follow. Prices:

• $ 199 8GB version
• $ 249 16GB version

For both versions, Google offers $ 25 bonus to be spent in Play Store.

ASUS adds support for Thunderbolt in the board for AMD processors

On the release of its first motherboard with support for Thunderbolt , ASUS announced in May. In these models, Thunderbolt connector located on the edge of the board, next to the terminals of other interfaces. Several other support for Thunderbolt in ASUS motherboards for processors from AMD.

Displayed at Computex model Crosshair V Formula-Z (chipset 990FX + SB950), M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (990FX + SB950), Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 (990FX + SB950) and M5A99X EVO R2.0 (990X + SB950 ) calculated on CPU performance in the AM3 +.

 

A common feature of all these models is the pin with signature TB_HEADER.

 

This connector connects extension card ASUS Thunderbolt EX, is installed in slot PCI Express.

 

The basis of maps Thunderbolt EX, equipped with the interface, PCI Express 2.0 x4, the controller is Intel Cactus Ridge 2C. DisplayPort connects to the input of the output 3D-card.  Source: VR-Zone

Asus and Google ready to launch 600,000 tablets in June?

Talking about Asus and their estimated Nexus Tab The next Google I / O 2012will certainly be one of the great players that Asus now seems almost ready to launch on the market in partnership with Google its first tablet with the Google Experience and presumably with a diagonal 7 inches to enter into direct competition with the Kindle Fire .Rumors and speculation that is now chasing for months and that they would see a recent study confirmed  the initial 600,000 units of the alleged Nexus tablet ready to be released during the month of June, with games actually available in stores from July.

 

The information still comes from sources inside the production chain also would say that hardware changes made ​​in recent weeks, unfortunately, without going into details. Confirmations and denials arrive in about a month, even when we know more about the latest speculations of Android 5.0 .

ASUS has released two series of motherboards with support for Thunderbolt P8Z77

ASUS has announced two new motherboards with support for increasingly popular technology Thunderbolt . According to the manufacturer, model P8Z77-V PREMIUM was first to market with the appropriate certification of Intel.

 

Combines high speed data transfer and high-definition video on the same cable at speeds up to 10 Gbit / s. As a standard USB, Thunderbolt technology involves connecting multiple devices in a single chain.

 

The board P8Z77-V PREMIUM lead portfolio decisions based on chipset Intel Z77. It will have four slots PCI-E 3.0 x16 for NVIDIA SLI configurations, and AMD CrossFireX, wireless module Wi-Fi, two Gigabit Ethernet adapter and an external module with two ports USB 3.0.

 

The package includes a solid state drive with 32GB mSATA interface and support for technology SSD Caching II, Intel Smart Response and Rapid Start, which allows your PC boot-up time and improve the overall system performance.

 

Model P8Z77-V PRO / THUNDERBOLT has a more modest facilities, which in turn have a positive impact on the price. Make notes in the presence of both boards the power subsystem SMART DIGI + Power Control, features Wi-Fi GO! Fan Xpert, and 2.

An update for the Asus Transformer TF101 has just been released

Asus is releasing a new update for owners of the tablet  Eee Pad Transformer , which brings the build to version 9.2.1.21 but remains Android 4.0.3.

 

The update brings fixes a few bugs and especially of the lag in the home of which some users have complained, but we can not be sure that no other changes have been brought in the absence of an official changelog. It seems that the performance of your tablet has improved after the update?

Asus Transformer TF101: new official next update

TF101 is leading a new update classified numbered 9.2.1.21 which should go further to improve the performance of the device, fix some bugs and offer more stability. As there is currently no detailed information can be more precise, but we will update you as soon as possible. Here are details about version numbers:

 

• Android Version: 4.0.3
• GPS Version: V6.9.12
• Wi-fi Version: V6.3.1.24
• Bluetooth Version: V8.30
• Touch panel version: MXT-1.1-1 builds
• Kernel Version: 2.6.39.4-00001-g4cf4e0c Android @ Mercury # 1
• Build Number: IML74K.TW_epad-9.2.1.21-20120413

We hope that you have solved the problems some users still complain that off.

PadFone Asus: here comes the first photo unboxing

Although still missing about a month and a half the marketing of PadFone (late May), begin to tap into the world the first definitive models complete with box and packing Journal. PadFone is the world's first hybrid device that combines smartphone and tablet in one modular solution. The base price will be € 699 and will offer smartphone and tablet. You can then buy an external keyboard for 149 € (should be the same as TF101) and pen / headset for 49 €.

The packaging is certainly rich and includes the housing to accommodate the Tablet (and of course the phone when plugged into the tablet). Padfone a solution is very unusual, unique and unusual.

The price is not low but not overkill if we consider the hardware (the same as the One S) and the presence of the Tablet. The recent movements Asus have not been particularly happy image-level view of the controversy surrounding the GPS outside of Prime, but the products are good and could get his Padfone important niche of users. Unlikely to be a device "mass", but among the geeks might be one of the most desired gadgets with Android system.

Only regret that the battery of the smartphone is not particularly large: 1540mAh.

Asus: here are the official prices of PadFone, TF700 and TF300

Directly from the week of the cabinet began today in Milan and starring of many of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, here come the prices for the range of Asus Tablet . Pending the official communications to the press, here is the anticipated prices of the models not yet released into our country, but imminent.

• ASUS Padfone

Asus Padfone will arrive and exclusively with a telephone operator in the month of June and at the configurations and packages that are available have not been revealed in detail. Rather safe in the presence of shops and Padfone Station Padfone (smartphone and tablet) in a 32GB version priced at $ 699 . The keyboard dock, called PadFone Dock Station, will be sold separately at a cost of 149 euros. As for the version of LTE, it is spoken after the summer.

• ASUS Transformer Pad 300

TF300 will be the first to arrive next month to 399 € in Wi-Fi only version and 499 € in both 3G version with 32GB of internal memory. Price is certainly interesting considering the power of the hardware product, true successor of the TF101.

• ASUS Transformer Pad 700

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700, will come at a price of 599 euros without the keyboard dock. The TF700 will feature well-64GB of internal memory and 10-inch Full HD.

Prime Transformer problems with the GPS? Asus will provide a kit by April free outdoor

Problems on the GPS of the Prime Transformer rivers of words were written, and several tests have shown clear limitations compared to other tablet form, fueling criticism of those who hold to this particular feature. From Asus came several updates via OTA especially in the early months of marketing in North America where the unexpected has happened before, but to no avail these attempts by software leaving open the question up to these days. Many of the new owners of Prime are in fact pointing out, when registering the product on the Asus site, the presence of a message that warns of the next free issue of an external GPS kit  with the reference date for mid-April.

As reported by an employee who is trying the Asus device, it is a minimalist machine that integrates seamlessly with the tablet, called simply "very cool". It should be so small as to not affect the profile to what was said by some users who have had the chance to test it. Obviously its use to solve any indecision satellites required to determine the position, but we'll have time for tests that will confirm this.

Asus said that the external GPS will be available to all owners of Prime Transformer , indicating that the accessory does not replace, alter or modify the existing warranty .

Now we are waiting for confirmation on the timing for our land, all owners of the last tablet Asus will be happy to have entrusted to a company before an objective problem does not turn his back but does everything to solve it.

Android 4.0 ICS officially available in advance of a day for all TF101G (3G)

In advance of about 24 hours compared to forecasts of the release of Android 4.0.3 for Asus TF101 with a 3G module , Asus has started the roll-out in these hours also confirmed by several comments on the official Facebook pages by some users .

 

Initially blocked for some problems encountered in the Wi-Fi version, it is finally time to update via FOTA for all owners of this release. For those who had not yet received notification of the update, try to force the search, once connected to the Internet via settings> information on the tablet> System Update . Good update, and finally to all ICS!.

Asus Padfone: Complete all in $ 980 pre-order from tomorrow in Taiwan

How much are you willing to spend for the Padfone? According to the findings from Taiwan, where tomorrow will officially open the pre-orders, for the complete kit consists of Phone + keyboard + pen tablet + headset, will serve about 980 U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Very important to have a price, however, an extremely comprehensive. Fortunately you can buy the pieces individually and prices will drop accordingly.

In particular, the formulas of purchase will be:

• Phone = $ 610
• Phone + Tablet + Pen = $ 850
• Phone + Tablet + Pen + Keyboard = $ 980

So prices are certainly important but may be converted to Euros are very similar to:

• Phone = 499 €
• Phone + Tablet + Pen = 699 €
• Phone + Tablet + Pen + Keyboard = 799 €

Will really like the prices in Euros? Definitely would sound better than the numbers in dollars and could be realistic.

Asus releases a new update in the U.S. Asus Prime Transformer

Released a few hours a new minor update for all Asus Transformer First marketed in the U.S. that carries with it some small bug fixes and improvements in system performance. In particular, the first users who have upgraded indicate the resolution of a problem that plagued some tablet during startup of the operating system and an updated version of the component for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Kernel.

This changelog reported:

• Android 4.0.3
• GPS 6.9.13
• Wi-Fi 6.1.1.18
• Bluetooth 9.26
• Room TF201-0 × 9900
• Touch panel MXT-2.0 build-170
• Kernel 2.6.39.4-00001-g034d325 Android @ MiuMiu # 1
• Build IML74K.US_epad-9.4.2.13-20120203
• Pad EC TF201-PAD-0214
• MobileDock TF201-DOCK-0206

For now, as we reported in the opening article, the update affects only American consumers but it is possible that there will shortly arrive in other countries where the tablet was marketed.

Lifebook: the notebook with a modular tablets, smartphones and detachable camera

Asus Padfone inaugurated the concept of smartphones converts into tablet using a modular system and the designer Prashant Chandra has brought this concept to the extreme with Lifebook.

The concept, in fact, is a notebook that uses various forms: a smartphone, a camera and a tablet. Unlike Padfone, however, Lifebook uses various devices to increase computing capacity. Is inserted into the shell of the tablet notebook that turns into the first virtual keyboard and " processor ".

Adding smartphone, you have more computational power and battery, in addition to automatic synchronization of content between the tablet and mobile phone. Dock the camera, finally, photos and video are synchronized on both devices, portable or notebook.

A system that really interesting, if it became standard could be the future. This, however, would require an agreement between producers and a standardization of the size, I imagine you can collect all your mobile devices into a single shell, and have, when you upgrade the phone, even a power upgrade for your PC?

Asus confirms the Prime Transformer (TF201) plus new 3G model TF202

Asus has confirmed to the press at an event rumors appeared on the net yesterday after a benchmark had noted the existence of a Prime Transformer (TF202)  with high resolution display and at the same press release also announced the arrival of a 3G version of the tablet to please the many fans who have applied in these months of waiting.

The arrival of the two versions is expected in March , but let us have no illusions here in Europe because it may take as was done for the current model. For the next CES are no news about the coming 7-inch spotted last week (presumably Eee Memo Pad), but the wait is short and resist.

Other confirmation came from Asus for the development of a tablet with the  operating system Windows 8 later this year and by mid-2012 are scheduled for two more 10-inch that you do not have any anticipation.

Laptop ASUS N45J Jay Chou Edition: here are the specs with price

ASUS is expected to present a short version of the new laptops N43SL Jay Chou Edition, a laptop designed in a very nice and high performance. Unlike the first version (black), this time the manufacturer has opted for a white chassis worked, aesthetically pleasing design, the N43SL has a screen resolution of 1600 × 900 and probably 14 ".

Onboard we will find a video card Nvidia GeForce GT555M and processor Intel Core i7/i5/i3 Second Generation with 8 GB of DDR3 RAM, the audio is entrusted to a Bang & Olufsen ICEpower solution.

The ASUS N43SL Jay Chou Edition will be distributed (mainly on the Eastern market, but certainly also on the global one) from the middle of January, yet the price is not known but may touch the 1,567.59 USD to 1,698.18 USD.

This is the first Asus and HP with 28-nanometer GPU

The first 28 nanometer AMD GPUs have appeared in the specifications of the HP and Asus notebooks; the GPU in question are the Radeon HD7670M and HD7690M, both based on the chip architecture WLIW Thames XT-4 and 128-bit GDDR5 memory.

HP has also listed a Radeon drivers HD7470M on its website, all in conjunction with an event held in London on their own Radeon HD 7000M. The notebook HP Envy 17-3030ew will then have a Radeon with 1GB GDDR5 HD7690M along with a processor Intel Core i7 SandyBridge.

The ' Asus X53TK SX058V- hand is a notebook with Radeon HD 7670M in addition to a platform with Llano APU. AMD is expected to announce officially to 28Nm video cards for laptops directly to the event taking place in London in recent days.

ASUS Eee PC X101: Netbook with Intel Atom N570 Dual Core

ASUS today announced the commercial availability of Italian netbook Eee PC X101 , already previewed at Computex 2011 and that strikes for a profile of only 18 mm and weighing only one kilogram. The main features include Intel Atom N570 Dual Core processor and hard drive 320GB, along with an ergonomic keyboard with keys to the island and a touchpad is spacious and comfortable. To complete the configuration, a multiformat memory card reader, webcam and built-in wi-fi generation.

ASUS also makes available a wide range of cloud services, including Asus @ vibe, the ASUS appstore, in addition to the convenience of free online storage through ASUS WebStorage. ASUS Eee PC X101 is available on the Italian market at a price of 249 Euros including VAT , in white and red, with a three-dimensional texture makes the surface resistant to scratches and fingerprints.

We leave you with the technical characteristics:

Model                                     Eee PC X101H

Display                                   10.1 LED WSVGA (Resolution 1024x600)

Operating System                  Microsoft Windows 7

Processor                                Intel Atom Dual Core N570 ( 1.66 GHZ)

Chipset                                   Intel NM10

Memory                                  1GB DDR3

Hard Disk                               320 GB HDD 2.5” SATAII +3GB

Wireless Connotation            Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n  

Webcam                                  0.3 Megapixel

Sound                                      Speaker Stereo integrated

Microphone                            Microphone Digital Integrated

Interface                                 1 x VGA

                                                2 x USB 2.0

                                                1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit LAN

                                                2 x Audio Jack

                                                1 x Card Reader MMC / SD (SDXC)