The Asus Eee
Pad Transformer comes at very competitive prices, at least when you choose not to also buy the keyboard dock.
Asus Eee
Pad Transformer comes with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, skinned with WaveShare UI, which allows for quick access to a host of utilities including remote access and a personal library for both books and multimedia.
This file manager exceeds what I've seen on other tablets (only the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer comes close), and makes the Thrive the first tablet to fully integrate true file handling and interoperability, with no additional software or dongles required.
The Asus Eee
Pad Transformer comes with curved ergonomic backing which has a bronze textured finish
Not exact matches
Additionally, the Eee
Pad is called the
Transformer because it
comes with an optional docking station with a full QWERTY keyboard, touchpad, ports, and the docking station even boosts battery life because it has a battery built in.
Today ASUS officially announced the launch of the Eee
Pad Transformer tablet in North America, and it
comes at the surprising low price of $ 399 for the 16 GB model and $ 499 for the 32 GB version.
Asus has one of the best track records when it
comes to delivering prompt Android updates for its hardware and that trend continues with recently released software updates for both the
Transformer Prime and
Transformer Pad Infinity.
For instance, those who had bought the first gen
Transformer or the Eee
Pad Slider devices were almost left out though an Asus Germany representative has
come to the rescue by ruling out such a scenario.
The only other tablet that
comes with a 1920 x 1200 pixel display is the Asus
Transformer Pad Infinity.
Asus has
come up with the tool needed to unlock the
Transformer Pad Infinity's bootloader.
Asus has
come along with a cheaper alternative of its Prime in the form of the
Transformer Pad TF300.
The ASUS
Transformer Pad TF300
comes in 16 GB and 32 GB configurations that cost $ 379 and $ 399 respectively.
The new
Transformer Pad line - up
comes with a redesigned mobile keyboard dock with a hidden hinge.
In our tests, the Asus
Transformer Pad comes surprisingly close to beating out the iPad 2.
The IdeaTab S2109 will be up against the iPad 2, for which it is priced favorably but might tough competition against the
Transformer Pad that is priced at $ 379 but
comes with a more powerful quad core CPU.
The initial launch had been set at mid-April along with the Eee
Pad Transformer with no sign of the device when the dates
came and passed by.
The Asus Eee
Pad Transformer TF101 tablet
comes with 10.1 inch IPS technology based capacitive touchscreen display with WSVGA (1280x800) pixel resolution.
The Asus Eee
Pad Slider and the Eee
Pad Transformer 3G are both
coming to the UK in August.
So one of the biggest reason for the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer to succeed — apart from its extremely affordable price tag — its the innovative design that also includes a dockable keypad that also
came with its own battery source.
The Asus Eee
Pad Transformer has got approval for its Wi - Fi and Bluetooth functionality though extensive details of the tablet are yet to
come... [Read more...]
Asus has just confirmed that it will be upgrading its
Transformer Pad line to Jelly bean «in the
coming months.»
It added that, again according to sources, Asus expects to ship 2 million tablets this year, with the Eee
Pad Transformer accounting for half of those.In January at the Consumer Electronics Event, Asus introduced four tablets, only two of which - the
Transformer and the Eee
Pad - have so far
come to market.
The Eee
Pad Transformer Prime will
come in two colors («Amethyst Gray and Champagne Gold») and with two sizes of storage: 32 GB for $ 500 and 64 GB for $ 600.
The
Transformer Pad Infinity could only muster a score of 56.1 in single - thread mode and 80.6 in multithread, while the category average
came in at 38.6 in single - thread and 63.5 in multithread.
More good news
comes in (claimed) battery life, which is up to 20 hrs with the keyboard base attached (compared to 16 for the Tegra 3 - sporting
Transformer Pad).
Dell Venue 10 is a 10.1 - inch Android 5.0 tablet copying the Asus
Transformer Pad TF103C, that will be released during the
coming spring, at an unknown price.
Plus, the Eee
Pad Transformer Prime is about to
come out, which has a freakin» quad - core processor, an aluminum body, and is insanely thin.
Web Browsing As it runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich rather than Jelly Bean, the Asus
Pad Transformer Infinity
comes with the stock Android web browser — Google switched to Chrome in the Jelly Bean edition os the OS.
Along with the Prime, ASUS also announced that the
Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700) would receive Jelly Bean in the
coming days.
The company's
Transformer Pad,
Transformer Prime and
Transformer Pad Infinity tablets are all scheduled to receive an update to Jelly Bean «in the
coming months.»
It's a real shame the the
Pad 300's dock is incompatible with the Prime, and we can only hope we'll see the same improvements for the
Transformer Pad Infinity's dock when it
comes out.
Asus Tuesday announced two highly desired updates for the popular Asus Eee
Pad Transformer Prime tablet: A bootloader unlock tool so users can gain full access to their Android tablets and to the Android 4.0 operating system (codenamed: Ice Cream Sandwich),
coming January 12.
Asus Eee
Pad Transformer Prime The 10.1 in successor to Reg Hardware's Editor's Choice high - end Android tablet will
come with Android 3.2 Honeycomb pre-loaded, but Asus pledged the...
Intro We awarded the original Asus Eee
Pad Transformer Prime a perfect 10/10 score, for while it was not without its issues, it was as close to perfect as a tablet had yet
come.
However, the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer, while only providing 16 GB of onboard storage (though it can be bolstered by the addition of both SD and microSD cards) and lacks 3G,
comes with a keyboard attachment that ups the battery life to double that of nearly all other tablets and can be bought for just # 430.
Asus may not have been able to ship its Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Eee
Pad Transformer by the end of the year, but that doesn't mean it's not
coming.
Unlike
Transformer Pad Infinity 700, this
Pad 300 is a budget - aimed tablet with
comes in red, blue, and silver color options.
Now we know that ASUS has favored NVIDIA's Tegra 3 processors in the past, with the series of
Transformer Prime /
Pad tablets being a perfect example, but to have an Android 4.0 quad - core tablet
come with a price tag of $ 199, we have to wonder if that sounds a bit too good to be true.
It reminds me of the keyboards that used to
come with the ASUS
Transformer Pad tablets, as far as format is concerned.
Continuing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich theme at CES
comes the Lenovo IdeaTab S2, a dockable tablet rather in the style of Asus» Eee
Pad Transformer Prime.
Coming in at a very distant second place was Samsung's Galaxy Tab, which captured only 1.7 percent of tablet Web traffic, followed by Acer Iconia, Toshiba Thrive, and Asus
Transformer Pad.
Taking a leaf out of Lenovo's IdeaPad solution first shown at CES in 2010, Asus has launched an Android tablet that
comes with a bolt on keyboard for when you actually need to do some work.Called the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer (see what they've done... Read more
That's a price tag that, while cheaper than the Asus
Transformer Pad Infinity, makes the new Note a bit more expensive than the quad - core duo that have
come out of Taiwan recently - the Asus
Transformer Pad 300 and the Acer Iconia Tab A510.
The week began with One Mobile Ring publishing a first impressions review of the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer, whilst Vodafone took stock of the HTC Desire S and a report
came out that nearly # 200 is personally wasted on mobile phone tariffs, each month.
Called the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer (see what they've done there), the new device is solid when it
comes to build quality, offering plenty of potential to nail a coffin into the netbook market once and for all.
From areas that need a tiny bit more attention to ones we don't think matter a great deal, we
come to the Asus
Transformer Pad TF103's cameras.
Tegra Zone
comes pre-installed on the
Transformer Pad, and it's a portal that highlights the games that have been optimsied for the Tegra processors.
From what we gathered, the ASUS Eee
Pad Transformer Prime would probably
come with Android 3.x Honeycomb, and future upgrades to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich mobile operating system.
And like its sibling, the Eee
Pad Transformer, the Eee
Pad Slider
comes packed with a slew of software apps, many direct from Asus.
In late July, Asus promised timely updates to Android 4.1 for most of its
Transformer line, so hopefully the
Transformer Prime and
Transformer Pad Infinity will see their own updates
coming soon as well.