You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
ASUS of Taiwan has some pretty big plans for the future, where they will touch on the tablet, notebook, smartphone and Chromebook markets. It does seem that ASUS has the intention to roll out another two ASUS Chromebooks sometime in the first quarter of next year, in addition to rolling out more tablets and notebooks before the year is over. Not only that, they also want to make a bigger splash when it comes to the smartphone market in 2014. There’s nothing wrong with ambition, definitely, and it would be nice to see whether this will help push the envelope of innovation among the different product niches.
Apart from all of that anticipation and optimism for the future, Jerry Shen, the company’s CEO, also did reveal that ASUS is currently talking to Google concerning the development of the third generation Nexus 7 tablet. Does this signal that Google might actually break away with previous “tradition” of working with a hardware manufacturer for a couple of years in a row before switching allegiances to a different client? After all, the two generations of the Nexus 7 tablets have rolled off ASUS production lines so far, and if the third does hail from ASUS as well, it would be quite a coup.
ASUS Reveals Future Device Plans, Third Generation Nexus 7 Included original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Back in September ASUS unveiled its new Transformer Pad TF701T quadcore tablet. Powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 4 T40X quadcore processor and aided by 2GB of DDR3L RAM, the TF701T comes with a 10.1 inch WQXGA display with 2,560×1,600 pixel resolution. Towards the end of October, the tablet became available for purchase in the U.S. Though it runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box, its going to receive a firmware update in the very near future. ASUS announced today that Android 4.3 for Transformer Pad TF701T is going to be rolled out on November 18th.
ASUS will roll out the update over-the-air, so be sure to tap that update button in the settings app a few times on November 18th. Apart from bringing the standard features that are included in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, this update will improve battery life, dock battery charging as well as trackpad responsiveness in the dock. The dock has a QWERTY keyboard, secondary battery that increases battery life up to 17 hours and a USB 3.0 port. While the update isn’t exactly the latest release, Android 4.4 KitKat, it should only be a matter of time before ASUS brings KitKat goodness to the Transformer Pad TF701T. Perhaps that might happen in the first few months of 2014, though ASUS is yet to confirm the names of devices which be updated to the latest Android iteration.
ASUS Transformer Pad TF701T Android 4.3 Update Rolls Out November 18th original content from Ubergizmo. 
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A couple of years ago, ASUS unveil a cover for its Transformer tablet that had an origami-like design, and it seems that the origami design language is still with ASUS as a new accessory by the company has been revealed via ASUS’ YouTube channel. The accessory in question is that of a keyboard accessory which can be paired with tablets and smartphones and has been dubbed the ASUS TransKeyboard. Based on what we can see, the device appears to be pretty compact and will come with a cover that resembles the origami cover for the Transformer Prime.
The cover, given that it is foldable, can also double up as a stand for smartphones or tablets which we have to admit is pretty nifty. The keyboard accessory will come with Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity and will support both Android 4.2 and above along with Windows 8. It measures 26cm x 13cm x 1cm and will weigh 246grams. No word on availability and pricing just yet, but considering the video has already made its way onto YouTube, perhaps we will be hearing an announcement in the near future, but in the meantime you can check out the video above for more details!
ASUS TransKeyboard Accessory Revealed original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Anyone who’s ever tried to do much real work from a tablet knows that using an on-screen keyboard for typing can be very tedious. That is why most people that actually work from their tablet use some sort of external keyboard. Keyboards that can act as protective covers are coming more and more popular. Asus […]
The first time we got a look at the Asus Transformer Book Trio ultraportable was during IFA 2013 back in September. This interesting device promises to be three different devices in one with multiple operating systems to choose from. Asus has now announced the official launch date for the Transformer Book Trio in the UK. […]
IDC has released its third-quarter numbers on the tablet industry, and in them we see good news for four of the top five tablet vendors, with all but Apple seeing growth — in a couple cases, substantial growth — year-on-year. For Samsung in particular, the market share numbers compared to the same quarter last year […]
ASUS has dropped another fanless graphics card, the GeForce GT 630. Codenamed GT630-SL-2GD3-L, the card is equipped with 384 CUDA Cores, a 64-bit memory interface, a core clock of 902MHz and a 2GB of GDDR3 memory set @ 1800MHz, and features D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI outputs. The GT630-SL-2GD3-L is available now for 8,000 Yen (about $82). [ASUS]
So the Nexus 10 is a pretty good tablet
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The VS229H-J is another newly released Full HD monitor from ASUS. Adopting an IPS panel, this new 21.5-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 50,000,000:1 contrast ratio (ASCR off 1,000:1), 250 cd/m2 brightness and 5ms (GTG) response time, and features D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI connectors. The VS229H-J sells for 17,800 Yen (about $181). [ASUS]
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