Asus offers a line of smartphones that you can use as tablets by sliding them into a tablet docking station. Asus PadFone devices have been available in Taiwan for a few years and this year the Asus PadFone X became the first model to officially launch in the United States when AT&T began offering the 5 […]
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HP Pavilion x360 convertible notebook review
Ever since Lenovo introduced its first Yoga convertible laptop, competing PC makers have been borrowing the idea and releasing their own touchscreen laptops with 360 degree hinges. The HP Pavilion x360 is Hewlett Packard’s most affordable Yoga-inspired computer. Open the lid about 90 degrees and you’ve got a laptop with an 11.6 inch display. Keep pushing […]
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Dell joins the flip family with new 11 inch and 13 inch 2-in-1 notebooks
Dell is the latest company to throw its hat in the Lenovo Yoga-style convertible laptop space. Dell’s new Inspiron 11 3000 Series and Inspiron 13 700 Series Windows notebooks are 2-in-1 devices that can also function as tablets. Just flip back the screen all the way until it’s opposite the keyboard and the notebook becomes […]
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Hands-on with the Acer Aspire Switch 10 multi-mode tablet
The Acer Aspire Switch 10 is a multi-mode Windows tablet which comes with a detachable keyboard docking station that lets you use the system like a laptop. If that sounds a lot like the Asus Transformer Book T100, that’s because the Aspire Switch 10Â is a lot like the Asus 2-in-1. But Acer calls its Switch […]
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Toshiba launches a 13 inch 2-in-1 ultrabook with Haswell in Europe
Toshiba hopped on the portable notebook/tablet hybrid with the launch of the Satellite Click series of 2-in-1 devices last year. The Toshiba Satellite Click looks like a 13.3 inch notebook, but you can remove the keyboard and use the device as a tablet. With a list price of around $600, the Click Series is also reasonably […]
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Acer Aspire Switch 10 is a 3-in-1 Windows tablet
Apparently 2-in-1 computers which offer tablet and laptop modes are old hat, because there are a growing number of multi-mode machines hitting the market. Lenovo’s Yoga line of devices offer laptop, tablet, and tent modes. Toshiba showed off a 5-in-1 PC concept at CES in January. And now Acer appears to be working on a […]
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Meet the Asus Padfone Infinity Lite
As expected, Asus is launching a new phone/tablet hybrid in Taiwan. The Asus Padfone Infinity Lite is a 5 inch smartphone designed to slide into a 10 inch tablet dock when you want a bigger screen and a bigger battery. VR Zone reports the specs are nearly identical to those for the latest Padfone Infinity. […]
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Lenovo Yoga 2 11 convertible launches for $500
The Lenovo Yoga 2 11 convertible is an 11.6 inch touchscreen laptop that becomes a tablet when you fold back the display 360 degrees so that it’s resting behind the keyboard. Lenovo’s Yoga line of laptop/tablet hybrids has been available for a few years, but the Yoga 2 is the cheapest model so far to […]
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Asus launches Padfone E in Taiwan: A cheaper phone/tablet hybrid
It’s been a few years since Asus launched its first phone/tablet hybrid. Now customers have a choice of a high-end device like the Padfone X with a 4 inch phone and 9 inch tablet dock, or a smaller, cheaper model like the Padfone mini. Soon there may be another option. Asus introduced a new PadFone […]
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Closer look at the Sony Vaio Fit 11a convertible tablet (and digital pen)
The Sony Vaio Fit 11a is a notebook with an 11.6 inch, full HD display that bends over backward to become a tablet… when you push the screen back 180 degrees over a hinge so that it faces away from the keyboard and then fold the lid down to hold the device like a tablet. […]