One of the biggest problems I have when i'm using my tablet and phone at the same time, i'm getting texts and phone calls through my phone and i've got to constantly switch between devices. I'd wish there was some way I could mix these together in a universal device, well asus has answered to my problem.
When i'm using the pre 3 and i've connected the pre3 upto the touchpad(when it's on webos) via bluetooth and I can answer phone calls and respond to text messages on the touchpad. But as we all know that bluetooth is a bit of a battery drainer and having them constanstly connected will drain your battery.
First of all the asus padfone is a tablet/phone, it links the tablet world and the phone world together. I'm not sure of the actually specs of the fone but i'm sure that when they brought it out at CES it was a dual core 1.4ghz processor with 1gb of ram powering a 4.3 inch 720p display. The tablet has no specs, I think it's just a touchscreen. For the padfone to work together you've got to open the hatch at the back of the tablet and put the fone in, wait a couple of moments and you've got your phone on a ten inch display and you're reply to messages and other things that a phone can do.
The way you answer phone calls while your phone is in the back of the tablet, you've got a stylus that comes with the padfone that allows you to interact with the touchscreen and it also doubles as a microphone and a little speaker and you can hold this up to your face or used the curved rim to hook it around your ear. The stylus isn't connected via bluetooth, it's connected via NFC which is near field communication.
Asus are taking the tablet market for a ride with the brilliantly clever concept they've got to really bring the tablet market to it's knees. This would solve all my problems between switching between both devices to do specific tasks.
I really don't see this phone pad selling that well. You are tied in to both devices and have zero options. At least with other tablets you can have a iPhone with a Samsung tablet or vice versa. I suppose I need to have a closer look as I would think it too gimmicky and unless the tablet is on in about 2 seconds, it is laptop starting times for using the device.
ReplyDeletesure it's a bit gimmicky but the actual concept is pretty good. there is a downfall of having both devices but if you want to be in apple's ecosystem you buy IOS products, if you want to be in amazon's ecosystem you buy the kindle and the same goes for asus
ReplyDeleteNot really. Asus tab only works with their phone. Apple tab can run side by side with android phone etc. Different ecosystems but then what does Asus use?
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