ASUS PadFone 2 emerges in press shots and video footage

With its official announcement scheduled for October 16, the ASUS Padfone 2 leaked out in a number of press shots, thus leaving nothing about its design to our imagination. The upcoming Android device with dual personality also emerged in video footage, where it was shown off by no other but the CEO of ASUS - Mr. Jerry Shen.

The photos of the device reveal the brand new design of its tablet docking station. Gone is the covered housing for the smartphone seen in the original PadFone - the newcomer will slide into its slimmer and better looking tablet dock instead.

  

The video footage of the ASUS PadFone 2 revealed that the device will sport a 4.7" HD screen and a 13MP camera. Rumored specs for the device include a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset and 2GB of RAM.

Here goes the video itself. The footage of the PadFone 2 begins around the 1:40 mark.

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Rumor: Nexus 7 tablet pictured in press images

Phone Arena was just sent alleged press images of the upcoming ASUS-Google Nexus 7 tablet. If the images are real, the Nexus 7 will be a three-toned tablet, with a white front to the tablet and a two-toned black and gray backplate. I’m not quite sold on the three-tone look, so here’s hoping the Nexus 7 will come in two color schemes (white and black/gray) similar to other Android tablets. Sources for Phone Arena confirmed that the device will in fact feature a Tegra 3 processor, and that the tablet would launch with Android 4.1, commonly believed to be the launch version number for Jelly Bean.

From the press shots, we noticed that the Nexus Tablet features a speaker on the front of the device, a common placement for speakers on phones as opposed to tablets, where speakers are normally located on tablets. This speaker location leads us to believe that the Nexus Tablet will likely be able to make phone calls using Google Voice or other VOIP services. If not, having a speaker on the front of the device still makes sense to us, as it tends to result in better sound output.

We should be learning more about the Nexus Tablet at Google I/O at the end of this month, with a widespread launch slated for July. The Nexus Tablet is expected to retail in the $150-$250 range to take on the Kindle Fire and a rumored 7? iPad that could be launching later this year. Stay tuned for updates.

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