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[CES 2013] It was at the turn of the new year when we talked about how the Asus VivoTab Smart tablet has launched, and so if you were headed towards CES this year, you would be able to check out the Asus VivoTab Smart Tablet as well. What makes this particular model different from the original VivoTab? Well, it runs on Windows 8 for instance, never mind that in the eyes of many, the Intel Atom Z2760 dual-core processor is not exactly a trailblazer to say the least.

A full charge of the battery is able to last for up to 9.5 hours, where the Asus VivoTab Smart Tablet measures a mere 9.7mm in thickness and tips the scales at 580 grams. Other hardware specifications include a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display with a crisp 1366 x 768 HD resolution, while IPS display technology offers a 178-degree wide viewing angle. Not only that, 5-point multi-touch is also thrown into the mix for fluid fingertip control with Windows 8. An 8-megapixel camera at the back with auto-focus, five-element lens and 1080p Full HD video recording is also part of the setup, in addition to a 2-megapixel camera front facing camera for video chats of the HD variety. Any takers?

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With Mobile World Congress about a month away, there wasn’t a peep about new smartphones at today’s LG press conference. The company was all about TV — well, TV and smart appliances, we guess. But we couldn’t help but be enamored with the giant TV sets, the company showed off once the curtains were drawn back at the end of the press conference. The most eye-catching of all, clearly was the 84-inch 4K display which downright dwarfed the LG rep standing to its side. Sitting just off to the right was the newly announced 65-inch model, which, like the 55-inch OLED that spent the show on-stage, looked like a relatively modest proposal sitting next to such a behemoth. Of course, these are 4K TV sets that we’re talking about here, so we use the word “modest” as loosely as humanly possible.

The set maintains the impressive life-like quality of its elder sibling (showing off massively detailed cityscapes) of course, but compared to incredibly sleek and shiny OLED sets that we saw early, the 4K seem a bit on the thicker side. Though, as with the OLED, LG’s clearly focused on making the the bezel as imperceptible as possible here. The 4K models are propped up by a shiny metal stand emerging from their center.

Myriam Joire contributed to this report

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This week the folks at ASUS have revealed the VivoTab Smart Tablet with a fabulous little full type cover for wireless keyboard fun. This maching works with Windows 8 and has an Intel Atom Z2760 dual-core processor powering a lovely 10.1-inch, 1366 x 768 resolution IPS display. This machine may look rather similar to the Microsoft Surface in its outward appearance, but it’s bringing an ever-so-slightly more impressive show in the details.

This machine’s keyboard cover goes by the name TransSleeve and is able to work as a wireless keyboard, a cover, and a stand – if you do so desire. This machine is set to be one of the more interesting Windows 8 touchscreen additions to the fold this CES 2013 with the option to turn the keyboard into the stand as it does, most offerings from manufacturers over the past several months bringing on solutions where you’re either doing without a keyboard entirely or are leaving it to sit while you use your fingers on the display.

What ASUS also brings to the show here is an 8 megapixel camera on the back of the tablet bit, a 2 megapixel camera on the front, and NFC inside, too. This machine will likely be a hot seller amongst those that’ve been waiting for the Microsoft Surface Pro, that being the full Windows 8 version of the Surface as opposed to the Microsoft Surface RT that’s already been on the market for some weeks.

Have a peek at what else ASUS is bringing to the show this week in our ASUS tag portal and see how they’re also getting cubical – fun stuff! Be sure to hit up our CES 2013 portal as well for more CES hands-on action and up to the minute updates than you can handle!

ASUS VivoTab Smart Tablet gets unique with folding keyboard cover is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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[CES 2013] We are quite wary of claims made by different hardware manufacturers on being the “world’s first” where certain features are touted, but here we are with the Asus Transformer Book TX300CA that has wrapped its fingers around the title of being “the world’s first convertible Ultrabook”. Basically, the Asus Transformer Book TX300CA is said to let you switch between an Ultrabook and a tablet through the action of detaching the screen – meaning, it takes a totally different route from the likes of the Lenovo Yoga 11S that will fold its display all the other way around to function as a tablet.

It really depends on how you see it – either way, the Ultrabook still ends up as a tablet, it is just a different route to arrive at a similar destination, although Asus clearly thinks otherwise. The Asus Transformer Book TX300CA is no pushover when it comes to processing muscle though, sporting the latest Intel Core i7 processor with HD4000 graphics, SSD and HDD storage, 4GB RAM, Bluetooth 4.0 and USB 3.0 connectivity, a HD front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel camera at the back.

It will pack a 13” Full HD (1920×1080) IPS display with multi-touch capabilities which is capable of being detached on-the-fly from its full-size QWERTY keyboard. At least this means there are no hinge issues to worry about, right? Right?

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[CES 2013] It does seem to be all about convergence devices these days, and Asus follows suit with their Asus Transformer AiO, a particularly weird device in a sense where it will merge the functionality of a desktop PC and that of a tablet – seamlessly switching between the two, while boasting of dual operating systems so that users are able to choose on whether they want to run Windows 8 or Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, depending on the situation that they are in at the moment.

Basically, the Asus Transformer AiO will feature Windows 8 while sporting an extended 18.4”, 10-point touch LED-backlit IPS display, running on a third generation Intel Core processor technology, coming in a compact, versatile design with height and tilt adjustments. Apart from that, it will also boast of Asus SonicMaster technology that delivers crystal-clear sound through its integrated speakers.

Thanks to its 18.4-inch Full HD display that is easily removed from its base station in order for it to end up as a wireless display, it will go some way in extending the range of your machine, while working around the home. Of course, toting a 18.4” “tablet” around is not exactly the stuff that most folks would want to considering the bulk and weight, but that’s the price to pay for flexibility, so to speak. Thanks to the NVIDIA Tegra quad-core processor, it is sufficient to see the removable display function as an Android tablet.

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