New ASUS Tablet Launched, Transformer Pad Is the New Brand

The winds of change have blown over ASUS, as the brand it uses for its tablet series has gone through a sudden transformation. 

ASUS used the Eee Pad brand for its tablets until now, but that naming scheme has gone bye-bye in order to usher in the Transformer Pad. 

Since this year's edition of Mobile World Congress is underway (MWC 2012), ASUS figured it might as well act on its plans. 

Though it has decided to skip on the CeBIT expo, it is going to make a showing at MWC to make up for it. 

That said, the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity is the slate that has just been introduced, a renamed TF700T. 

It boasts a 10.1-inch display with two major selling points: a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels and a Super IPS+ Gorilla Glass 2 panel. 

For those unaware, Gorilla Glass panels basically make displays unbreakable, unless tablet owners, or particularly malicious people, truly seek their destruction with abandon. 

Back to the slate, the Infinity has 1 GB of RAM (random access memory) backing the CPU. Oddly, though, the platform will be different depending on the wireless options. 

Where the Wi-Fi version gets the 4-PLUS-1 NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core 1.6GHz SoC, the 3G/4G LTE Pad gets Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 (based on the new 28nm Krait architecture). Both come in the same sort of aluminum case, colored amethyst grey or champagne gold. 

Furthermore, ASUS sells the newcomer with 8GB of free lifetime ASUS WebStorage space and, for some extra money, an optional mobile dock as well (an additional 22Whr battery, keyboard, trackpad, etc.). A battery charge should be good for about 10 hours of operation, while the dock adds 6 more. 

Finally, there should be two cameras (8MP back, 2MP back), storage of 16/32/63GB and the Android 4.0 operating system. No pricing or availability yet, though.

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