There’s a new rebel in tech town. Asus wants to “break the rules” with a pad and phone… in one possibly?

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The notebook giant looks to be launching four new products in all according to the latest post on its Facebook page yesterday, declaring “break the rules: pad or phone?

This was the cryptic teaser placed online by Asus -ahead of its forthcoming launches at Computex next month. Maybe the EeePad makers couldn’t decide between building a snazzy smartphone or tab so decided to combine the two.

And in this tough tabs market any unique feature is a strong selling point as Android clones invade.

The pad/phone combi looks to be where the Taiwanese make appears to be heading for its tab design if this teaser is to be believed following hot on the heels of its Eee Pad Transformer, a detachable notebook tab on Honeycomb, which was well received by reviewers.

Read Asus Eee Pad Transformer review here

Underneath it had a reference to Computex 2011 show which is kicking off May 31 – June 5th in Taipei.

And its certainly not the first time Asus have come over all cryptic over tabs in its bid to become No.2 in the market.

Earlier this year Asustek CEO Jonney Shih hinted of a ‘secret weapon’ in relation to its new batch of Eee Pads, which many believed was a reference to NVIDIA Tegra 2 core processor.

“We will try to provide a ‘secret weapon,’ something we have not shown at this time but closer to the launch time we will show.”

And combos appear to be the order of the day over for the Taiwanese brand with a new Eee Top PC model also to be debuted.

There are no specs listed online but the touchscreen device promises to be an “intuitive and interactive PC” giving “versatile mobility anywhere at home.”

For those heading to Computex all will be revealed at NanGang Exhibition Hall M1009.