TransPhone smartphone / tablet hybrid gets official, doesn't quite topple ASUS PadFone

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It looks like CMIT's [TransPhone smartphone-tablet combo](http://tablet-news.com/2012/09/25/transphone-smartphone-tablet-combo-officially-launched/) has finally made it to stores after [its debut in May of last year](http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/30/transphone-pairs-tablet-and-handset-emerged-before-asus-padfone/). A competitor to the [ASUS PadFone](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/12/asus-padfone-review), the TransPhone fits inside a 7-inch display dubbed the TransPad, and runs Android 2.3.5. The TransPhone has a 3.5-inch screen, a Snapdragon S1 processor, 512MB RAM and ROM, 512MB internal memory plus a 32GB microSD card, a 5-megapixel camera, and more. As for price, a TransPhone plus TransPad combo is $429.99 while individual TransPads are $140 each and a solo TransPhone is $379. You can even go hog wild and get a Family Pack for $999 or a Business Pack for $4499. Seeing as the ASUS PadFone adds a keyboard to the mix, and that there's a [PadFone 2](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/20/asus-padfone-2-launch-event-october-16th/) coming up soon, we have a feeling the TransPhone won't be much of a threat to ASUS.

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