More Info ASUS announces line of Transformer Books ASUS Transformer Book shows sudden sign of life: 13-inch Core i5 model coming to Japan this week ASUS Transformer Book hybrid PC gets May 21st release dateFor a while, it looked like ASUS' Transformer Book would turn out to be vaporware: after debuting to much fanfare a year ago, it encountered numerous delays, and even missed the crucial holiday shopping season. Now it's finally here, priced at $1,499 with a Core i7 processor, a 13.3-inch (1080p) screen and a detachable keyboard dock housing both a spare battery and a 500GB hard drive. The pr... Read similar

Remember ASUS' Transformer Books? All is forgiven if you don't, as we're already approaching the one-year anniversary of when they were first revealed at Computex in Taipei. You'll get your choice of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, and the ability to detach and use the device as a standalone 13.3-inch tablet when the devices finally arrive in the US next week. Sure, Japanese buyers might have picked one up first, but interested hybrid PC shoppers should mark May 21st into their diaries. No official word on pricing, but preorder pages from MacMall earlier this year had the Core i7 model p... Read similar

The folks from ASUS might have revolutionized the way we use and enjoy tablets, mainly Android tablets, but today HP is the first to offer it with NVIDIA‘s brand new and impressive quad-core Tegra 4 mobile processor. Just like the popular Transformer series, the HP Slatebook x2 will be an Android tablet that docks into …Read similar

Last week the folks from HP announced their latest Android tablet, one of the first devices to be powered by NVIDIA‘s Tegra 4 quad-core, and today we were able to get our hands all over it. It’s the new HP Slatebook x2 Transformer-like tablet running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and coming to market in Read The Full StoryRead similar

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.The announcement of the Acer Aspire R7 was the best example of the company's assertion that it was moving from computers designed with touch to computers designed for touch. But if having a fancy, even unprecedented, hinge is what defines a touch-optimized notebook, Acer is a bit late to the party.Last October, Switched On discussed the role that laptop-tablet hybrids -- namely convertibles and detachables -- would play in the differentiation of Windows 8 devices. Both types have seen their share of support. Detac... Read similar

ASUS' Transformer Book hybrid may have just graduated from our review testing, but the company already has a new product to tempt you. The Zenbook Infinity will be the "world's first Ultrabook with a lid made form Corning Gorilla Glass 3" and will be revealed in full at Taipei's Computex 2013 in a few weeks. It'll measure in at just 15.5mm thick, which a full 14 percent thinner than previous Zenbooks. Next-generation Gorilla Glass will cover the outer lid and the keyboard surround, although you can expect to see that familiar concentric circle pattern beneath the protection. ASUS says the Ultr... Read similar

If you’ve failed to gets your hands on an ASUS Transformer your moment is coming. Grabbing one of these devices is not an easy task, they often sell out faster than you can make it to a store or click the submit button. While so would figure this is due to the massive demand of this tablet it has a lot more to do with the amount of stock the...Read similar

In normal fashion the Transformer has come and gone. While they seemed to stay in stock a bit longer, Best Buy’s stock has finally been depleted. This is more than likely due to the increasing demand versus the suffering supply chain. ASUS has been aware of the supply chains issues for a little while now and has promised increased availability starting in June. If you’ve yet to grab one of...Read similar

Asus has just announced via their Facebook page that the popular Transformer tablet will be getting an Android 3.1 FOTA update tomorrow, as in, May 31. This announcement comes hot off the heels of last week, when Asus teased a new tablet/phone combination they're working on. This might just be me talking, but it looks like [...]Asus Transformer to Get Android 3.1 Update Tomorrow originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Read similar

ASUS has jumped the gun on the release of the source code for one of their newest tablets, the Transformer. This tablet was essentially a dark horse in lost in the announcements of others featuring 3D cameras, stylus type implementations, and availability. The Transformer has yet to hit stores or even get a release date however the source code has already been released. With the recent with-holdings by HTC of...Read similar