Jonney Shih has never been one to behind down from his position on anything, and in the recent sit-down with IDG News Service , a ASUS chairman delivered quite a few nuggets value poring over. For starters, he played up (and subsequently downplayed) the “secret weapon” which would likely rival a iPad 2, but wouldn’t go so distant as to confirm that pronounced arms would actually be a slate. His reply to prying? “I consider it’s best not to contend right away. You will have to wait until the launch.” He additionally noted that personal cloud cover computing was staid to boom, and didn’t leave most hope for a likes of webOS and QNX — he claims which there is usually room for three OS camps to win, as well as those 3 slots have been already assigned with Windows, Android as well as iOS. Finally, he took a event to hurl water upon the 3DTV buzz, noting which he “doesn’t consider which will prevail.” He did leave open the probability for glasses-free options in handhelds to attain, though over which, it’s safe to say he’s not much of a 3D disciple. Hit the source couple for the full spare, but don’t go digging for any extra sum upon his iPad 2 killer — something tells us you’ll be sorely unhappy.

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Hot on the heels of ASUS’ underwhelming Lamborghini VX6 netbook comes a similarly over-hyped Lamborghini external HDD. Underneath which trademark you’ve got either 500GB or 700GB of storage spinning at 5400RPM in the USB 2.0 representation as well as 7200RPM in a USB 3.0 edition. The usually pointer of opulence in steer, however, is a cost tab — during $120 for a 500GB and $140 for the 700GB, a USB 2.0 versions are nearly twice as pricey as the non-Lambo foe. We’ve still no idea when the drives will land Stateside or how most the USB 3.0 iteration will price, though afterwards again, if you have to ask …

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We’re still throwing up on nap after leaving CES, but ASUS is tireless, winding up for an additional product recover, something brand new it calls the Eee PC Sirocco. We have nothing to go by at this point alternative than a teaser picture on top of, that promises this brand new product is starting to be “creation waves” when it is expelled. This metaphorical substitution could meant anything from a revolutionary new design which will brush across the industry to another netbook with some droll textures on it. If forced to gamble we’d put more money on the latter than the former but, as we referred to, we simply aren’t in Vegas any some-more as well as so won’t be engaging in such shenanigans.

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ASUS’ powerful 12-inch Eee Slate EP121 inscription has been no tip — don’t dont think about, it was teased during Computex and afterwards sketched upon a digital blackboard — though here it is, with last specs as well as pricing report. Unlike ASUS’ trio of Android tablets, the EP121 is all about Windows 7, as well as oh does it have the courage to run it smoothly — it’s powered by a Core i5-470M processor, packs 2 to 4GB of IMPEL, as well as a 64GB SSD. It sure has a inner flesh to contest, though it additionally has the high-resolution (1280 x 800) 12.1-inch IPS capacitive arrangement with a Wacom digitizer. The latter will allow you to use the enclosed stylus to draw self-portraits or you know, take records in class. ASUS maintains which the tablet breeds entertainment with craving, but something tells us a front-facing camera as well as HDMI pier will have this one in the living room some-more than a board room. ASUS says the EP121 should be hitting sometime in the initial entertain of the year for around $1,100, though expect us to move you hands-on impressions approach prior to which. Hit a mangle for a full specs.

Update: ASUS says it’ll essentially begin at $1,000, with an upgraded representation available for an extra Benjamin, and it’s due out after this month!
ASUS Eee Slate EP121 inscription

ASUS Eee Slate EP121

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PrimeSense is the smarts at the back of Microsoft’s Kinect, and wants the bigger piece of a cake; ASUS has a reputation for announcing wonderfullywackyperipherals each year. At CES 2011, the Wavi Xtion will check off both boxes easily. In a nutshell, a Xtion is a PrimeSense 3D depth camera built exclusively for PERSONAL COMPUTER, though with an critical twist — it connects to a pair of ASUS Wavi boxes you see immediately above, that wirelessly streams its interpretation to your vital room PERSONAL COMPUTER between your TV and a Windows PERSONAL COMPUTER over the 5GHz rope. Oh, as well as should ASUS attract enough developers, it will even lift down applications from an Xtion online store. ASUS says we’ll see the package commercially accessible around a world in Q2 of next year — with the UI as well as preference of apps as well as games upon house — though they’ll recover an Xtion PRO developer pack in February to lure all you Kinect hackers into coding enchanting things for a platform. No more details for right away, but there’s an event in Vegas this week where ASUS is all but guaranteed to uncover it off. PR after a break.

Update: Did we contend HTPC? Turns out it doesn’t quite work which approach — the Wavi have been actually the pair of boxes that wirelessly rope interpretation in between them. You put the Xtion sensor upon tip of your TV, bond it to Wavi #1, then block Wavi #2 into a PERSONAL COMPUTER up to 25 meters divided. Mind you, it looks similar to a Xtion may not be quite as able as Microsoft’s unit, as there’s usually infrared hardware inside — it should be excellent for gesticulate control, but don’t expect any augmented being lightsaber fights. See a little mockups next!
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Show full PR textPrimeSense Teams Up with ASUS to Bring Intuitive PC Entertainment to the Living Room with WAVI Xtion

WAVI Xtion extends PC multimedia content as well as gesticulate carry out from a PC to a TV shade in Q2 2011

TEL AVIV as well as TAIPEI – 3 January 2011 — PrimeSense, the leader in intuiting and approval technologies, as well as ASUS, the leading craving in the brand new digital epoch, voiced today which PrimeSense Immersive Natural Interaction™ solutions will be embedded in WAVI Xtion, the subsequent generation user interface device grown by ASUS to extend PERSONAL COMPUTER use to the vital room. WAVI Xtion is scheduled to be commercially accessible during Q2 2011 as well as expelled worldwide in phases.

The WAVI Xtion media center for a PC leverages ultra-wide rope wireless link as well as PrimeSense 3D sensing resolution to yield controller-free interaction practice in the vital room. Users can crop multimedia calm, entrance a Internet and social networks, and suffer full body interaction in the some-more user-friendly and healthy vital room experience.

In addition to WAVI Xtion, ASUS additionally adopts PrimeSense solutions to introduce the world’s first PC-exclusive 3D intuiting professional development resolution, Xtion PRO, for software developers to simply create their own gesture-based applications and software. Xtion PRO is scheduled to be commercially accessible in February 2011. Developers will also have a chance to sell their applications on the arriving Xtion online Store.

PrimeSense and ASUS will deliver WAVI Xtion as well as Xtion PRO at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), January 6-9 in Las Vegas. It can be noticed in a PrimeSense counter (South Hall 4, upper level, Booth #36255) as well as at the ASUS apartment (Venetian Ballroom, Level 3, San Polo 3501A and 3501B).

“Our agreement with ASUS for building WAVI Xtion demonstrates which Natural Interaction technology is already mainstream,” pronounced Inon Beracha, CEO, PrimeSense. “This user interface is a brand new model which represents how all CE products will in the future be naturally controlled and operated.”

“ASUS combines the wireless cross-room resolution with PrimeSense’s elementary, discerning, gesture-based control record to concede users to enjoy as well as share PC calm on TV with gestures. WAVI Xtion is the rare living room experience which will revolutionize users’ recreational lives,” pronounced Kent Chien, General Manager, ASUS. “Natural Interaction’s interest to consumers equates to some-more monetization opportunities formed upon personalization, various branding as well as advertising programs inside applications.”

PrimeSense and ASUS have been also operative together to promote as well as support a OpenNI developer village with developer kits. PrimeSense’s open, intelligent platform as well as hardware/software API lets publishers as well as developers easily request 3D-sensing technology to a variety of applications and emanate brand new Natural Interaction calm.

PrimeSense and ASUS are during a forefront of a Natural Interaction movement for controlling digital party inclination in a living room – such as a TV, set-top box as well as PERSONAL COMPUTER. This subsequent generation of user interface is bringing together a entire ecosystem of a tellurian feeling knowledge as well as shutting the opening in between humans and machines.

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About PrimeSense

PrimeSense is a leader in intuiting and recognition solutions, enabling consumer devices to “see” environments and allowing users to control as well as interact of course with those devices in the elementary as well as discerning way. PrimeSense offers affordable solutions for consumer markets including visual/home computing, interactive entertainment as well as consumer wiring. PrimeSense products include the PS1080 System upon Chip as well as NITE middleware, as good as a PrimeSense3D sensor, plus cross-platform enabling software to make application growth easy as well as intuitive. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in North America, Japan, Singapore, Korea, China and Taiwan, PrimeSense is a privately hold association. For some-more report, please revisit: www.primesense.com or follow upon Twitter @goprimesense.

About ASUS

ASUS, the world’s tip 3 consumer notebook vendor and a builder of a world’s bestselling and many award winning motherboards, is a leading craving in the new digital era. ASUS designs as well as manufactures products which perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home, bureau and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, displays, desktop PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia, wireless solutions, networking devices and mobile phones. Driven by innovation as well as committed to peculiarity, ASUS won 3,268 awards in 2009, as well as is widely credited with revolutionizing a PERSONAL COMPUTER attention with the Eee PC. With the large-scale staff of more than 10 thousand people as well as a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company’s revenue for 2009 was US$7.5 billion.

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The Asus Eee note EA800 isn’t nonetheless accessible for squeeze in the US, though it’s already offered in Taiwan. We’ve already seen this small note-taking tablet unboxed. Now a folks during Laptop Magazine have published their detailed impressions. It’s not quite a full review (that’s entrance soon), though it’s pretty close.

In the nutshell, a Eee Note looks similar to an eBook reader with a grayscale arrangement, but it has the tall resolution shade and comes with the stylus for pressure-sensitive submit that creates it easy to draw or emanate handwritten notes. You can additionally roller the web, jot down audio records, or take photographs with a inscription.

According to Laptop Magazine, a device appears to get glorious battery life as well as does the pretty great job of storing your notes — nonetheless it would be good if there were better ways to organize your notes upon a tablet.

On the down side, notes have been stored as GIF images and there’s no way to modify your handwritten notes to content upon the device, which could be the deal-breaker for a little users.

You can read more during a Laptop Magazine blog.

Asus is set to betray the new line of tablet computers next week at CES. The company teased us with a video of the 12.1 inch EP121 the few days ago, followed by a couple of close-up photos of assorted tablets. But the company also did something the little sneaky — the day after uploading the teaser video for a company’s brand new Eee Pad Ep121, Asus uploaded the second chronicle of a video with marker drawings of four tablets toward a end.

As we already knew, a EP121 will be the inscription with the vast arrangement and an (optional?) keyboard docking hire. The association is additionally set to launch a line of not as big tablets, as well as right away we have a few names.

The Eee Pad EP102 appears to have the slide-out set of keys. The video features a short animation of the machine transforming from the line-up into the appurtenance with the screen as well as a earthy set of keys.

The EP102, upon the other hand, appears to have a detachable keyboard, much like the incomparable EP121. If Asus is sticking with the common naming conventions, the EP10x models will have 10 in. displays.

The EP71 doesn’t crop up to have any arrange of set of keys, though distinct the others it has a stylus, which would appear to prove which this model could have a resistive display, an active digitizer, or a single of those recent capacitive displays with support for a stylus (or maybe just a special capacitive stylus). It will probably have the 7 inch shade.

You can check out a brand new video after a mangle.

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Asus is set to introduce a brand new line of tablets (among alternative things) during the pre-CES press discussion a week from today. But a company has decided to whet our appetites by releasing the few photos of 3 brand new Eee Pad models.

Some of the photos clearly show a physical set of keys — nonetheless it’s not wholly transparent from these camera angles either we’re looking during the tablet with the detachable set of keys (as we’ve seen on progressing prototypes), or the more normal tablet with a built-in keyboard and pivoting arrangement that can overlay down over a keyboard.

The tablets all appear to have attractive designs, which is unequivocally a point of dropping these photos on a unsuspecting open. But we still don’t have any central specs. We know which Asus intentions to introduce a 12.1 inch representation running Windows, and it’s likely which smaller tablets running Windows and/or Android have been additionally in the works. But we’ll substantially have to wait for until subsequent week for all a details.

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Others look to be some-more candid slates, though there’s a single – shown in cross-section – which is done up of dual layers. It’s not clear either that’s a same device as a automobile inscription, or another pattern, maybe with the slide-out thumbboard.

According to previous leaks, one of ASUS’ tablets – we’re guessing the automobile – will be powered by Windows 7 as well as use Intel Oak Trail chips, whilst a alternative two will be some-more consumer-focused and  Android on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset. All are expected to have 10-inch displays.

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It’s definitely starting to look similar to tablets have been starting to be a prohibited object of CES 2011. That doesn’t indispensably meant which tablets will be everywhere you look in a entrance year. After all, a single of a hottest items during CES 2010 was a 3D HDTV. I can’t count how most of them I saw upon arrangement, though when’s the final time you walked into your buddy’s residence as well as saw his new 60 inch 3D TV? That pronounced, tablets have been off to a flattering good begin in 2010, with a few blockbuster success stories such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab, so it’s starting to be tough to keep each computer builder in a universe from attempting to move the tablet to market. It’s similar to 2008 and netbooks all over again.

DigiTimes is reporting that we can design a series of machines from multiform vital Taiwanese computer makers. We’re already wakeful of plans from Asus and MSI, but DigiTImes says ECS also intentions to deliver a line of 6, 8, as well as 9.7 in. eBook readers with capacitive touchscreen displays, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, as well as support for Linux as well as Google Android. While they may be positioned as eBook readers, the Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor has already shown which the line separating an eReader from the inscription is flattering skinny.

ECS is also reportedly operative on the couple of Android as well as Windows 7 tablets with Intel as well as ARM-based chips. These will expected operation in size from 7 to 10 inches.

MSI will uncover off Android as well as Windows tablets, whilst Asus is approaching to deliver 3 tablets: The 12 inch Eee Pad EP121 as good as two 10 inch machines, a single running Windows with an Intel Oak Trail chip, as well as the alternative running Android with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip.

DigiTimes additionally says Asus will also have several 7 inch models with ARM-based chips, a single of that may include phone capabilities as well as mobile broadband access.

We’ve known that Asus is working on a Windows 7 tablet for the whilst, though now a association has put out a teaser video display some of the tablet’s facilities. The company will debut a Eee Pad EP121 during the week of CES in January.

Here’s what we know about a EP121 so distant: It will have the 12 in. arrangement, multitouch input, an Intel Core i5 processor, and Windows 7 operating system. I’m starting to get a feeling which this tablet isn’t going to come cheap, though I’m land out a bit of goal for a sub $700 cost tag, since Asus is slapping the Eee mark name upon it, that is usually indifferent for the company’s more affordable products. Of march, it’s also probable the Eee Pad moniker is just an attempt to gain upon a success of the Eee PERSONAL COMPUTER netbook brand and get people to compensate attention to this inscription. I’d contend goal achieved.

A few early prototypes have popped up in a past, sporting 1366 x 768 pixel displays as well as detachable keyboards. In actuality, it was approach behind in May that Asus initial introduced the Eee PC 121 concept. At a time, Asus was articulate about the cost of $500 or reduction, though seeking at the specs (and at alternative Windows tablets upon the market), I’d be surprised if the company sticks to which.

Tablet computers with Intel chips as well as Windows operating systems have been around for about a decade, though whilst they’ve been popular with some commercial operation users and the tiny niche of consumers, they’ve never captured the public’s courtesy a approach a Apple iPad has, whether due to their massive form factor or tall cost tags or some alternative intangible aspect. Over a past year we’ve seen a few bill Windows tablets hit a marketplace, though they’ve tended to have lousy battery life as well as common performance. It should be interesting to see whether Asus has any original ideas that will have a Windows 7 inscription delectable to a rank and file.

You can check out the demo video after a mangle, where you can additionally hear Asus try out the latest diction of the mark name.

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