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ASUS announces Transformer Pad TF701 and Transformer Book Trio (Dual Boots to Android)
Two things from ASUS in Manila: the Tranformer Pad TF701 and the Transformer Book Trio. The former is your Windows 8 tablet / notebook with the removable keyboard while the latter is your dual-book Windows / Android device. It’s a notebook running Windows, a tablet running Windows and an Android device running v4.2. “Dual boot”…
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ASUS unveils affordable MeMO Pad 8″ and 10″
ASUS Philippines has unveiled their first MeMO Pad line for 2014. If you’re unfamiliar with this device, the MeMO Pad caught our attention almost exactly a year ago when ASUS released the ultra-epic Nexus 7. For those that could not afford the Google-branded phablet (with ASUS as their OEM), the MeMO Pad 7 was the…
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ASUS unveils Transformer Book T100: Quad Core Atom Processor, 11-hour battery life and Windows 8.1 for PHP 23,995
Yesterday, ASUS Philippines unveiled the T100 Transformer Book, essentially a follow up to the tradition of tablet + keyboard device that made a name for the Taiwanese company even before the whole Windows 8 hype was around. The Transformer Book essentially comes from the line of Transformer and Transformer 2 tablets that ran on iterations…
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Bought my first PC in 8 years: ASUS VivoBook S550 wins in the budget + specs department
I’ve been an exclusive Mac user since 2005. It’s a phase I guess. Most of my friends went through the whole PhilMug pilgrimage and you gotta admit that at some point till about OS X Tiger, Macintosh spelled ultimate productivity. One thing though — although I was on the “Mac and will never go back…
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ASUS Fonepad has excellent battery life, PHP 11,995 for 8GB
So many phones and tablets out there — and yes, the hybrids of different brands are equally populating the stalls. What makes the ASUS Fonepad stand out? Apart from being an all-in-one tablet and an Android powered smartphone, it actually kills the battery life category. You won’t believe it, but the Fonepad’s battery can last…
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ASUS VivoTab TF810 excels in performance as notebook and tablet; sells for PHP 42,995
So here I am at my favorite third wave coffee place in the south, working on an ASUS VivoTab (thanks ASUS Philippines for lending this little number). ASUS has been keen on the whole hybrid scene as they debuted devices like the Transformer and the PadFone. So it’s no surprise that ASUS continues to bring…
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ASUS MeMo Pad, 7″ tablet if you can’t, for some reason, afford a Nexus 7 which is also made by ASUS
ASUS has announced the MeMo Pad ME172, a 7″ Android tablet that sells for USD 9. That’s about PHP 6,400.00. This announcement comes about half a year after Google announced the Nexus 7 tablet (available here via SMART Communications) which is also made by ASUS.
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Budget ASUS VivoBook runs Windows 8 at PHP 20,995
Perhaps the most affordable Windows 8 Pro-ready laptop in the market, the ASUS VivoBook will definitely sell because it makes touch affordable for everyone. In terms of specs, other than the touch screen, the budget version of the VivoBook comes with an older Celeron processor and 2GB of DDR3 RAM. As you can see from…
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5 Things I Learned from the ASUS Zenbook launch in El Nido, Palawan
I spent my birthday in El Nido, Palawan together with some media friends and the ASUS crew. Here are 5 things I took home after ASUS presented their product lineup for Q4. In the evening of our first night, Jamie Ysrael together with Gabe Mercado (a good friend and fun host) launched the drool-worthy ASUS…
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ASUS launches new Ultrabook, the ZENBOOK. We compare it to the Macbook Air and the Acer S3
ASUS unveiled their latest ultrabook just a few hours ago. Touted as the Zenbook. I can lust after it. For those unfamiliar, the ultrabook is defined as the market segment of Apple’s Macbook Air. These are usually classified having these three features: battery efficient, super light and thin, with solid state storage.
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