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Asus has a reputation for thinking out of the box , and most of the time , those ideas do stick well , The Asus Transformer Book V (5) is a Android phone , Android tablet , Android hybrid laptop , a Windows tablet and a Windows Laptop . The hybrid device is confusing to many , but the transformer book 5 is basically a dual boot smartphone with a tablet dock and a keyboard dock . the Phone is basically the heart of the entire process , the phone has a quadcore Intel atom processor with 2GB of LPDDR3 Ram.It also has a 5" display and a 8mp rear camera , which will also act as the main camera of the tablet setup . The phone runs on Android 4.4 kitkat and has 64GB of eMMc storage .The phone has LTE support as well . The tablet part features a 12.5" display and new 4th gen Core-i series processors with 128GB of eMMc storage to run Windows 8.1 . the tablet has 4GB of LPDDR3 ram and a button that shifts the OS to boot into either Windows 8 which uses the tablet's pro...

Panasonic is adding a new rugged mobile device to its toughpad line. The new device is called the Panasonic 5. It features a 5-inch screen and aims directly at workers in the field that need a device that can survive the rough work environments and the outdoors. Panasonic is aiming the new 5-inch handheld device at emergency services, public safety, and for use in industrial and factory environments. The 5-inch toughpad will run Windows Embedded 8 Handheld for the operating system and will be able to run Android as well. Panasonic says that the 5" toughpad will provide a market leading battery life and the battery will have hot swap capability. The 5-inch screen can be used while wearing gloves and is designed to be readable in direct sunlight. Accessories and peripherals can be added to the device using external fixing screws or an internal USB port. Versions with voice and data options will be available and the voice version will use Panasonic noise cancellation tech. Th...

RELATED ARTICLES Padfone X for ATandT ASUS Zenfone 4,5,6 ASUS VivoTab note8 ASUS Padfone Mini Asus has unveiled a new convertible device that’s set to dual boot between Android and Windows. More impressively the device can switch between them seamlessly in as little as 4 seconds. Powered by 4th-generation Intel processors, the Transformer Book Duet has the standard folding form factor of ultrabooks, but also features the removable 13.3-inch screen that Asus is famous for. The 13.3-inch screen can either have 1366×768 pixels or FullHD resolution, although it is thicker than most tablets at more than 12mm. The Duet will come with a selection of Core i3/i5 and i7 processors and 4GB of RAM. The tablet part will have either 64GB or 128GB of storage, while the dock can be configured to have between 320GB and 1TB HDD. With the dock attached, the Duet comes in a bit heavier than most ultrabooks at over 1.85 kg, but keep in mind that most Android tablets do not come running a...

Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone arm threatens to be the biggest shake-up to date for the Windows Phone landscape. Even before that news arrived, though, we were talking about certain OEMs already losing interest in the platform, and HTC in particular had been mentioned as one that might be considering hanging up its Windows Phone hat. Might there still be a way to keep HTC on-baord with the platform? A crazy new rumor suggests just that, claiming that Microsoft has been trying to get HTC to create dual-platform Android/WP phones. The tone of this rumor is one of desperation, and suggests that beyond encouraging this unorthodox dual-boot solution, Microsoft may also be willing to greatly reduce or even full-on eliminate its Windows Phone licensing fees for HTC, all in an effort to simply keep the platform on something in addition to Nokia/Microsoft hardware. This report is very light on specifics, not being clear if we’re talking about a system that would let users j...