Tablet-piece ASUS Transformer AiO will be available in April

ASUS , already famous for its Transformers, a date for the start of an unusual release monoblock Transformer AiO based on Windows 8, which is easily converted into a tablet n / a Windows or Android. announcement of this gadget was held in June 2012.

The model is built on the processor model Intel Core i5 (or i7), equipped with a port USB 2.0, USB 3.0-cheryrmya ports, Bluetooth 4.0 (for keyboard and mouse), and Wi-Fi modules, hard disk with a capacity of at least 1 TB card reader and Ethernet- port.

Display 18.4-inch diagonal and a resolution of 1920 by 1080 can turn into a tablet by "otschelkivaniya" from the main unit. His native OS is Android 4.1 JB, but it can also function under Windows 8, playing the role of Remote Desktop to the main unit.

In monoblock provides connectivity via HDMI external monitor, which can display the desktop Windows 8, while on your own candy bar display will be "streamed» Android.

Endowed with a huge plate of 4-core processor NVIDIA Tegra 3, front camera 1 megapixel, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of user memory and microSD-slot. His weight (2.4 kg) did not have to use "in the hands", so the gadget is endowed with a special pull-out stand.

Admission unusual devaysa ASUS Transformer AiO availability is expected on April 12 at a price (in dollars) of $ 1,300.

Google Introduces Chrome-based Touch Screen Laptop

Google's Chrome OS is still a small player in the PC market, unlike Android's dominance of mobile. However, the search giant is making moves to improve its position. This month it has revealed the first touch screen Chromebook, but is it any good?

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More and more modern laptops are taking advantage of touchscreen technology in order to help this traditional portable PC form factor take the fight to the booming tablet market.

Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system (OS) is explicitly designed to work well in a touch-based technological environment, although even this latest offering from one of the world's largest companies is having a tough time holding onto the market share established by its forebears.

Google has the smartphone and tablet industries wrapped up with the finger-friendly Android, but it remains a very minor player when it comes to the laptop market.

Here its Chrome OS is facing an uphill struggle to convince consumers that it is worth picking over Windows or Apple's OS X, largely because it is based almost entirely in web connectivity and the cloud, which renders it almost useless if you happen to lack broadband at home.

Google is hoping to convince people that Chrome OS is still a viable alternative with the introduction of a new Chromebook device that is already being compared with Apple's MacBook Air.

The new laptop is known as the Pixel, which is a reference to the fact that its touchscreen display has allegedly been endowed with the highest pixel density of any portable PC currently on the market.

Google's Linus Upson helped to reveal the Pixel and said that it has a ppi rating of 239. That is not quite as impressive as the iPhone 5's 326ppi, but of course users will not be holding the Pixel quite so close to their faces.

The screen is also of course touch sensitive, which is why Upson went all out in promoting the tactile intuitiveness of the Chrome OS when interacted with via fingers rather than a keyboard and mouse.

Users can swipe between open applications, change tabs on the browser and generally engage with most aspects of the OS without having to use anything else other than their digits.

The screen measures 12.85 inches across the diagonal and has a native resolution of 2560x1700, whilst its Gorilla Glass surface gives its a premium glossy finish and should also make it durable, which is important for something that is going to constantly come into contact with a user's hands.

The Pixel is powered by an Intel Core i5 processor and uses solid state storage to keep everything running quickly, as well as minimising boot times.

Connectivity is also impressive, with both Wi-Fi and 4G LTE antennas housed within its slender chassis.

Laptops with touch screens still have a long way to go if they are going to fight back against tablet rivals, so this Chromebook still has a lot to prove.

AUTHOR BIO
Maria is a blogger and tech specialist who reports for a number of outlets both online and off. She has used touch screens for PC interaction for many years and is pleased to see OS platforms finally adapting to fit in with tactile advances made by hardware manufacturers.

Sales of Microsoft Surface Pro tablet will begin in February

Those wishing to purchase tablets Surface Windows 8 Pro with Intel will have to wait a bit. Corporation Microsoft has appointed start selling model in the U.S. and Canada on February 9. It can be purchased through the company stores Microsoft (online and retail), as well as in large retail chains.

Underlying Surface Windows 8 Pro is 22-nanometer Core i5 processor third generation. The touch screen has ClearType Full HD resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels, and diagonal size 10.6 inches. There are Mini DisplayPort and USB 3.0-interface, two cameras and a slot for MicroSDXC-cards.

The thickness of the device - 13.5 mm, weight - 903 grams. The cost of the version with 64 GB of memory is set at $ 899, and the version with the memory of 128 GB - $ 999. Scope of supply implies pen Surface Pen.

Separate accessory for $ 120 will be offered cover with keyboard Touch Cover, for $ 130 - with Type Cover, as well as approximately 70 - Wireless Mouse with Touch Control - Wedge Touch Mouse Surface Edition.

Tablet Slider LG Tab-Book Z160 for Windows 8

As expected, at CES 2013, LG unveiled a new tablet PC for Windows 8, made ​​in the slider form factor. Thanks slaydernoy layout LG Tab-Book Z160 was another hybrid ultrabook and tablet running on "eight." A more accurate name - the 11.6-inch tablet with a sliding keyboard.

To use the device as a laptop user only has to press the button on the side of the keyboard and put forward, which is used as a stand. To use the device as a tablet keyboard in one motion slides under the screen.

This design increases the weight to 1.04 kg (LG Tab-Book Z160 heavier than a usual tablet, but lighter than a standard laptop.) The second drawback (traditional for all sliders) - no keyboard touchpad, which necessarily present on keyboards tablets such as "transformer". In this deficiency simple explanation for the TouchPad is no more space, so the keyboard is used as the base.

At the core of LG Tab-Book Z160 processor is Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge. The tablet has a 11.6-inch display with 720p matrix IPS. Memory - 8 GB capacity solid state drive - 160 GB.

Presented Prototype Flexible Tablet PC

Relatively recent experience after reading any of the material on the flexible screens and batteries can be expressed brief phrase.

Believe that flexible mobile devices will become a reality is still very difficult. Yet the foundation for the next global change in the mobile market are available.

It is a prototype flexible Tablet PC, created by Intel and Plastic Logic . Flexible "pill" is made ​​on the basis of processor Intel Core i5 and completed a 10.7-inch touch screen.

The prototype is equipped with a highly unusual user interface for controlling the gadgets of this type. User can view the web-page, or read the text by bending the plate. To scale the image to fold one corner of the device, the data exchange is carried out usually by touching or dragging with the stylus.

All of this can be seen in the accompanying video: