ASUS EP121, EP102, EP101, and EP71 tablets get diagramed in latest teaser
December 30, 2010 No Comment
Haven’t had enough CES titillation yet? Good. ASUS has apparently been up to some mischief overnight in uploading and then pulling a new version of its teaser video from a week ago, though this time it also included explicit product names attached to some quite informative diagrams. It looks to be the full family of upcoming CES tablets, with the EP121 touting stylus input and a wireless keyboard, the EP102 showing that there will indeed be a slider in ASUS’ Pad family, and the EP101 looking like, well, a laptop. There’s also a media-centric EP71, whose proportions make it seem likely to be a sort of oversized PMP. Skip past the break for a closer look at them all and don’t forget to grace our comments with your theory as to why ASUS feels compelled to have such a segmented product offering. Continue reading ASUS EP121, EP102, EP101, and EP71 tablets get diagramed in latest teaser ASUS EP121, EP102, EP101, and EP71 tablets get diagramed in latest teaser originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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