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Asus has announced their incredible and unique ultrabook Taichi 21 and Taichi 31 are the world’s first dual screen and both operate independently and simultaneously each side of lid, easy to single finger switch between notebook and tablet, Full HD multitouch IPS panel provides wide viewing angle and vibrant images, stereo speakers with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower delivers cinematic sound quality, array microphone with echo cancelation and background noise cancelation and instantly resume from sleep in 2 seconds.

It has four operating modes such as notebook mode 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch, tablet mode provides 10-point multi-touch experience and stylus pen for accurate handwritten notes and sketches, mirror mode shows same image on both back-to-back screen to share information without need projector or external monitor, dual screen mode separately manage different apps one with keyboard and multi-touch touchpad other with multi-touch screen and stylus.

The Asus Taichi 21 has 11.6-inch LED backlit capacitive multi-touch display screen with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, dimension 306.6 x 199.3 x 17.4 mm, weight 1.25 kg and 35Wh polymer battery provides up to 5 hours battery life.

The Asus Taichi 31 has 13.3-inch LED backlit capacitive multi-touch display screen with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, dimension 339.2 x 228 x 17.4 mm, weight 1.55 and 53Wh polymer battery provides up to 7 hours battery life.

The Asus Taichi has Intel Core 1.7GHz i5-3317U or 1.9GHz i7-3517U processor, Intel QS77 express chipset, 128GB and 256GB solid state drive, 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, Intel HD 4000 Graphics and Windows 8 operating system.

They also has 5-mega pixels auto focus camera, HD web camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, Ethernet LAN, 2 USB 3.0 ports, microHDMI and VGA port, 2 in 1 card reader, headphone and microphone jack.

The Asus Taichi 21 and 31 are available from 26 October at starting price of $1,299 and $1,399 for i5 model respectively and $1,599 and $1,699 for i7 model respectively.