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Our complete Computex 2013 coverage

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Computex 2013 has finally concluded last week and we’ve been swamped with a lot of stories that we covered in Taipei, Taiwan the whole week. If you missed some of our stories, here’s a complete round-up we’ve made.

Asus MB168B+ Portable USB Monitor

2013 Acer Aspire S3 gets an Aspire S7 re-fresh

Acer Iconia Tab A1-810, in the flesh

Acer Aspire R7 in the flesh, hands-on demo

Western Digital outs 5mm ultra-thin HDD

Google Chromebook Pixel spotted at Computex

Hands-on: Acer Iconia W3 Windows 8 tablet

Gigabyte U21M, Intel Haswell Convertible Tablet

Spotted: Dell XPS 10, Snapdragon running Windows RT

Acer Aspire S7 with WQHD IPS display

Acer Liquid S1 in the flesh, first impressions

ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7

Asus confirms Memo Pad HD 7, starts at $129

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity is 1st to use Tegra 4 chip

Asus Transformer Book Trio: Dual-OS, Dual Intel CPU

Asus Memo Pad FHD 10 goes full HD and Atom

Asus FonePad Note FHD 6 announced!

Asus Zenbook Infinity unveiled, wrapped w/ Gorilla Glass 3

MSI Primo 81: 7.85? IPS, Quad-Core, Jellybean 4.2 tablet

ASUS shows off RoG Poseidon GPU, hybrid cooling in tow

ASUS VivoMouse

ASUS RoG G750 gaming laptop

ASUS adds a pair of RoG MoBos to Maximus VI lineup

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Asus MB168B+ Portable USB Monitor

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We spotted this monitor at the Asus booth in Computex last week and thought it was very interesting. It’s a portable USB Monitor that you can hook up to any device for bigger display.

This could be useful if you carry a laptop and use this monitor as an external display. The panel is 15.6 inches across with full HD 1080p resolution, weighs 800 grams and is only 8mm thin.

Data and power directly comes from the USB 3.0 cable so there’s no extra cable needed. The matte display has a contrast ratio of 600:1 with maximum brightness of 250cd/sqm. It also detects orientation and can auto-rotate.

The monitor also comes with nice multi-purpose screen that serves as a carrying case and as a stand. Not sure how much this would cost or if Asus will ever bring it here.

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2013 Acer Aspire S3 gets an Aspire S7 re-fresh

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The first time we saw the new Acer Aspire S3 is at the Western Digital booth where they claim it uses the new 5mm WD Slim hard drives with storage of up to 1TB. Acer has re-designed their 1st-generation ultrabook and make look like the Aspire S7.

Of course, there were a few differences — the keyboard is black instead of gray and the body looks a little thicker and heavier.

Still, that white lid with gray accent can easily fool you. Instead of the Gorilla Glass 2 which was used in the S7, the new S3 uses a transparent coating/material in the lid to make it look glossy and seem like glass (obviously, to cut down on material costs). They still use aluminum here so expect an almost similar premium feel.

The Aspire S3 also has USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, SD card reader on top of the variable hardware configuration — 13.3-inch IPS LCD @ 1920×1080 pixels, 500GB – 1TB WD HDD or 128GB/256GB SSD, up to 10GB DDR3 RAM. As for the CPU, it could be a Core i3, i5 or i7 Intel Haswell processor and an NVidia GT735M graphics.

We were actually expecting an Aspire S9 from Acer but it looks like the best they could do was improve the Aspire S3 (significantly) and then add a WQHD (2560×1440 pixels) IPS panel on the S7.

The Aspire S3 might be priced starting at $999, depending on configuration.

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Acer Iconia Tab A1-810, in the flesh

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While scouring Acer’s booth at Computex, we spotted their iPad Mini contender – the Iconia Tab A1, which we featured last April when it was leaked by a French retailer. While we’re at it, we thought of giving you guys a look at this competitively-priced Android tablet.

acer iconia tab a1

Unlike its cheaper counterpart (Iconia B1), the Iconia A1 has a more polished feature both inside and out. It sports a 7.9-inch IPS display which is similar to the one found on the iPad Mini. Doing the legwork for this Jellybean tablet is a 1.2GHz quad-core processor from MediaTek and 1GB RAM. It comes with 16GB native storage which can be expanded through a micro-SD card.

This slate is equipped with a pair of snappers, VGA on the front and 5 megapixel on back side. It has a full suite of connections including a port for a micro-HDMI. Powering all of these components is a non-removable 4,960mAh battery pack tucked underneath the glossy back panel.

Acer Iconia A1-810 specs:
7.9″ IPS display (1024×768) @162ppi
1.2GHz MediaTek MT8125 quad-core processor
1GB RAM
16GB internal storage w/ microSD support
5MP rear camera
VGA front-facing
WiFi
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS
HDMI port
4,960mAh battery
Android 4.2 Jellybean
Dimension: 208.7 x 145.7 x 10.5 mm
Weight: 460g

Based on our brief encounter with the tablet, it was able to deliver a rather decent user experience. It’s certainly not the snappiest slate on the lot, but for its price, we were content with the performance we got out of it.

Speaking of price, the 3G-enabled version of the Acer Iconia Tab A1-810 with a 8GB internal storage will set you back USD169 or little over eight grand in our local currency. Another 30 bucks will get you twice the storage. The tablet is not yet launched locally, but if the price is roughly the same as the international version, it will be strong contender in the 10-inch below Android tablet market.

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Acer Aspire R7 in the flesh, hands-on demo

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The Acer Aspire R7 is probably one of the most innovative gadget we saw over at Computex this year.

The Aspire R7 sports a 15.6-inch full HD 1920×1080 touchscreen display, an Intel Core i5 1.8GHz processor, 6GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a 24GB SSD and a full-size backlit keyboard.

Here’s a quick demo of how the device transforms into 4 different positions.

The R7 has been recently showed by Acer during their 10th anniversary event last month. They’ve not indicated the exact hardware specifications yet though.

The Aspire R7 looks pretty cool and while some of the positions are not that really practical, but still very interesting.

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