Padfone announced by Asus

Asus might not be the first brand you are thinking of when we say Android smartphone or tablet. They have previously shipped mobile phones in companionship with Garmin using the name Garmin-Asus. After six devices, the co-branded business model were dissolved and Asus are now making smartphones using the brand name Asus.

The latest addition to the product line is the Padfone. It is acctually two devices. One dumb tablet and one smartphone. The smartphone is dockable into the backside of the larger tablet shell. We do not have much technical details about the two, except that the smarphone will be running on the latest version of Android namely Ice Cream Sandwich.

It is not fair to call the larger device of these two for a tablet. Because it is just a dumb screen with docking posibillities. The smartphone will be charged when docked into the much larger tablet and the large display can't du much without having the smartphone connected.