Oct 29

ASUS lays out Armdroid and Wintel tablet plans, we already feel overwhelmed

Posted in: Android, arm, ASUS, intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, tablet, tegra, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Windows, windows 7, Windows7

Leave it to ASUS to blast out an entire series of tablets that saturate the market in a single go. Many of these have already been mentioned, leaked, or even revealed at trade shows. But now we’ve got company president, Jerry Shen, filling in the launch details. Starting in December, ASUS will begin launching tablets in 7-, 9-, 10-, and 12-inch form factors. The 12-inch model will run Windows on an Intel chipset and be ready for purchase in January. Of interest, Shen says that Microsoft assisted in the development by making several enhancements to related technologies including touch control and the user interface. In March ASUS will launch a pair of 7 inchers (one with WiFi and the other with “3.5G” and phone functions) and another pair of 9-inch tablets (an ARM-based Tegra 2 model running Android and another Wintel tablet) with a price gap of $100. Of course, we’ve see a 10-incher around as well. That means we should see a grand total of five or six tablets from ASUS at CES in January. Fun.

ASUS lays out Armdroid and Wintel tablet plans, we already feel overwhelmed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 28

The Ultimate Router Battle [Reviews]

Posted in: ASUS, review, Reviews, router, Today's Chili, top

You’ve been getting by with the cheapie router you bought two years ago, so why should you upgrade now? Performance. And features. We asked seven manufacturers to send us the best consumer routers in their stables regardless of price tags. More »

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Oct 27

Asus Mouse Copies Best and Worst of Mac

Posted in: ASUS, mouse, multitouch, Today's Chili

ASUS WX-DL touch mouse.jpg

Steve Jobs recently asked what would happen if “an iPad and a MacBook hooked up.” Apparently hardware hook-ups are all the rage, because Asus has been asking the same thing about the Magic Mouse and the poorly received “puck” that came with the first iMacs.

Touch sensitivity and multitouch controls are among the latest features to make the jump from Apple to Windows, and this isn’t the first capacitive touch mouse we’ve seen. The finger-friendly Speedlink Cue made it’s debut last week, and more are sure to follow.
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Oct 27

ASUS gets in on the touch mouse craze with the puck-shaped WX-DL

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ASUS gets in on the touch mouse craze with the puck-shaped WX-DL

Pity the poor fools who show up to the next LAN party with a mouse that doesn’t have a capacitive top. These days it’s touch-sensitivity or bust, and ASUS is latest in line, launching its WX-DL. This one takes its buttonless inspiration from the Magic Mouse but its design from another Cupertino creation: the puck-shape Apple USB Mouse. That rodent came with the 1998 iMac and was basically hated by everyone who placed a hand on it. It remains to be seen whether the slight tilt of this one (shown after the break) will make it more palatable to the digits of computer users everywhere, but it is at least suitably equipped with a 1200dpi laser sensor, 2.4GHz wireless connection, and a suite of media controls baked with care into the top of this aluminum cookie. Its yours for $80, so who wants to take a bite?

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ASUS gets in on the touch mouse craze with the puck-shaped WX-DL originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 27

ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC getting Tegra 2 treatment ahead of March launch?

Posted in: 10-inch, ASUS, LG, motorola, msi, NVIDIA, rumor, samsung, tablet, tegra, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba

More from DigiTimes this morning and its chatty sources within NVIDIA and Taiwanese supply chains. First up is talk that ASUS’ 10-inch Eee Pad — presumably, the Android loving EP101TC said to cost less than $399 — will launch in March of 2011 with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 taking care of the processing duties. DigiTimes‘ sources also remind us that Tegra 2 tablets are on the way from Dell, Samsung, MSI, and Toshiba in addition to smartphones from ASUS, Motorola, and LG. Good to know, but for as long as Tegra 2 has been discussed, we’ve yet to see the SoC ship inside anything worth getting too excited over. And don’t even mention the Boxee Box, they switched to Intel at the last minute, remember? Maybe Dell’s Looking Glass tablet will change all that when it launches any day now.

ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC getting Tegra 2 treatment ahead of March launch? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 26

Garmin navigation to be an Android exclusive for ASUS, headed to Apple and RIM app stores

Posted in: app, Apple, application, AppStore, ASUS, gps, navigation, RIM, smartphone, Today's Chili

Details of the Garmin-ASUS breakup are slowly being revealed. We now know that ASUS has obtained exclusive rights to license Garmin navigation and location based services on its Android smartphones with a Garmin navigation trademark slapped on the back — other Android handset makers need not apply. ASUS will go back to selling its own-brand handsets in January, including models equipped with 3D for gaming and connectivity with ASUS ebook readers and tablets, according to DigiTimes. For its part, Garmin’s official blog says that it will be expanding its mobile application handset development by offering navigation and other applications through “certain consumer application stores.” According to DigiTimes, that means Apple’s iTunes App Store and RIM’s App World. So, in other words, Garmin and ASUS are still friends but are now free to date anyone they want, you know, except for anyone in eachother’s families. How mature.

Garmin navigation to be an Android exclusive for ASUS, headed to Apple and RIM app stores originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 25

ASUS officially walks away from Garmin-Asus partnership

Posted in: ASUS, business, gps, industry, partnership, rumor, smartphone, Today's Chili

Chalk another up to the rumor mill. Just as we’d heard, the Garmin-Asus partnership will soon be no more. After a few arguably valiant attempts to break into the smartphone market, it seems as if ASUS is walking away in hopes of finding greener grass elsewhere. According to Reuters, an unnamed ASUS official has confirmed that it would be “ending its mobile phone cooperation agreement with Garmin.” We’re expecting the rest of the breakup details to roll tomorrow, but honestly, you’d turn the other cheek and move on if you were classy. But we both know that’s not happening, right?

ASUS officially walks away from Garmin-Asus partnership originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 24

ASUS Eee PC 1015PW peeks out of hiding with dual-core Atom, royal purple shell

Posted in: ASUS, dual-core, intel atom, IntelAtom, laptop, netbook, Today's Chili

Can you keep track of all the different variants of ASUS’ Eee PC netbook? It’s not easy when the Taiwanese computer company pumps out new ones nearly every month, but we doubt we’ll easily forget the Eee PC 1015PW’s distinctive shade of purple. Otherwise, TechinStyle reports it’s much the same as the 1015PEM, which isn’t a terrible thing — it’s got a dual-core 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 CPU, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and a 250GB or 320GB hard drive under that chiclet keyboard, plus the usual 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 LED-backlit screen. No word on pricing or availability, but the way these things usually go, you’ll find it in Europe well before the States.

[Thanks, Sal]

ASUS Eee PC 1015PW peeks out of hiding with dual-core Atom, royal purple shell originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 22

ASUS Eee PC 1015PN gets official, will do 1080p in a pinch

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ASUS Eee PC 1015PN gets official, will do 1080p in a pinch

It was rumored back in August for a September release and, though it did miss that by a full month, we’re definite believers of “Better late than never.” The ASUS 1015PN is officially the newest entry in the Eee PC family with its 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 LCD, a dual-core Atom N550 processor, 1GB of RAM, 250GB of platter-based storage, and, perhaps most importantly, NVIDIA Ion 2 graphics that won’t put a hurting on your battery life thanks to Optimus switching tech. That means an estimated 9.5 hours of longevity on a charge so long as you don’t spend your time pumping out reams of legally acquired full HD test footage. If all that sounds good you can order yours right now for around $429.

ASUS Eee PC 1015PN gets official, will do 1080p in a pinch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 22

Garmin-ASUS collaboration said to be ending in January

Posted in: ASUS, gps, rumor, Today's Chili

It was hinted at back in September, now the Chinese-language Economic Daily is reporting that the Garmin-ASUS joint venture will end in January after the two-year deal expires. We’ve heard this from our own sources as well. At that point, Asus will return to flooding the market with indistinguishable product iterations and Garmin will go back to watching GPS-enabled smartphones (and now tablets) eat away at the dedicated personal navigation device market. ASUS is expected to continue making GPS-enabled smartphones under the ASUS brand with Garmin providing navigation and mapping software.

Garmin-ASUS collaboration said to be ending in January originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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