Asus Transformer Book Duet Axed Due to Pressure from Microsoft and Google

The Transformer Book Duet was designed to offer the best of both worlds, Android and Windows. The device was first shown off at CES in Las Vegas and became one of the new computers that people started to obsess about.  Apparently, Google and Microsoft were not consenting bedfellows and made Asus cancel the device. The Book Duet  Transformer hybrid laptop and tablet concept basically allowed users to switch between both Android and Windows with just the press of either a tab on the display or a special button on the keypad unit. The best thing with the entire set up was that there wasn't the need for restarting the device each time one needed to switch OS. However, with mounting pressure from both Google and Microsoft, Asus has caved to the pressure.  Microsoft said  that they have stopped supporting dual OS devices with a new policy.  Google basically said that they don’t want to give Microsoft a foothold into an industry where they haven’t had much success and want to stop the Redmond company from piggybacking. Asus Transformer Book Duet Axed Due to Pressure from Microsoft and Google is a post from: Good e-Reader

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