LIVE: Asus' MWC 2013 press-conference

Asus has promised to wow us at this year's Mobile World Congress, so here we are at its press-conference, waiting to be wowed. To tell you the truth, we don't have much specific information about the devices Asus is going to announce, though there is some speculation that the company may use the stage of MWC to introduce a new Padfone, Fonepad or a Transformer Infinity Android tablet.

As you can see, there's plenty of stuff to be excited about at this press-conference, so you aren't exactly short on reasons to stay tuned to us and discover what Asus is up to! The event will begin at 7:30 AM Eastern | 6:30AM Central | 5:30AM Mountain | 4:30AM Pacific | 12:30PM GMT.

Live event tracker

07:26	And it's a wrap! Thanks for following our liveblog, stay tuned to PM for more from MWC!
07:26
07:25	Europe will get it in April for EUR 219, again one of the cheapest 7-inchers there
07:25	You can get the 2-in-1 Asus Padfone for just $249 for the 8 GB version, pretty good price, and will be available in March
07:24
07:23	Intel inside! Atom Z2420, between 9 and 10 hours of battery life, Android 4.1.2 onboard
07:23
07:23	HD 720 p video rear camera, 1280x800 HD 7" IPS panel
07:22	Comes in Titanium Gray and Champagne Gold, diamond-cut edges
07:22	MicroSIM and microSD card hidden compartment, you can make voice calls
07:21	Promo video touting the durable metallic chassis and 10 hour battery life, the HSPA+ radio and IPS display
07:18
07:17	Enter the Padfone, an Intel-based 7" Android tablet!
07:17	999 euro. There was literally one person applauding that price. It wasn't us.
07:16	Another promo video making the rounds, and the price is... $999 for the station and the phone together, available in April
07:15
07:14	9 hours of video playback time, not bad at all, you can use the station to expand the battery life up to three times
07:14
07:13	Asus Story app also onboard for your personal journals - photos, text, maps and sharing on the social networks
07:11	Asus Echo voice agent lets you click the shutter by saying cheese, and tells you who is calling, for instance
07:11	SuperNote 3.1 app demoed, some finger-writing recognition and voice recognition
07:10	2 GB of RAM, 64GB of flash storage on the station, and 50GB of Asus Web storage
07:08
07:07
07:06	1.7 GHz quad-core with 3rd gen LTE radio
07:05	Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm comes to speak about the Snapdragon 600 on the PadFone Infinity.
07:04	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 powers the thing, Qualcomm Chairman Paul Jacobs takes the stage
07:04	Dynamic Screen Technology, seamless transition between phone and tablet interface
07:03	The PadFone logo doubles as an NFC antenna! Smart.
07:03	Precision-calibrated buttons with instant feedback
07:01	The speaker is on the side of the phone and there is 18mm speaker on the station to amplify the sound
07:01
07:00	Shih is showing an improvised picture it took today with it, pointing out the amount of railing detail it captured
06:59	13 MP camera f/2.0 aperture, Full HD 1080p video at 30fps, Burst Mode with 8 frames per second
06:59
06:58	The station has a 10.1" display 1920x1200 pixels
06:58	5" Full HD IPS 1920x1080 pixels resolution, 441ppi, "far superior than the Retina Display" Ouch.
06:57
06:57	Aerospace-grade aluminum alloy, unibody, expertly crafted with brushed finish, twice anodized diamond-cut edge
06:57
06:57	Better build quailty with a unibody frame.
06:56	"With Padfone Infinity, everybody can be a magician," says Shih. It's a "masterpiece." "Customer happiness is the main focus of our design"
06:55
06:55	And the PadFone Infinity gets announced by the CEO - "so magical"
06:54	PadFone Infinity!
06:54	The guy on stage is performing some tricks aimed to intro the new PadFone, hide-and-seek game of tablet and phone
06:53	Asus now has its own illusionist.. we like Jonney Shih in that role better.
06:53	Hardware time: the guy that takes out the good is getting called "our tech illusionist"
06:52	It's time for... magic.
06:52	Herdware time: the guy that takes out the good is getting called "our tech illusionist"

06:52	Nice video promo with singing and dancing people to intro aoCloud: "one account for multiple cloud services"
06:51	Next service is aoStream, a consumer cloud for syncing your devices. And aoCloud, with one account to bridge between public and private
06:48	Online First Aid, a new service by Asus unveiled.
06:47	Asus CEO talking about the cloud efforts and enterprise services for CIOs
06:47
06:46
06:44	And we're live!
06:44
06:43	Ok, here we go, some space age music floating in the hall!
06:34	Asus just tweeted that the press conference has been delayed by 30-40 minutes, folks, it was supposed to start half hour ago, so maybe soon
06:16
06:13	Asus is keeping us wait a few more minutes, but a new PadFone is worth it
05:54	The ASUS MWC press conference is about to begin, and we are expecting a new PadFone to make a cameo, as well as a mystery Intel-powered one