Asus launches new \\\'five-mode\\\' hybrid laptop

Leading Taiwanese tech firm Asus unveiled a hybrid device which combines a laptop, tablet and mobile phone Monday in what it hailed as a "world first".
The launch came the day before Computex -- Asia's biggest technology trade show -- opens its doors in the capital Taipei.
Asus chief Jonney Shih showed off the Transformer Book V in front of a packed house of hundreds of industry leaders, experts and media from around the world.
"In each of the modes, we offer an uncompromised experience, no matter whether for communication, productivity or entertainment," Shih said.
In a further attempt by the company to diversify into the mobile market, the device has five modes -- as a laptop and detachable tablet running both Android and Windows operating systems, and as an Android phone.
The five-inch phone docks into the tablet and promises speeds up to four times faster than 3G. As a laptop, one "hardware button" switches between the two operating systems, according to AFP.