The tablet/smartphone combo device gets postponed for February 2012

Nov 2, 2011 09:53 GMT  ·  By

Although Asus officials confirmed that the Padfone tablet/smartphone combo will be available in early 2012, with Android 4.0 on board, we assumed that the device will be launched on the market in January.

However, it appears that Asus CEO Jerry Shen stated that the company is forced to delay the Padfone for February 2012.

The good news is that Asus plans to push the Ice Cream Sandwich to some of its Honeycomb tablets, including the new Transformer Prime, in early December.

In addition, the company is expected to launch a second tablet with the Padfone, which is reportedly a 7-inch version of the Transformer.

Obviously, no release dates for the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade emerged yet, but it will be interesting to see if Asus will be able to keep its word this time.