<div>Every year a number of new products are unveiled at the annual international information and technology show, Computex, in Taiwan. This year, the show saw some interesting announcements from a number of brands with the local player Asus unveiling a large variety of products at the show.</div><div> </div><div><strong>ZenWatch 2</strong></div><div>Asus announced an update for its Android Wear device, the ZenWatch, with two variants this year. The large model comes with a 41mm watchface and a 22mm band, and a second one which features a 37mm face with an 18mm band. Both of the watches come with an OLED display protected with a 2.5D Gorilla Glass 3 and is crafted exquisitely just like the previous gen ZenWatch. It also comes with an IP67 rating which means that it can sit in up to 3.28 feet of water for up to 30 minutes. Other features include a new magnetic charging system and a crown that should offer some functionality. There has been an update in the battery life as well and the ZenWatch 2 will be offered in silver, gunmetal and rose gold with rubber, leather and metal straps available. </div><div> </div><div><strong>ZenFone Selfie</strong></div><div>With a decent success in smartphone market, Asus introduced a brand new smartphone aiming for selfie enthusiasts called the ZenFone Selfie. The smartphone is exactly the same as the ZenFone 2 series but houses a 13MP camera with laser guided auto-focus right above the display. There is also a change in the hardware as this time Asus went in for a Snapdragon 615 processor rather than going for an Intel chip. The ZenFone Selfie will be coming in variants with 3GB of 4GB RAM options and a of course a variety of colours. </div><div> </div><div><strong>ZenPad tablets and more</strong></div><div>A new tablet series was also shown off under a brand new name called ZenPad. There are two variants, the ZenPad S 8.0 and the ZenPad 8.0. The former one sports an 8-inch 2K (2560x1440) resolution display and runs on an Intel Atom Z3530 64-bit quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16/32GB internal storage, microSD card slot, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The ZenPad 8.0 is a much more affordable version with an 8-inch WXGA IPS display and is powered by an Intel Atom x3-C3200 quad-core processor with 1GB/2GB of RAM and 8GB/16GB internal storage, microSD card slot, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera and on Android 5.0 Lollipop.</div><div> </div><div>Along with the tablets a very interesting swappable back cover was shown off for the ZenPad tablets which enhance the productivity of the tablet by adding six speakers to the tablet to give DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Sound. With its battery back panel you can also add 14 hours of extra battey.</div><div> </div><div><strong>Zen AiO with RealSense 3D camera</strong></div><div>Two sleek and attractive all-in-one PCs were shown off, the Zen AiO (Z240IC) comes with a 23.8-inch display, USB 3.1 Type-C connectivity and Intel's RealSense 3D camera technology. There is also a 21.5-inch model, AiO (Z220IC), which skips the 3D camera. The design seems inspired from the Apple iMac with an aluminum shell with an "Icicle Gold" colour. On the hardware side you can get as high as an Intel Core i7 processor with up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM, SSD storage, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M graphics card.</div>
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