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Date added: 05/30/2011 eWeek - Asus Debuts Padphone, UX Series Notebooks, Eee Pad Netbooks

At this year’s Computex IT conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Asus Chairman Jonney Shih unveiled the Padfone, along with a slew of other new Asus products.

Also debuting at the show was Asus' new UX Series notebooks; its redesigned N Series notebooks with SonicMaster audio technology; its versatile Eee Pad MeMO 3D, ultra-thin Eee PC X101 netbooks; and home entertainment devices such as the motion-sensing WAVI Xtion and the 27-inch All-in-One high-definition ET2700XVT desktop PC.

The Padfone, which Shih termed a “convergent device,” combines a smartphone and a tablet computer into one symbiotic gadget that allows users to choose the screen size that best fits their activities while sharing data and 3G Internet access. With the Padfone, the smartphone docks inside the tablet to give users an expanded view. With the phone docked, it can recharge from the tablet's larger battery and the tablet can also make use of the smartphone's 3G Internet connection. The dual interfaces for both the pad and phone ensure the layout is automatically adjusted for all activities such as video conferencing, Web browsing and emailing.

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