{"id":82991,"date":"2017-07-04T16:32:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T05:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/asus-and-vodafone-to-launch-3g-and-gps-notebooks\/"},"modified":"2017-07-04T16:32:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T05:32:05","slug":"asus-and-vodafone-to-launch-3g-and-gps-notebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2017\/07\/04\/asus-and-vodafone-to-launch-3g-and-gps-notebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Asus And Vodafone To Launch 3G And GPS Notebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PC- and notebook-maker Asus will be launching a range of sub-$2,000 notebook computers in the next month with embedded 3G modules in partnership with Vodafone, the company revealed in an address to journalists and industry-professionals at the annual Influence consumer electronics and IT conference today in the Hunter Valley.The notebooks will come pre-packaged with a Siera Wireless SIM card, which users can either hook-up to a Vodafone plan in which case they will receive a $250 cashback grant from the service provider, or any other mobile phone provider of their choice.<BR><BR>The company views the market for both 3G and GPS-enabled notebooks as a growing area in the next three to five years, said a representative today. <BR><BR>Though the GPS models will not launch this year, the company is researching heavily in this area. <DIV class=NFBreak contentEditable=false style=page-break-before:always>&nbsp;<\/DIV><BR>&#8220;These days GPS is a device that shouldn&#8217;t be restricted to the car &#8211; you don&#8217;t want to leave it in the car anyway because it could get stolen,&#8221; he said.<BR><BR>&#8220;We need to incorporate it into more products rather than a standalone GPS system. 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