Asus Padfone - a versatile platform or just good engineering exercise?

2. jhattara posted on 27 Feb 2012, 16:37 1 0

To me this would be a perfect device. I'm looking to replace my phone and I'd love to have a tablet. The Transformer Prime would be my first choice, but I don't want to pay that much for a non-3G capable mobile device. If the padfone + padstation costs less than a comparable smartphone + 3G capable tablet I won't even consider before rushing to the first available vendor. I think it's probably less of a hassle to dock/undock padfone/station than it is to carry two completely different devices that you need to sync with each other and either pay for two different 3G-connections or swap SIM-cards between those two. And if I can get a proper keyboard attached to the same device I can leave my laptop at home most of the time.

3. Jamus posted on 27 Feb 2012, 17:27 0 0

What carrier will the phone be on?

4. Chronos posted on 27 Feb 2012, 18:21 3 0

"Nice one, but it depends on pricing, I need to pay less than for separate devices."

6. isssak posted on 28 Feb 2012, 03:37 0 0

I really wouldn't be willing to fork out much for that, nothing over 500 dollars really, and it just doesn't seem very practical. Separate devices is much better suited to me. The concept seemed really great when it came out, but it's taken forever to come out, and I can almost guarantee that getting your hands on one, specifically here in Australia, wouldn't be easy....

8. SlimSoulja86 posted on 28 Feb 2012, 05:35 3 0

i dont think there is something that you can do on your tablet at the sametime while you're busy on yo table, cos you can answer your call while you surf the net of this device, all in all its a perfect device for ppl who wants to use one sim for their tablet and mobile, without the need of a wi-fi connection. Im not a huge fan of Asus but this is the solution and i bet you more manufacturers are going to go this way, i dont know about Apple, but who knows Samsung might release galaxt s3 that can dock into the tablet chasis and the S pen can answer the fone call, with the keyboard dock