Asus Announces The PadFone

ASUS unveils the Eee Pad MeMo 3D and the recently rumored Padfone at Computex %u2013 Android and Me. Around Christmas, we will either find that convergence has run amok; or, we will trade in our smart phones and tablets for a combination device called the PadFone. The phone, likely a dual core processor, plugs into a slot on the back of a tablet, that is powered by the phone when docked. My only problem with this is that sometimes I want to use my smart phone and my tablet separately from each other. The phone acts as a mobile hotspot for both my tablet and my notebook, and I have specific uses for each. Will you buy one of these?

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[Photography Expert]

Thats a good point, but I still question how valuable this will be. The ideal solution needs to run an hybrid OS that doesn't just scale the phone's interface. With ECS' approach, there are many problems it faces. Things like, how do you change orientation? Or more importantly, while the iPad supports landscape in most apps, the iPhone does not; it's going to look rather odd when docked.