Asus PadFone to launch on 16th October...

Three days ago, we bought you news of an Asus PadFone successor sporting a quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM running the second from newest Android OS "Ice Cream Sandwich". Now invites are being sent out for an event that takes place simultaneously at Milan and Taipei on the 16th of October suggesting that the Asus PadFone 2 will be revealed at the event.

This is great news for those people who wish the original Asus PadFone had a better processor, the tablet dock for the phone may be updated, offering a higher 1200x1920 screen resolution (same as TF700 Infinity). The keyboard will undoubtedly be the same old but efficient qwerty keyboard.

ASUS PadFone and Tablet available now in Australia...

ASUS has released the PadFone in Australia, the phone that becomes a tablet that can become a laptop is available for 899AUD ($890) on Mobicity. This price includes the phone and the 10.1-inch tablet docking station, this product is great for someone wanting to replace 3 items with one (Tablet, Laptop and Phone).

The phone on it's own offers a 4.3-inch SuperAMOLED qHD display, runs Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on Snapdragon's Dual-Core S4 processor clocked at 1.5GHz with 1GB of RAM. The phone sports a 8MP rear-facing camera and a VGA resolution front-facing camera for video calling. 

The phone comes with a 10.1-inch tablet docking station which the phone can be plugged into and used through the 10.1-inch screen, this screen can also be plugged into a keypad dock and used as a laptop.