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we're at CES 2014 checking out some of Isis's new technology what we've got here is the PadFone mini it's a miniaturized version of its smartphone that fits into a tablet let's talk about the phone first it's got a 4-inch 480 by 800 pixel resolution that's not a particularly high resolution but it looks alright the screen seems quite bright everything seems very colourful so I'm not too worried around the back there's an 8 megapixel camera which has quite a cool selfie feature when you're pointing the phone at yourself and some friends it will take the photo automatically once it detects some faces when things really get interesting is when you slide the phone into its tablet dock this is a 7 inch screen it's got a 1280 by 800 pixel resolution so everything is just a lot bigger than it is on the phone something quite cool about this is that it's got its own battery so you can charge it up separately and when you plug the smartphone in that will get charged up by the tablet Asus has loaded this technology with its own Google now equivalent software it's called what's next and it pulls data from your calendar it's got the weather things like that and it puts it all in one easy to digest screen for you a final note on the design because I quite like the chunky feel of the tablet and the phone it comes in a range of colors as well and who doesn't like bright colors pricing for this is still up in the air but looking at the specs I'm hopeful that it will be quite cheap we should see it sometime in the first half of this year let me know what you think then check out CES cnet.com for more