Product tablet is one of the most difficult devices sold & price factor plays the most important to its appeal. The lower the price offered (without offering a price too low, so that it becomes questionable quality) is also increasingly interested consumers to buy products of these tablets.
In the price range of $ 400 with a capacity of 16 GB and wifi, Asus eee tablet Honeycomb Pad Transformer is the cheapest available on the market, even cheaper than $ 100 iPad 2 with the most minimal features. But at the offering price so, is it worth to glance tablet user?
In terms of size, this tablet has a larger display size of the tablets in general with a screen size of 10.7 inches with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. As a result of this tablet is more comfortable in the hand in landscape orientation.
Too bad the corners of the tablet was made not curved like in general, so that when used in a long time was a little disturbing.
At first glance, the quality of the tablet is pretty solid and good looks + texture like snake skin design provides handheld power better than eg iPad 2, which seems easy to slip from our grip.
Speakers of this product is located on the right and left. And 5 megapixel camera 1.2 megapixel is located at the top middle.
On the right side there is a slot for microSD cards, mini-HDMI, microphone and headphone jacks. While the left side there is the power button / lock and volume. Underneath there is a 40 pin connector for charging and connection to a PC for data transfer. The lack of USB ports seem accidental that users purchase additional dock
Once the additional dock bundled with the price range of $ 150 is plugged in, then it turned into such a tablet Netbook Honeycomb. In addition to this there is a button dock full keyboard along with a multitouch touch pad. Here also there are 2 USB ports, SD card reader ports & battery itself. Keys of the keyboard feels very good and convenient for use in the long term.
Unfortunately the tablet into the dock installation is often quite frustrating …. The lack of markers to align the two separate parts of this makes us have to try-try, yet again to lock the tablet to docknya must be given loud enough pressure when still new.
Tablet product is only available in the version of the wifi, so we will not see it offered with the 3G features that allow its use in areas without an internet connection from the wifi.
Navigation in the honeycomb which is quite different from previous systems, will make android users who have experienced even takes time to become accustomed. But once mastered, it can be found many advantages to offer exciting new OS.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Product Type: Web tablet
Width: 271 mm; Depth: 171 mm; Height: 12.98 mm; Weight: 1.5 lbs
Color: Espresso
Display Type: 10.1 in, IPS TFT active matrix – LED backlight – Yes
Display Resolution: 1280 x 800
Memory: 16 GB Flash Memory, Integrated
RAM: 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM
Supported Flash Memory Cards: microSD / microSDHC
Processor: NVIDIA, Tegra 2.1 GHz; Multi-Core Technology: Dual-Core
Operating System / Software: Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Communications: Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Digital Camera: Rear-facing Camera
Sensor Resolution: 5 megapixels; Front-facing Camera: 1.2 Megapixel
Multimedia Functionality: Audio, Microphone, speaker (s) – Stereo
GPS System: GPS Navigation, GPS receiver
Input Device: Touch-screen
Battery: Lithium polymer; Capacity: 24.4 Wh; Run Time (Up To): 9.5 hour (s)
Expansion / Connectivity: Expansion Slot (s) 1 x microSD
Interfaces
1 x Audio – Headphones / microphone – mini-phone 3.5 mm,
1 x Audio / video – HDMI – 19 pin mini HDMI Type C
Miscellaneous
- Sensors
- Ambient light sensor,
- Three-axis gyro sensor,
- Digital compass
Features
- G-sensor,
- Scratch-resistant Gorilla glass
- With a price range of $ 400, Asus Eee Pad Transformer has the lowest sales value compared to other Honeycomb tablets;
- Multitasking in android 3.0 is very impressive, not seen any lag or problems when switching between applications;
- Display screen is very nice;
- Interface / Touch is very responsive;
- Its performance is good;
- There is a built in speaker;
- There is an option to buy the dock / keyboard enhancements are very interesting, because in addition to increased functionality also added a battery life of 6 hours.Disadvantages
- Built-in camera is not good. Its 5MP sensor was not functioning as well as expected so it looks much different with a capable produced by Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 or the LG Optimus Pad;
- Use a USB Mouse is plugged directly into tablets who are not as smoothly as expected, as it seemed no lag. Perhaps this will be fixed in software update Asus;
- Installation of tablets to docknya somewhat difficult.
CONCLUSION
The breakthrough from Asus is arguably a non-windows OS tablet that can make use of the first netbooks were eliminated. With a selling price of its offerings more affordable & android 3.0 based tablet then this could be a top choice for users on the entry and mid level.
