Asus articles
January 16, 2013
The Nexus 7 dock has been like the unicorn of the Android world. We’ve heard about it, seen pictures, and you can probably get a poor-quality one from China, but since the release of the Nexus 7 in July of last year, Asus have kept mum on its availability. Until today, that is. Asus has [...]
December 10, 2012
The Asus Padfone 2 was announced in Milan back in October as an Ice Cream Sandwich device and an upgrade to Jelly Bean was promised to hit the device very soon. It seems that Asus has kept that promise with the Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.1) update starting to roll out to Padfone 2 owners in [...]
December 6, 2012
In the latest edition of the Officeworks catalogue, it appears that Officeworks has made a minor slip-up, with the advert for the Nexus 7 suggesting that a microSD Card Reader was part of the specifications on the popular Asus built tablet. I did point this mistake out to them on Twitter and they have replied [...]
December 3, 2012
Over the weekend it appears that Asus in Japan has let slip some information in regards to a dock accessory for the Nexus 7 which we first saw at the end of July. The dock accessory is showing up on the Asus Japan accessory store for a price of 3,480 Yen which equates to just [...]
December 2, 2012
If you happen to be in or around Broadway in Sydney, and your looking to snag a good price in the Nexus 7 32GB model, you’re in luck. JB HiFi have just opened a new store at Broadway and are celebrating by having a giant sale. The main thing that caught my eye was the [...]
November 17, 2012
Looks like the first retailers in Australia to offer the 32GB Nexus 7 3G are The Good Guys and Betta Electrical, who both have it listed on their websites for $399. The Good Guys have the tablet listed on their website for pickup in-store or for delivery for $10 if located within a 40KM radius [...]
November 14, 2012
Over the weekend we saw a number of reports from the US and UK about refunds for customers who purchased a 16GB Nexus 7 before the recent price drop and announcement of the 32GB model. Both Google and ASUS in Europe and the US appear to have enacted some kind of Price Protection policy – [...]
October 31, 2012
Apart from the fact that at times finding stock of the Nexus 7 at retailers in Australia can be difficult, the only indication that we’ve had from either Google or Asus in regards to sales figures regarding the Nexus 7 has been confirmation from Asus that they were selling out of every shipment of the [...]
October 30, 2012
The 8GB Nexus 7 is no longer available and the 16GB version of the Nexus 7 is now back in stock in the Google Play Devices section at a new price of $249 and has been joined by its rumoured bigger brother the 32GB version which is also available for purchase now for $299. Shipping [...]
October 29, 2012
As we saw the other day with the 8GB Version, the 16GB Version now has a status of ‘Coming Soon’ in the Google Play Store. Signs are ripe for a release of the 32GB version which has been outed, priced and even purchased, everything but officially announced by Google so far. No reason has been [...]
October 27, 2012
While we wait for an official release date for the Asus Padfone 2 here in Australia, other regions around the world have already started shipping the phone/tablet combo. MobiCity has now started taking pre-orders for the Padfone 2, with stock expected on the 1st of November. Only the black model is available at the moment, [...]
October 16, 2012
With the official launch of the Asus Padfone 2 going ahead in Milan tonight, the phone/tablet combo unit has been officially unveiled in Taipei by Asus CEO Jerry Shen. As we saw earlier in the leaked video the newer combo has a new docking system which does away with the cassette deck style interface and [...]
October 13, 2012
With an announcement in Milan coming next week on October 16th in Milan, all the details on the Padfone 2 will soon be public but Phandroid has pointed us towards a YouTube video which, whilst mostly focused on Asus’s upcoming Windows 8 devices has a surprise entry at the end in the form of the [...]



























