We've earlier reported that the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer which was sold out soon after hit the markets in April, would be coming to Best Buy for online purchase.
Compared to most Android based tablet manufacturers, ASUS entered the tablet market surprisingly successful with their ASUS Eee
Pad Transformer which was released earlier this year.
Asus Eee
Pad Transformer which went out of stock soon after its official launch in April 2011 is now available to buy online at Besy Buy website.
Not exact matches
On the design front, the tablet flaunts a metallic spun finish
which was initially seen on the Asus Zenbook and
Transformer Pad Prime.
The same goes for the Asus
Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 as well,
which also sports a faster processor and a 1920 x 1200 pixel display, while still being priced the same as the 32 GB Xperia Tablet S.
Then there is the ASUS
Transformer Pad TF300,
which is cheaper at $ 380 without the keypad dock.
The Asus
Transformer Pad Infinity,
which is perhaps the nearest competitor to the A700 and also a Tegra 3 device, scored a 5040.
Devices like the Acer Iconia A500 and Eee
Pad Transformer already have HDMI - out and full sized USB ports with compatibility for a huge range of USB devices
which makes them far more flexible in an enterprise scenario (something you absolutely need in that environment!)
However, the first of
which (Asus Eee
Pad Transformer Prime) has a starting price of $ 499
which may be beyond your budget.
Android «Honeycomb» 3.0 is the choice of OS running on the platform,
which is also appearing on the Motorola Xoom although the Eee
Pad Transformer is the first to arrive, with the Moto to follow soon afterwards.
Asustek Computer last week announced the Eee
Pad Transformer Prime tablet,
which has a 10 - inch screen and the Tegra 3 quad - core processor.
But it still is expensive compared to the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer,
which costs $ 400 or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 prices for
which starts at $ 500.
The tablet took 4 minutes and 12 seconds to transcode a 200 MB video from 1080p to 480p in VidTrim,
which is faster than the average tablet (11:52) and slightly faster than the ASUS
Transformer Pad TF701T (4:18).
On 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited, a synthetic test that measures graphics prowess, the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 managed a mark of 13,732,
which beats the 8,066 category average and the Note 10.1 (13,539) but pales in comparison to the ASUS
Transformer Pad TF701T (15,182) and the Apple iPad Air (14,850).
Our configuration of the
Transformer Pad Infinity,
which has 64 GB of onboard storage, costs $ 599, but ASUS also offers a 32 GB model for $ 499.
Asustek Computer on Wednesday announced the 10 - inch Eee
Pad Transformer Prime tablet,
which has a quad - core processor that could make it the fastest tablet in the market.
Others may prefer the original ASUS Eee
Pad Transformer ($ 399),
which sports an IPS display with better viewing angles and plugs into an optional keyboard dock.
The Asus
Transformer Pad 300 is the cheaper, younger silbing of the acclaimed
Transformer Prime, albeit at a lower price,
which includes the add - on keyboard
If you're a fan of the
Transformer Prime, Asus has maintained that brushed metallic finish for the Infinity
Pad which matches the new iPad not only in sleekness but manages to avoid looking like the stream of Android tablets that make it on to the market these days.
The Asus Eee
Pad Transformer comes with curved ergonomic backing
which has a bronze textured finish
Their Eee
Pad Transformer,
which docks to a keyboard and can then be folded closed like a netbook, has been very well received in the market, and is empowering people to use their tablet in situations where they otherwise wouldn't.
Which brings us back to the iPad 2 versus the
Transformer Pad TF300:
Which is better?
The
Transformer Pad gained ground on the iPad 2 thanks to its 8 - megapixel camera,
which captured better images on all of our metrics than the iPad 2 could muster; and it captured impressive high - definition 1080p videos, too.
But like the Asus
Transformer Prime,
which also uses the Tegra 3 system - on - chip platform, the
Transformer Pad's performance was actually quite close to what the iPad 2 —
which uses Apple's A5 processor circa early 2011 — logged on many of our system performance tests.
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.
According to a report by Digitimes, Asus is working on the second generation Eee
Pad Transformer,
which will be powered by NVIDIA's upcoming quad - core processor, code named Kal - el (Tegra 3).
Asus,
which seems to be rocking a lot of your worlds thanks to its superb Eee
Pad Transformer Android tablet, has announced that its next Android tablet will hit the UK in August.
As for accessories, Samsung was showing off a keyboard dock for the Tab 8.9,
which while not as portable as what ASUS offers for the Eee
Pad Transformer, does certainly open up the potential of using the super-skinny slate for more meaningful content creation.
The Eee
Pad Slider,
which is a 10.1 ″ Tegra 2 - powered Android Honeycomb tablet with a crazy slide - out QWERTY keyboard design, will also be accompanied by the 3G version of the Eee
Transformer,
which will arrive here in the same month.
The Eee
Pad TF101 also has another claim to fame — it includes a detachable keyboard
which when attached will make the tablet to mimic a notebook PC, something that earned the tablet the
Transformer tag.
To many, the price reduction by Motorola has been to counter the launch of the entry level Eee
Pad Transformer tablet PC from Asus, the cost of
which in the US market is just 399 US dollars.
first you say,» A new variant of the
Transformer Prime Tablet, codenamed TF201 ″ then» The new tablet will be named Eee
Pad TF202...» and then again» For comparison, the TF201 has the latest NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor on board,
which is faster than the one on the TF202.»
Rather than having a hinge into
which the tablet sits,
which then allows you to tilt the tablet back and forth just like it were the screen on a laptop (as on the Asus Eee
Pad Transformer), the W500 has a fixed dock.
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
Transformer takes its name from being able to be docked with a keyboard,
which effectively turns the Eee
Pad into a laptop with a miniHDMI port.
«Asustek began to market its 10.1 - inch Eee
Pad Transformer in the U.S. in May with the entry - level 16 GB WiFi only model priced at [$ 400]
which equals roughly NT$ 11,500 compared to a price of NT$ 14,900 set in April when the device was initially launched in Taiwan,» Taipei - based DigiTimes reported May 23.
We estimated that the Nexus 10 would last around 8 hours,
which is favorable against the average but no where close to the iPad, and the ASUS
Transformer Pad TF700 only lasted 7 hours and 39 minutes.
Nvidia has already shipped a quad - core ARM processor for tablets, and Asustek Computer recently announced the Eee
Pad Transformer Prime tablet,
which sports a 10 - in.
ASUS has announced the future launches of its flagship tablet PC the ASUS Eee
Pad Transformer Prime,
which is 3G enabled, and an unnamed Windows 8 tablet slate.
Many of the most popular iOS games, for example Football Manager 2012 Handheld, are now available for the Android OS as well —
which means they can be played on a
Transformer Pad.
The Asus Eee
pad slider was launched at Las Vegas» Computer Electronics Show in January, along with the company's Eee
Transformer tablet
which could become a laptop by the addition of a sturdy keyboard.
The Asus Eee
Pad Transformer,
which is by far the best - selling Honeycomb tablet, has sold only an estimated 400,000 to date.
However, this tablet has a lower resolution than similarly priced tablets such as the Acer Iconia Tab A700 and ASUS
Transformer Pad Infinity,
which have resolutions of 1920 x 1200, not to mention the Retina display on the New iPad.
The next most significant piece was when Asus unveiled the Eee
Pad Transformer Prime tablet,
which runs from the recently announced Nvidia Tegra 3 four core CPU with a 12 core graphics processor.
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).
While that could ultimately mean the Eee
Pad Transformer,
which is due to go on sale in the UK sometime in Q2 will ship with Gingerbread (Android 2.3), that's highly unlikely.
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.
If this sounds like an inelegant solution, you could always wait a little while for the
Transformer Pad Infinity,
which fixes the GPS issue with a new rear cover design.
That's a sizable improvement over the next closest Android tablet, the Nvidia Tegra 3 - based Asus
Transformer Pad Infinity TF700,
which held the previous high Android marks of 74 fps on Egypt Offscreen, and 96 fps on Pro Offscreen.
For example, the tablet returned a respectable score of 8,050 on An3DBench,
which is well above the 7,117 category average and the 7,526 turned in by the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but oddly lower than the 8,579 turned in by the original Eee
Pad Transformer TF101.