ASUS Announces Transformer Book T300 with Detachable Tablet

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ASUS Announces Transformer Book T300 with Detachable Tablet

Sleek ultraportable laptop with a 4th generation Intel Core processor features a quick-release 13.3-inch Full HD display that works as a Windows 8 tablet

ASUS T300E

Berlin, Germany (4th September, 2013) ASUS today announced Transformer Book T300, a 13.3-inch laptop with a detachable Full HD display that can be used as a standalone Windows 8 tablet. Transformer Book is powered by a 4th generation Intel Core processor for seamless multi-tasking performance and offers outstanding energy efficiency, with up to eight hours battery life.

Sleek and durable design with cutting-edge multi-touch control

ASUS Transformer Book T300 features a sleek metallic design with a soft-touch finish thats both durable and stylish. The 13.3-inch tablet display has a Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution for an expansive working space with razor-sharp images, while IPS technology ensures wide 178-degree viewing angles with excellent daylight visibility. Transformer Book also features cutting-edge multi-touch digitizer technology that detects a 6mm contact point, rather than the 9mm recommended by Microsoft for Windows 8. The result is a 10-point multi-touch display with high-precision input thats perfect for the kind of fine fingertip control required by everything from spreadsheets to creative applications.

Portable and practical perfect for work and play

Just 11.5mm thin, ASUS Transformer Book T300s tablet display is extremely portable, but its also highly practical for use on the move, with built-in USB 3.0, a micro-HDMI ports, plus an LED battery charge indicator. The keyboard dock is equally slim, at just 11mm, and has a compact magnetic dock connector that releases and snaps to the tablet display in an instant. The dock features a full-size keyboard with backlit keys and a large multi-touch touchpad with Windows 8 gesture support. Transformer Book features a front 720p HD camera and a rear 1080p Full HD camera, plus stereo speakers powered by ASUS SonicMaster audio technology for loud, clear sound.

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

Please contact your local ASUS representative for further information.


SPECIFICATIONS 1

Operating system

Windows 8 / Windows 8 Pro

Processor

Intel Core i3-4010U / i5-4200U / i7-4500

Graphics

Intel Graphic HD 4000

Display

13.3-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS with capacitive 10-point multi-touch

Memory &
storage

Up to 8GB DDR3 RAM

64GB / 128GB / 256GB NGFF SSD

Cameras

Rear 1080p Full HD, front 720p HD camera

Connectivity

Tablet: 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0 (optional), USB 3.0 port, Micro-HDMI 1.4 port, microSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone/mic

Dock: Micro-USB 3.0 port

Audio

Stereo speakers with ASUS SonicMaster technology

Battery

6710mAh lithium polymer

Size & weight

Tablet: 342 x 216 x 11.5mm, 1.1kg

Dock: 340 x 216 x 11mm, 800g

1 Specifications and product availability are all subject to change without notice and may differ from country to country. Actual performance may vary depending on applications, usage, environment and other factors.

ABOUT ASUS

ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the worlds best-selling, most award-winning, motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of todays digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,168 awards in 2012 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC. ASUS has more than 12,500 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 3,800 engineers. Company revenue for 2012 was approximately US$14 billion.