Asus CES 2014 Recap: Asus PadFone Mini Revealed in CES; Newest Android And Windows Laptop And Tablet Hybrid Also Showcased
The Asus 2014 Consumer Electronics Show that is currently being held in Las Vegas this week continues to impress consumers of their recent releases.
The newest PadFone mini was revealed in the CES this week where it is featured for a release for the Taiwanese market where the new one has a new small display of 4.3 inches for the smartphone half of the package. The phone is equipped with a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 packed with a 1 GB of RAM.
The tablet of the PadFone combo, on the other hand, has the same screen size of seven inches with a 1280x800 resolution while the smaller phone comes with a 800x480 pixel resolution.
Also, new set of Asus hybrid laptop has been revealed this week in the CES. Asus is set to break barriers with their new release as the will unveil the Transformer Book Duet. The new Transformer Book Duet is a hybrid of a Windows laptop and a tablet that would support both Windows and Android as its operating system.
Most hybrid laptop and tablet in one device usually supports just one OS, usually Windows 8 but this Asus release would support two OS's.
The new Asus hybrid that would be shown in the 2014 CES is a 13.3-inch tablet with a laptop dock that would turn your tablet into a laptop in a flash. A switch will be equipped in the gadget so that you could easily switch the OS from Windows to Android.
The specs given for the Transformer Book Duet are: Processor that can be upgraded up to Core i7, a 4GB memory, a dual storage where you can save up to 128GB in the tablet and 1TB in the laptop dock.
The display for this Asus release will have a 13.3-inch screen with a 1920x1080 display.
It is equipped with an 802.11ac Wi-Fi, 4.0 Bluetooth, Micro SD card slot, headphone and DC jack, one USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0 ports, LAN slot, HDMI slot and an audio combo and DS jack.
The battery of the whole device has 38WHr that is estimated to run for five hours in Windows 8.1 and six hours on an Android 4.2.2.
Asus has been revealing hints in their live stream teasers as to what consumers would likely to expect for their release in the CES 2014.