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Asus Transformer Book T100HA launched in India

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Asus has introduced the Transformer Book, T100HA to India at a price of Rs 23,990. The two-in-one convertible integrates four neodymium magnets to connect the tablet and the keyboard.

The hybrid features a 10.1-inch detachable LED back-lit display with a 1280×800 HD resolution at a pixel density of 129 ppi. It is powered by Intel’s 64bit quad-core Atom X5-Z8500 processor supported by 2GB RAM and provides 64GB storage. The tablet includes a 2MP front camera and a 5MP rear camera. It has a variety of USB ports, namely 1x Type-C, 1x USB 2.0 and 1x micro USB along with a micro HDMI port.

In terms of software, the T100HA runs Windows 10 and comes pre-installed with MS Office for productivity purposes.

All of the above is powered by a 30Watt 2-cell, which on a single charge gives battery life of up to 12 hours. The Transformer weighs a light 1kg altogether.

The Asus T100HA is available in Tin Grey and Aqua Blue colour variants.

Samsung announces 5.6mm Galaxy Tab S2 tablets

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Samsung’s answer to the iPads is the new Galaxy Tab S2. The new tablets take over from last year’s Galaxy Tab S range and brings in improved performance and hardware that is more suitable for reading and consuming content.

Samsung has shrunk the display size of its larger-sized variant and now the biggest Galaxy Tab S2 measures 9.7-inches compared to Galaxy Tab S’ 10.5-inch.

Both tablets are super thin at 5.6mm and weighs 389g (9.7 -inch) and 265g (8.0 -inch). Additionally, the tablets feature a Super AMOLED display with QXGA resolution (2048×1536 pixels), 94% Adobe RGB colour standard, Adaptive Display and Reading Mode.

The tablets run Android 5.0 Lollipop update, are powered by an octa-core processor, 3GB RAM, and features LTE support, 32GB or 64GB internal memory, microSD card slot up to 128GB, 8MP rear-facing camera, 2.1MP front-facing camera, fingerprint sensor, 5870mAh battery (Galaxy Tab S2 9.7) or 4000mAh battery (Galaxy Tab S2 8.0).

On the software side, the tablets will come pre-loaded with Microsoft Office apps, 100GB of free cloud storage on OneDrive, Smart Manager, Pop-up Window and Multitasking.

The tablets will go on sale in most of the global markets from August 2015.