Garmin-Asus – that joint venture responsible for the delayed Nuvifone series of phones – will likely be announcing an Android version to add to its range. It seems this unveiling will happen at Mobile World Congress next month, although we don’t have a huge amount of information on what will be landing as yet. The Garmin-Asus alliance announced that it was looking to release an Android phone in Q1 2010, and it would make sense seeing as it’s the platform all the manufacturers are looking to get on board with these days. WinMo coming too The announcement came from Benson [...]

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Netbooks might never become full-blown notebook replacements, but they do keep inching towards powerful companions capable of more than just basic Web surfing and emailing. Nvidia’s Ion platform is largely to thank, and come April, Asus said it will have an Eee PC ready built around Nvidia’s second-gen Ion platform, Ion 2. The upcoming Eee PC will probably sport an Intel Atom N450 processor, currently the newest Atom on the block. And so will most other netbooks, as Intel’s Atom N270 and N280 chips start to disappear from the limelight, with models built around those two chips [...]

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ASUS has announced their latest UnLimited family of notebook, called ASUS UL50VT (ASUS UL50VT-XO037V). ASUS UL50VT laptop is boasts a Turbo33 proprietary function which is increasing the productivity, and Power4Gear feature that energy-saving profiles and extends battery life. The ASUS UL50VT is equipped with a 15.6-inch widescreen (16:9) display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and LED backlight. ASUS UL50VT notebook is based on the Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 with a frequency of 1.3GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD GPU, and backed by a discrete nVidia GeForce 210 GPU [...]

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ASUS has introduced its new P series laptop that suitable for business users, called Asus P50IJ-SO036X. This laptop has brings most useful feature to ensure a comfortable use with IceCool technology. This technology will be keeps the palm rest below body temperature. New Asus P50IJ-SO036X notebook is powered by a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 CPU, a GMA 4500M integrated graphics, a 250GB hard drive, and a 2GB of RAM. Asus P50IJ-SO036X notebook has a 15.6-inch TFT display with a native resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, an 8x DVD burner, 0.3 megapixel webcam, a Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, a 3-in-1 [...]

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ASUS has introduced three new UnLimited series notebooks in Europe market now, they are ASUS UL80AG-WX014V, UL80V-WX022V, and UL80AG-WX008V laptops. Three models have battery with up to twelve hours battery life. These ASUS UnLimited series notebooks are a 14-inch LED-backlit display with native resolution of 1366×768 pixels, a 1.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 CPU, 4GB of RAM, and Altec Lansing speakers. ASUS UL80AG-WX014V, UL80V-WX022V, and UL80AG-WX008V notebooks also have dimensions of 330×240×14~26.8 mm and weight is about 2kg. These ASUS UL80 notebooks are pre-loaded with Windows [...]

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Back in September of this year, ASUS had announced the launch of a new range of rather sexy LCD monitors called the Designo MS. That range has now been further upgraded to the LS series with the latest model called the Designo LS246H. The new monitor is designed to be as eco friendly as possible. Firstly, it’s manufactured with 50% less hazardous materials than most other monitors and secondly it uses up to 30% less power. This 23.6-inch monitor is equipped to handle both HDMI and VGA connectivity. That means you’ll be able to very easily connect your video game console or any other device [...]

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Asus have come out with an all new motherboard that “enables users to tweak system settings wirelessly over Bluetooth via a mobile phone.” Now that’s surely something rather untouched in the gizmo world. The whole new era of RC Bluetooth seems to be emerging upon us and the Asus Maximus III Extreme seems to be one of the pioneers of this movement. It’s quite an exciting prospect to watch gamers tweak parameters wirelessly with this connectivity. You can now control music playback and run various applications wirelessly. There is no release date or projected price of the Asus [...]

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ASUS, one of the world’s largest suppliers of high performance hardware components, has announced the debut of a new line of EAH5000 series graphics cards, designed to take advantage of the features and specifications of AMD’s new Radeon graphics processors. The new series consists of three cards based on GeForce 5970, the HD 5770 and 5750, are designed to support overclocking, performance and effective cooling solution. Kicking off with EAH5970/G/2DIS/2GD5 new model of the enterprise, users can cope with the latest high-end GPUs from AMD had, but with support for overclocking. The [...]

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Asus is latest manufacturer to out a Windows Home Server. The TS Mini Server seems to pack the goods too with up to a 2TB capacity and a modest price. Too bad it doesn’t have easy-access hard drive trays for expandability. But I can’t hate on everything. Asus has built-in a couple custom WHS plug-ins that allow for more detailed back-up and restore options, along with an interface for an online storage locker that’s free for the first year. Hardware wise, the TS Mini Server is on par with other offerings. A N280 1.66GHz Atom is at the core, paired with 2GB of RAM and up to a 2TB hard [...]

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 ASUS EEE PC 1201N AND 1201HA SPECS LEAKED Asus has been working on its 12 inch notebooks the Asus Eee PC 1201N and 1201HA for a while. The company is yet to announce these products but they are definitely in the pipeline. Detailed specifications of both notebooks have leaked and showed up on some websites. Asus Eee PC 1201NDisplay: 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixelsProcessor: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N330 dual coreGraphics: NVIDIA ION (GeForce 9400M)Operating system: Windows 7 Home PremiumRAM: 3GB DDR2Storage: 320GB HDD + 500GB web-based storage Connectivity options include WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth [...]

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