Asus’ Jonney Shih on Ultrabook, Android and the Future of PCs: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

The chairman of the Taiwanese PC and netbook maker talks about how Asus is trying to pivot fast into the future, showing off a fancy new device called the Ultrabook.

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Asus Chairman Jonney Shih has presided over the Taiwanese tech giant since the early 1990s. Most recently, the company pioneered the netbook market and is now plunging deeply into the tablet business, making Shih perfect to discuss these key issues in Asia and around the world.

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Asus Tries Another Phone-Tablet Hybrid, This One With Intel Inside

The Taiwanese hardware maker, known for mixing devices, has a 7-inch tablet capable of making phone calls.
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Exclusive: Google’s Andy Rubin and Asus’ Jonney Shih on How They Cooked Up the Nexus 7

In an interview, the Android and Asus heads talk about the tablet’s tight time frame, its razor-thin margins, and why they think it can compete where other devices have flopped.
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Nvidia’s Quad-Core Tegra 3 Ready, Asus’ Transformer Prime Almost Ready

Although the Nvidia processor is ready, the Asus tablet won’t hit the market until next month. Phones running the chip are expected next year.
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Asus’ Jonney Shih on Ultrabook, Android and the Future of PCs: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

The chairman of the Taiwanese PC and netbook maker talks about how Asus is trying to pivot fast into the future, showing off a fancy new device called the Ultrabook.
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Jonney Shih: Highlights From AsiaD (Video)

In an AsiaD interview with Walt Mossberg, Asus Chairman Jonney Shih talked about navigating the sea change in an industry in which cloud computing is becoming more ubiquitous and the boundaries between the tablet, the smartphone and the notebook are blurring.
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New Asus Transformer Tablet Unveiled at AsiaD

Asus Chairman Jonney Shih shows off the new Transformer at AsiaD.
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Jonney Shih Shows New Asus Tablet, Ultrabook at AsiaD

Asus Chairman Jonney Shih, best known for introducing the world to the notion of the netbook, hits the AsiaD stage to talk tablets, netbooks and more.
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The Globalization of D: All Things Digital Begins Now

And so our international expansion of D: All Thing Digital starts and we could not be more proud that it begins here in Hong Kong, with AsiaD. So why Asia? It seemed the most obvious choice for us, as we looked at the global landscape for tech.
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Final AsiaD Speakers: Apple’s Phil Schiller and Former VP Al Gore

AsiaD is now ready for launch, with a little taste of Apple and the Veep.
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Even More AsiaD Speakers: Yahoo’s Yang, HTC’s Wang, Samsung’s Hong and More!

You want more AsiaD speakers, we got more. And there are more to come, too!
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