We're certain that it's only a matter of time before ASUS issues a fix through an OTA update.
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The MeMO Pad is powered by a 1GHz VIA WM8950 CPU and a Mali-400 GPU. ASUS brings a 4270mAh battery to the party with an estimated 7 hours of battery life, and 1GB of RAM.
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Hot on the heels of HTC confirming a Jelly Bean upgrade for select handsets, ASUS released a statement (pasted after the break) assuring tablet owners that all of the company's new tablets, at least, will be upgraded to Android 4.1.
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The Asus lacks a higher-memory or cellular model, though it has a memory-card slot for adding storage.
So ready, in fact, that in 2009 Asus produced a batch of its Windows Phone 7 device for sale.
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ASUS, a leading innovator in personal computing products, will bundle the revolutionary Leap Motion controller with select new computers.
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And is the Google Nexus 7 by Asus actually a good device?
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At the time, Asus was a relative unknown in the U.S. cellphone market though its PCs, particularly its Eee PC netbooks, were popular among Americans, explains Lin.
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It started at the simplest of activities in the value chain, then, decision by decision, every time that Dell outsourced the next lowest-value-adding of the remaining activities in its business, Asus added a higher value-adding activity to its business.
Google and Asus have a window of opportunity, as Apple, Amazon and other tablet manufacturers consider their response to this high-powered, low-priced market disruptor: the worst thing they could do would be to fail to meet demand during that window.
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Well, get ready for some one-upping: here at a New York City press event, ASUS just announced a line of lightweight, touchscreen laptops, and let's just say the prices are pretty aggressive.
We'd like to say we're a little more surprised by some news from Asus today concerning a handful of new products they've got coming to American shores, but from the looks of things we've seen almost all of them.
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Rather than build a full media hub, ASUS appears to be crafting a possibly Roku-like dongle that would graft Google TV on to a host device through USB.
Asus actually is a well known motherboard company and ventured into the pc business.
Above all, we have to commend ASUS for maintaining a respectable amount of space between the keys.
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Additionally, ASUS thoughtfully includes a VGA DisplayPort adapter, USB-to-Ethernet adapter, and a case to store them in.
Asus has taken a while to join the parade of tablet computers being released by PC and phone makers.
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Asus also has a seven-inch Android phone that it calls the FonePad.
Overall, however, Google and Asus have produced a very good tablet in the Nexus 7, one I can recommend.
Asus also appointed a single contact on its sales and marketing team to handle operator queries about its phones and tablets.
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As a Nexus 7 owner, I have no doubt that ASUS can capably build a quality tablet at a budget price.
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They currently offer the world's first Thunderbolt enabled RAID storage solutions and have previously worked with ASUS to develop a diversified portfolio to meet customer's requirements.
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This ambition is a chief reason why Asus and Garmin decided to end a partnership that oversaw the creation of six cellphones over the past two years.
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"The ASUS U38 delivers a premium feature set to consumers and was co-engineered in close partnership with AMD and Microsoft, and designed for Windows 8, " said S.Y.
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Not content with offering up merely modular Android tablets, ASUS has revealed a new seven-inch tablet that's water and dust resistant -- perfect for a spot of bath-time browsing or... desert rallying.
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We heard the rumor now ASUS' CEO, Jerry Shen, confirms in an interview with Laptop that ASUS will slap a touchscreen and Windows 7 into a new Eee PC sometime in the second half of 2009.
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Yes, ASUS is making a tidy income alongside its Google deal, but the fact that it's shipping a million Nexus 7 tablets a month leaves little doubt that higher-end (and higher-margin) tablets like the Transformer Pad Infinity are being overshadowed.
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Last we checked, Mobile World Congress ended a few days ago, but evidently ASUS doesn't mind a bit.
Well, the model number is a possible clue -- ASUS' Eee Slate B121 has a 12.1-inch panel, so P1801-T may point to this device having 18 inches of screen.
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If you're looking for a price, ASUS isn't planning on announcing that today, but a company rep did confirm the Trio is slated for a Q3 launch.
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