{"id":195,"date":"2011-06-12T00:49:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techwalls.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2013-07-23T04:22:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T08:22:17","slug":"asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Asus Padfone is not the First Tablet\/Smartphone Combination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-196\" title=\"Asus-Padphone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Asus-Padphone.jpg\" alt=\"Asus-Padphone\" width=\"575\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Asus-Padphone.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Asus-Padphone-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asus was very proud to announce the unique tablet\/smartphone hybrid device <a title=\"asus padfone computex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/gadget\/asus-padfone-release-date-2011\/\">Asus Padfone at Computex 2011<\/a>. The idea of a smartphone docked into a slate was considered as an original concept of Asus, however, some other companies which have similar concepts stated that it is not. Let&#8217;s take a look at their tablet\/smartphone combinations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>AlwaysInnovating stated that Asus has copied the idea of Smart Book, the device combines netbook, tablet and phone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-197\" title=\"smart book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-2.jpg\" alt=\"smart book\" width=\"449\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-2.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also at Computex 2011, ECS introduced a tablet that can dock an iPhone inside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-198\" title=\"tablet ecs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-7.jpg\" alt=\"tablet ecs\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-7.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some people said that Padfone is not a revolutionary or unique device because the idea has been seen for a while. TransPhone of CMIT is another example although it hasn&#8217;t been released on the market.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-199\" title=\"transfone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-3.jpg\" alt=\"transfone\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the last one is the HTC Tube concept.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-200\" title=\"htc tube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-4.jpg\" alt=\"htc tube\" width=\"450\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-4.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-4-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asus was very proud to announce the unique tablet\/smartphone hybrid device Asus Padfone at Computex 2011. The idea of a smartphone docked into a slate was considered as an original concept of Asus, however, some other companies which have similar concepts stated that it is not. Let&#8217;s take a look at their tablet\/smartphone combinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,3],"class_list":{"0":"post-195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadget","8":"tag-asus","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Asus Padfone is not the First Tablet\/Smartphone Hybrid Device<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The idea of a smartphone docked into a slate was considered as an original concept of Asus, however, some other companies which have similar concepts stated that it is not.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tuan Do\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/\",\"name\":\"Asus Padfone is not the First Tablet\/Smartphone Hybrid Device\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-11T17:49:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-23T08:22:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8e0374331f6dab83e97eb683907dca90\"},\"description\":\"The idea of a smartphone docked into a slate was considered as an original concept of Asus, however, some other companies which have similar concepts stated that it is not.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tablet-3.jpg\",\"width\":450,\"height\":299,\"caption\":\"transfone\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/asus-padfone-not-first-tablet-smartphone-hybrid\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gadget\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/gadget\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Asus Padfone is not the First Tablet\/Smartphone Combination\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/\",\"name\":\"TechWalls\",\"description\":\"Technology News | Gadget Reviews | Tutorials\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8e0374331f6dab83e97eb683907dca90\",\"name\":\"Tuan Do\",\"description\":\"I am the founder and editor of TechWalls technology blog. 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