The noted Taiwanese manufacturer of uniquely-designed handhelds: Asus has again shown off its supremacy in the field of smart devices by introducing a good-looking laptop: Chromebook Flip C100 at just at $249. By the collaboration of Google, tech giant has made an attempt to diversify the array of hybrid devices as well as to bring a much better amalgam of style, performance and value.
Notably, device is based on Chrome OS and this operating system has been optimized for touch as well as to make the gadget more responsive with features such as Google Now, voice recognition and virtual keyboard handwriting, says Asus. The one more USP of corporation's novel invention is its convertible designing, whereby users can change it from laptop to tablet mode that we had already seen in some double-jointed devices: Asus Transformer Flip Book TP550LD, Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro and many more.
Despite featuring full metal chassis, slender (15mm thin) and ultra-portable body (less than two pounds), machine has managed to incorporate robust internal hardware in its shell. Here, it is powered by a speedy Rockchip quad-core processor and paired with a promising battery that gives 8 hours lifespan.
The newly-launched Chromebook bears an elegant 10.1-inch HD IPS 10-finger multi-touch screen, which produces a pixel resolution of 1280x800p and it is decked with a comfortable wide key-pitch keyboard. Connectivity options include, dual-band WiFi 802.11ac and Bluetooth BT4.0.
Moreover, firm has designed two models of machine in terms of RAM: 2GB and 4GB variants as well as device will come with free 100GB Google Drive storage for 2 years to lure the consumers. Well, prospective buyers will have to wait till June 2015 to get their hands on this touch-enabled 2-in-1 gadget and it will initially go on sale in US via an online store: BBY.com with above mentioned price tag of $249( Roughly Rs. 15,525).