14 DAY TRIAL // On top of the Transformer Book T100, Asus also rolled out today the Transformer Book Trio. And it’s a pretty impressive hybrid, just like its brother.
What’s special about it is that it manages to blend the functionalities of a desktop, laptop and tablet, all in one product.
The screen can be easily detached from the keyboard and can be used as a stand-alone tablet. With other similar devices, if the screen is taken out of the picture, the lower part isn't of any usage.
This is not the case of the Transformer Book Trio. Its keyboard can be connected to a monitor through microHDMI or Mini DisplayPort to become a fully-fledged desktop computer.
The Transformer Book Trio has a full HD IPS 11-inch display. In tablet mode, it draws its juices from an Intel Atom Z2760 processor aided by 2GB of RAM memory and 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB of RAM.
When using the hybrid as a tablet, the operating system is Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
If users decide to ditch play and go back to work, they can immediately set up the notebook mode.
As a notebook, the Transformer Book Trio functions courtesy of an Intel Haswell maxim Core i7 processor, 4GB DDR3 and IGP Intel HD Graphics 4400.
And to make things even more interesting, the notebook makes use of Windows 8.
So users will be juggling between two distinct operating systems. Most importantly, they will be able to have access to more than 700,000 apps from the Google Play, plus 50,000 from the Windows Store.
The Taiwanese PC maker hasn’t specified anything yet on the hybrid’s price.