It's been a long ride for the PadFone. ASUS' last smartphone was the Android 2.1-powered A10 from two years ago, then five months later the company ended its smartphone partnership with Garmin (though ...

Asus floated some big plans this year at the Consumer Electronics Show for merging categories of devices in a number of ways. Following in the Transformer Prime's footsteps is the tablet hybrid T700 ...

Asus hasn't arrived at the perfect union here; as a smartphone, the Padfone X is capable, but unexciting, and as a tablet, it's clunky and has some performance issues. That said, the device is an ...

Asus had a lot to get off its chest at MWC 2013. Not only did it announce that the Padfone 2 would finally be coming to the UK (pre-orders start this Friday), but also rather strangely announced its ...

Now weighing 649 grams in total with its PadFone 2 Station, Asus’ new hybrid Android device is lighter than even Apple’s latest-generation iPad. I know this because company Chairman Jonney Shih made ...

If pads and phones are the fastest growing categories in consumer tech, surely a PadFone would be the ultimate combo? That's what ASUS thinks, and it's just introduced an Android smartphone device ...

I love tablets. I've loved tablets from the time I first laid eyes on one. I was in high school and one of my friend's younger sister got a Windows tablet for Christmas. From that time, I couldn't ...

It's a pad! It's an, um, fone! It's the amazing PadFone! The Asus PadFone is a unique combination device: it's a 4.3-inch, Android-powered smartphone that slides into a slot in the back of a 10-inch ...

Is it a phone? Is it a tablet? The Asus Padfone 2 is both rolled into one, but is it any good? The Asus idea is you can save space, weight and money with a Padfone. The handset slides into the back of ...

The Asus Padfone 2 launched with Android Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box, but the company has since quickly pushed Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean to the smartphone and tablet combo. Confused about Android ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...