After spending some time abroad, it looks like ASUS» 10 - inch Android -
Powered MeMO Pad Smart is finally heading to the U.S. Priced at a budget - friendly $ 299, the slate will go toe - to - toe with the likes of Amazon's $ 299 Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and the Google's $ 399 Nexus 10.
On graphics, the Iconia A1's An3DBench score of 7,652 put it ahead of the average slate (7,503) and the PowerVR SGX 544 -
powered MeMO Pad (7,139).
Not exact matches
According to Engadget, the Eee
Pad Memo features a 7 ″ screen running at a 1024 × 600 resolution,
powered by a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor — and will arrive in June running the as - yet unannounced Android 3.0 tablet - friendly update.
Powered by the latest version of the Android operating system, the Eee
Pad MeMO 3D has a 7 - inch multi-touch screen that can also be used with the supplied stylus for note taking in portrait orientation, plus a glasses - free 3D display mode.
Notice that the Tegra 3 -
powered Asus
MeMO Pad Smart lasted almost 12 hours, but then it has a much lower - resolution screen (1,280 x800) and only 1 GB of RAM to juice up, not to mention that the last - gen Tegra was an exceptionally miserly
power sipper.
Switching to the Balanced setting on the
MeMO Pad slowed the app launch time to 35 seconds, and
Power Saving slowed it further, to 38 seconds.
This score falls a bit below the 6,897 tablet average, but is better than the 1.5 - GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Pro-
powered Google Nexus 7 (4,949) and the 1.2 - GHz MediaTek MT8125 -
powered ASUS
MeMO Pad HD 7 (3,414).
The
MeMo Pad's
power button and volume controls are located on the top left edge of the device, with a headphone jack at the top and a microUSB and microSD slot on the bottom.
The
MeMO Pad has three
power settings, Performance, Balanced and Power Saving, but we recommend leaving it in Perform
power settings, Performance, Balanced and
Power Saving, but we recommend leaving it in Perform
Power Saving, but we recommend leaving it in Performance.
Asus
MeMO Pad 7 (ME572C) is a 7 - inch Android tablet
powered by an Intel Atom 64 - bit quad - core processor.
The volume rocker is positioned on the top left side of the
MeMo Pad 7 with the
power button below it.
The
MeMO Pad 8 (ME181C) flaunts an 8 - inch HD (1,280 × 800 pixels) IPS display, and is
powered by 1.86 GHz Intel Atom Z3745 (64 - bit) quad - core processor.
Android purists will still probably be better served by the aging Nexus 7, which sheds ASUS's custom software for a pure, now Lollipop -
powered experience, but for those who don't hold stock Android in such high esteem, the
MeMO Pad 7 is as good as it gets.
There's a similar app called Splendid that gives the same treatment to the
MeMO Pad 7's display, as well as
Power Saver for the tablet's battery.
The ASUS
MeMO Pad is
powered by a VIA VM8950 processor running at 1 GHz, which is supplemented by a Mali - 400 graphics processor.
The Asus
MeMO Pad 7 (ME572C) is
powered by 1.83 GHz quad - core processor and it comes with 2 GB of RAM.
We're very happy with the performance of the Asus
Memo Pad 7 for a budget tablet, but we don't really see all that much evidence of the processor's
power in use.
The new Honeycomb
powered Eee
Pad MeMO 3D was announced at the company's... Read more
Asus
MeMO Pad runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, sporting a 7 - inch LED - backlit display with 1024 X 600 pixels of resolution,
powered by a 1 GHz VIA WM8950 processor with a Mali - 400 GPU, 1 GB of RAM to keep things running, 1MP f / 2.0 back - illuminated sensor with 720p HD video capturing capability, 8 GB or 16 GB onboard storage, microSD card slot for memory expansion up to 32 GB, 5 GB of free ASUS online storage, micro USB 2.0, 802.11 Wi - Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth, a whole host of the Google services, a suite of preinstalled ASUS apps, 4,270 mAh battery to
power everything, and all the regular of an Android tablet.
Taking on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Asus Eee
Pad MeMo is a 7 - inch 1024 x 600 resolution capacitive display,
powered by a dual core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm 8260 processor.
The Asus
MeMO Pad is an Android OS
powered affordable tablet, which has got some notable specifications and decent hardware under the hood.
The Asus
MeMO Pad 7 (ME572CL) is
powered by 1.83 GHz quad - core processor and it comes with 2 GB of RAM.
On Quadrant, a synthetic benchmark that measures overall performance, the ASUS
MeMO Pad HD 7 scored a solid 3,414, comfortably above the 3,249 tablet category average, the Tegra 3 -
powered Google Nexus 7 (3,357) and the dual - core, TI OMAP 4460 -
powered Amazon Kindle Fire HD (2,167).
ASUS Eee
Pad MeMo is a 7 ″ inch tablet
powered by Android 3.0 Honeycomb running on a dual - core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm 8260 chipset mobile gaming, an exciting Web experience and is accompanied by a stylus pen for taking handwritten notes and it will go on sale from June, pricing at $ 499.
Asus has announced the ASUS
MeMo Pad Smart ME301T tablet which is
powered by Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean mobile OS in Japan.
ASUS
MeMO Pad ™ runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is
powered by a 1 GHz VIA WM8950 CPU and a Mali - 400 GPU for a smooth and fluid entertainment experience.