New Delhi: Unveiled at MWC 2013, Asus has finally launched the much-awaited Asus Fonepad in India at a price of Rs 15,999. We got to play with a unit for a week before the launch and weren't disappointed.
The device comes in two colours and our review unit was Titanium Gray. Fonepad - as the name itself suggests - includes calling capabilities and is not to be confused with the Asus PadFone. This 7-inch tablet incorporates 3G mobile data with full telephony support. The advantage of having 3G support is that a user does not have to look for a WiFi network; in fact he can have access to the Internet from anywhere. But to making and receiving phone calls with a tablet is indeed a little odd and you can notice people around smirking. I was definitely not comfortable using this as a giant phone.
The tablet has been smartly and beautifully designed. On the front is a 7-inch display with a black bezel around it. The tablet has a metal back and has been sprucely fabricated, which makes it first of its kind. Neatly tailored, much of the functionalities are hidden away out of the sight. The rear has a removable small plastic panel, hidden underneath are the SIM card and microSD card slots. The idea to conceal both slots inside the body of the device makes the exterior lines look neat. The sides of the tablet have a wedge-shaped design, which makes it comfortable to
01:11 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Asus has launched its much-awaited 7-inch Fonepad in India at Rs 15,999. The 7-inch tablet incorporates 3G mobile data with full telephony support. It has a SIM card slot and a microSD card slot. Neatly tailored, much of its functionalities are hidden away out of the sight. Weighing 340g, the tablet is moderately light in weight. The tablet has a 7-inch WXGA LED Backlight IPS panel (10 finger...
12:51 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Unveiled at the MWC 2013, Asus is all set to launch the 7-inch FonePad in India today. This 7-inch tablet incorporates 3G mobile data with full telephony support. The tablet has a 7-inch WXGA LED Backlight IPS panel (10 finger multi-touch) with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. It is powered by an Intel Atom Z2420 processor clocked at 1.2GHz and 1GB RAM. The company is highly expected to...
08:51 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Just a week after Google made its 16GB Nexus 7 tablet available for the Indian consumers via its Google Play (India) store, Asus launched the 32GB version of the Google Nexus 7 tablet in India. The tablet comes in two versions - 32GB 3G and 32 GB WiFi only model. ...
03:49 PM, Apr 02, 2013
After Google and Acer, Asus now has introduced its budget tablet in India. Called the Asus MeMo Pad, the tablet comes at an attractive price tag of Rs 9,999. ...
03:02 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Asus MeMO Pad's screen has a resolution of 1024x600 pixels at 169 pixels per inch. ...
01:01 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Asus announced Fonepad, a 7-inch tablet with 3G voice and mobile data for all the features of a smartphone. It is powered by a new Intel Atom Z2420 processor and runs Android 4.1. ...
12:09 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Wearable, augmented-reality Glasses: One of the most radical of all new designs, the Google Glass is a spectacle-like wearable computer that you control with your eyes and voice. ...
05:40 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Asus has released an informative video showing what all its budget tablet - Asus MeMo Pad - can do. ...
06:14 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Asus has finally announced the launch of its much-rumoured budget tablet - MeMo Pad - at $149. The tablet runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1GHz VIA WM8950 CPU and a Mali-400 GPU. ...
04:44 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Manufacturers are creating ever more intriguing portable computing devices. Graft a tablet onto a thin laptop and we have a strange and wonderful 'tabtop/laptablet' dual-screen device that functions interchangeably. On the high-end of the spectrum are packed-to-the-gills devices like the upcoming Asus Taichi-a Windows 8 Ultrabook with two full HD screens, one on the inside for use as a laptop and the other on the outside for use as a...
11:49 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Acer and Asus will cease production of netbooks soon, according to a report by Taiwanese industry tracker DigiTimes. Both of the remaining major netbook manufacturers will exit the category they helped create nearly five years ago, thus effectively killing off the entire device category. ...
02:17 PM, Dec 31, 2012
New Delhi: Google and Asus are reportedly working on a low-priced Nexus 7 tablet, which is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2013, reported DigiTimes. However, sources believe that the tablet will most likely not be released until the second quarter of the year as the first quarter is generally considered a slower purchasing period. According to industry sources, China-based touchscreen maker O-Film Tech has been asked...
12:47 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Coimbatore Asus, a consumer notebook vendor, is eyeing 20 per cent market share of the two million units tablet segment in India, in the next calendar year, a top company official said. With a seven per cent market share in tablet market, the company is going for aggressive marketing and also launching new products to suit the consumers and capture the 20 per cent share in the expected 2 billion...
02:33 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Moscow: A state television presenter in Russia's volatile North Caucasus was shot dead late on Wednesday, a killing federal investigators said may have been meant as a warning to journalists reporting on an Islamist insurgency. Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, who worked for a local channel of Russian state broadcaster VGTRK, was killed in Nalchik, capital of the internal republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the federal Investigative Committee said. He was not known for...
10:56 AM, Dec 07, 2012
