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Back in February earlier this year, the ASUS FonePad was announced and we even managed to do a hands-on preview of the device. If you like what you saw and you don’t agree with the naysayers that the device is a bit ridiculous in terms of its size as a phone, you might be interested to learn that ASUS has announced that the FonePad will be available for pre-order on the 12^th of April, and will see a release on the 26^th. According to the release dates and the locations from which you can order the device, this seems to be limited to UK retailers, such as Carphone Warhouse, Amazon UK and Sainsbury’s and will cost £179.99 for the 16GB version.

However we can only assume that with its UK release coming up that a US release should follow shortly, if not at the same time. For those who might have forgotten, here’s what you can expect to get for your money. The ASUS FonePad will feature a 7” 1280×800 display with a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor under the hood. It will be accompanied by 16GB of storage, microSD and micro SIM slots, a 1.2MP front-camera, a 4,270mAh battery and will run Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, although it seems that ASUS is planning to roll out Android 4.2 Jelly Bean as soon as possible.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Verizon Slashes Samsung Galaxy S3 Price Before Galaxy S4 Announcement, HTC One Review,

Yes, the Asus Fonepad has gotten under the limelight in recent memory, first being called the K004, followed by the possibility of it being announced at the upcoming Mobile World Congress event that is set to happen at the end of this month in Barcelona, Spain. Rumors of an Intel processor powering the Asus Fonepad has been confirmed with new information from, of all places, Bulgaria, as full specifications of the Fonepad was released, with a shot that you see on the right depicting the lower segment of its back. You will be able to see the all too familiar ‘Intel Inside’ logo.

As for the rest of its hardware specifications, we are looking at a 7-inch 1,280×800 IPS touchscreen display, a 1.2GHz Intel Z2420 processor with PowerVR SGX540 graphics, a 3-megapixel shooter at the back, a front-facing 1.2-megapixel camera, 1GB RAM, a choice of 8GB, 16GB or 32GB internal memory, a microSD memory card slot, and a beefy 4,270mAh battery to kep it going, with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as the operating system of choice. Expect the Asus Fonepad to go on sale sometime in the second quarter of this year.

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No, not PadFone. FonePad. According to Indonesia’s wireless regulator Postel, ASUS is trying to certify a FonePad K004 tablet that would switch up device names, not to mention create its fair share of mix-ups. But what is it? Based on that K004 codename and a match with a Thai retailer’s listing, Notebook Italia believes it’s none other than the recently leaked ME371MG, an Atom Z2420-based, 7-inch tablet that would run Jelly Bean. It might also carry 3G and justify its name through built-in phone functionality. We’re skeptical when the specs aren’t confirmed, and don’t entirely line up — there’s just 8GB of space in the retail entry versus the originally claimed 16GB, as an example. If there’s any fuel to the fire, however, the new round of MeMo Pads will eventually have some Intel-powered (if confusingly-named) company.

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Via: Notebook Italia, Blog of Mobile

Source: Postel, Digiland (cached)