As you can see, there's plenty of stuff to be excited about at this press-conference, so you aren't exactly short on reasons to stay tuned to us and discover what Asus is up to! The event will begin at 7:30 AM Eastern | 6:30AM Central | 5:30AM Mountain | 4:30AM Pacific | 12:30PM GMT.
Live event tracker
| 07:26 | And it's a wrap! Thanks for following our liveblog, stay tuned to PA for more from MWC! |
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| 07:25 | Europe will get it in April for EUR 219, again one of the cheapest 7-inchers there |
| 07:25 | You can get the 2-in-1 Asus Padfone for just $249 for the 8 GB version, pretty good price, and will be available in March |
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| 07:23 | Intel inside! Atom Z2420, between 9 and 10 hours of battery life, Android 4.1.2 onboard |
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| 07:23 | HD 720 p video rear camera, 1280x800 HD 7" IPS panel |
| 07:22 | Comes in Titanium Gray and Champagne Gold, diamond-cut edges |
| 07:22 | MicroSIM and microSD card hidden compartment, you can make voice calls |
| 07:21 | Promo video touting the durable metallic chassis and 10 hour battery life, the HSPA+ radio and IPS display |
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| 07:17 | Enter the Padfone, an Intel-based 7" Android tablet! |
| 07:17 | 999 euro. There was literally one person applauding that price. It wasn't us.  |
| 07:16 | Another promo video making the rounds, and the price is... $999 for the station and the phone together, available in April |
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| 07:14 | 9 hours of video playback time, not bad at all, you can use the station to expand the battery life up to three times |
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| 07:13 | Asus Story app also onboard for your personal journals - photos, text, maps and sharing on the social networks |
| 07:11 | Asus Echo voice agent lets you click the shutter by saying cheese, and tells you who is calling, for instance |
| 07:11 | SuperNote 3.1 app demoed, some finger-writing recognition and voice recognition |
| 07:10 | 2 GB of RAM, 64GB of flash storage on the station, and 50GB of Asus Web storage |
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| 07:06 | 1.7 GHz quad-core with 3rd gen LTE radio |
| 07:05 | Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm comes to speak about the Snapdragon 600 on the PadFone Infinity.  |
| 07:04 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 powers the thing, Qualcomm Chairman Paul Jacobs takes the stage |
| 07:04 | Dynamic Screen Technology, seamless transition between phone and tablet interface |
| 07:03 | The PadFone logo doubles as an NFC antenna! Smart. |
| 07:03 | Precision-calibrated buttons with instant feedback |
| 07:01 | The speaker is on the side of the phone and there is 18mm speaker on the station to amplify the sound |
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| 07:00 | Shih is showing an improvised picture it took today with it, pointing out the amount of railing detail it captured |
| 06:59 | 13 MP camera f/2.0 aperture, Full HD 1080p video at 30fps, Burst Mode with 8 frames per second |
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| 06:58 | The station has a 10.1" display 1920x1200 pixels |
| 06:58 | 5" Full HD IPS 1920x1080 pixels resolution, 441ppi, "far superior than the Retina Display" Ouch. |
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| 06:57 | Aerospace-grade aluminum alloy, unibody, expertly crafted with brushed finish, twice anodized diamond-cut edge |
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| 06:57 | Better build quailty with a unibody frame.  |
| 06:56 | "With Padfone Infinity, everybody can be a magician," says Shih. It's a "masterpiece." "Customer happiness is the main focus of our design" |
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| 06:55 | And the PadFone Infinity gets announced by the CEO - "so magical" |
| 06:54 | PadFone Infinity!  |
| 06:54 | The guy on stage is performing some tricks aimed to intro the new PadFone, hide-and-seek game of tablet and phone |
| 06:53 | Asus now has its own illusionist.. we like Jonney Shih in that role better.  |
| 06:53 | Hardware time: the guy that takes out the good is getting called "our tech illusionist" |
| 06:52 | It's time for... magic.  |
| 06:52 | Herdware time: the guy that takes out the good is getting called "our tech illusionist" |
