Here come the Windows 8 hybrid all-in-one ultrabook tablet transformers

I'll probably get a Microsoft Surface pro. I just hope for a great Dockingstation. This kind of All-in-One Device is right up my alley. I hope that in a few years i can use my phone as that all-in-one device, that powers my work environment...

The Sony Duo design is different from the other "dockable" tablets. It is not the first by any means to have the slide form factor. Yet, I can not help think, how cool it looks. It looks "Sony" to me. The worst part is that cramped looking keyboard. I hope it comes to the US.<p>I have an HP Touchpad running ICS and hardly use it. I use my Gnexus most of the time. But, I have been looking at more "robust" tablets with pen capability. The Modbook Pro looks neat. <a href="http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro" rel="nofollow">http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro</a>

Would power and battery life be extended when you dock it with the keyboard?<p>I think it would be hard to fit a powerful GPU or a big battery in the screen alone. Some extra storage in the keyboard wouldn't hurt either.<p>Nice to see the hardware manufacturers joining microsofts new paradigm of tablet/laptop combo in windows 8. I bet those who complained about a combo OS before are quieter now.

I wonder if apple would dare to block these new windows tablets through litigation.

I would favour a first-party device like the surface pro in this case rather than one of these as my perception is that something is likely to "just work" if hardware and software are from the same vendor (see: apple).<p>Should be interesting to see how the likes of asus can compete in the long run (I am guessing price and slightly garish features will most likely differentiate); having an actual product on the shelves surely gives you a head-start.

I'm not saying that anyone should sue over it but that ASUS keyboard / docking station looks on hell of a lot like the bottom half of a MacBook Air fell off.

Those keyboards look so familiar.....

Yes, here they come ... and they are all going to be heavy and pricey and noisy and have poor battery life.