ASUS Eee Pad Tablet :Review

The Eee Pad (technically the TF101) measures 271 x 171 x 12.98mm. It’s the same thickness as the Motorola Xoom, but the design looks slimmer thanks to the taper towards the edges. It’s the sort of move that Apple would make and means that the Eee Pad looks thin at the edge where the Xoom looks decidedly chunky. It is wider, yes, but the Eee Pad weighs in at 680g. It’s still heavier than the iPad, but lighter than the Xoom.The edge of the Eee Pad is metal, which surrounds the glass screen at the front and is finished with a plastic back. The textured finish and brown colouration is a little more kitsch than Louis Vuitton to our eyes. Colours aside, the edging does offer up a sensible placement and collection of buttons and ports.

The bottom of the Eee Pad is given over to the two cutouts to hold it onto the keyboard dock alongside their proprietary dock connector. This connector is used for charging the device (in lieu of Micro-USB) and appears both on the tablet and the keyboard, so you can at least charge both parts with the same power cable. The absence of USB or Micro-USB on the tablet means you won’t be able to take advantage of USB host features coming in Android 3.1: you’d either have to have the keyboard dock connected, or an adapter for the proprietary connector, which we’re not sure that Asus will manufacture. 

The right-hand side of the Eee Pad sees a 3.5mm headphone jack, mini HDMI and microSD card slot (which works from the off), while the left-hand side offers up the power/standby button and the volume rocker. There is a front-facing 1.2-megapixel camera and a rear facing 5-megapixel camera. Unlike the Xoom there is no LED flash, but we can’t see that being a significant factor for any potential buyers.

 Asus Eee Pad Slider Tablet Full Specs:

Operating System	Android 3.1
Display	10.1" LED Backlight WXGA (1280x800) Screen 10 finger multi-touch support Scratch resistant glass
CPU	NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2
Memory	1GB
Storage	16GB/32GB Unlimited ASUS Web Storage
Wireless Data Network	WLAN 802.11 b/g/n@2.4GHz Bluetooth V2.1+EDR
Camera	1.2 M Pixel Front Camera 5 M Pixel Rear Camera
Audio	High Quality Speaker Supreme SRS Sound High Quality Mic
Interface	1 x USB 2.0 1 x Mini HDMI 1 x Audio Jack (Headphone/Mic-In) 1 x Card Reader : Micro SD
Sensor	G-Sensor Light Sensor Gyroscope E-Compass GPS
Application	Multi-Task Support : Yes Flash Support : Yes Software : - ASUS Launcher - MyLibrary - MyNet - MyCloud - File manager - Kindle books - Zinio Magazine - PressReader - Polaris Office - ASUS sync
Battery	8 hours; 25Wh Li-Polymer Battery
Color	Brown, White
Dimensions	273 x 180.3 x 17.3 mm
Weight	960 g