The Transformer fares much, much better. We were sceptical at first, but cruising around the Web and home screen using the cursor and keyboard felt natural and intuitive, and our reservations gradually melted away. Any apps that require a healthy amount of text input will benefit from the keyboard, especially email and Polaris Office, a pre-loaded app that lets you create and edit Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
When surfing the Web, tabs across the top of the screen keep track of your browsing sessions, and you can scroll down Web pages by dragging down with two fingers on the dock's trackpad -- something that feels smoother and more elegant than on any multi-touch netbook we've used. The keyboard's been kitted out with buttons specially built for Android. They all come in very handy.
The combined hardware feels great, outclassing most netbooks we've come across in terms of build quality and usability. We've already mentioned the comfortable, sensitive trackpad, but the keyboard itself deserves a mention too. There's a generous space between each individual key, which cuts down on mistakes while typing, and means you'll be able to build up serious speed while rattling out the next great American novel.
One of the best things about the dock is that it houses its own battery pack. Asus reckons you'll get 9. That figure will vary depending on what you're doing with the Transformer -- downloads, gaming and cranking up the screen's brightness will drain the battery faster -- but we were impressed with this tablet's powers away from the mains.
Whenever the dock has juice, it'll selflessly transfer as much power as possible to the Transformer, so the tablet portion is as charged-up as possible for when you want to detach it and go walkies. We tried plugging in a wireless Bluetooth mouse via the dock's USB ports, and were amazed that the Transformer figured out what was going on, and had the mouse working in seconds. Impressive stuff indeed. Not everything works perfectly, though. Many sites and apps struggle to understand what's going on when you're using the keyboard and cursor.
Particularly gutting is the fact that Google Docs doesn't sit well with the Transformer's keyboard set-up -- you'll have a hard time editing documents or creating new ones. Break the Transformer away from its keyboard and it'll prove a great tablet in its own right.
The tablet also offers HDMI connectivity, and an impressively speedy dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 chip means the whole system powers along at a fair lick. It embarrasses many traditional laptops available for the same money that get by with poor viewing angles and basic TN Twisted nematic panels. But then that tablet hybrid costs way over a grand. The tablet uses a capacitive panel, now the standard for all but the lowest-end tablets and smartphones.
It supports multi-touch and, partly thanks to the powerful dual-core Tegra2 processor, is extremely responsive. The lightest of touches are registered instantly and we found no accuracy issues. While we prefer the keyboard for any hardcore typing duties, the virtual keyboard is more than capable of drumming-out the odd email or social networking update. The Hardware-wise we have almost no complaints about the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, but what about its software?
Some apps refuse to work properly too. Oddly enough, we found the app situation to be worse than an Android 2. Give it a month or two and this situation should improve significantly, fingers crossed. Asus and Google both give the Eee Pad Transformer a nudge in the right direction, with some built-in Honeycomb-optimised apps. There are solutions, naturally.
With 1. To see the rear camera in action, check out our page of camera test images. When we first saw the Asus Eee Pad Transformer pop onto the scene, we were sceptical. It seemed to promise everything, for less cash than the competition, and our spider senses are all too attuned to the pitfalls of setting hopes high. Yet it has pulled-off this feat, producing what is the best value Android Honeycomb tablet out there. Just like it did during the birth of netbooks, Asus has jumped in with both feet and the risk has paid off.
Android 3. What really completes the picture for the Transformer, though, is its ultra competitive pricing — this is an absolute bargain compared to its rivals.
We test every tablet we review thoroughly. That's a lot wider than the Motorola Xoom's 0. We also noticed that the Transformer is the longest of the new generation of tablets, measuring a full Make no mistake, this is a large tablet; it's the largest Honeycomb tablet we've seen, in fact.
I thought of writing a superlong paragraph detailing dimension differences between the latest tablets, but that's what charts are for. Here's a handy chart to illustrate the size differences between the Transformer and other recent tablets. Complementing the Transformer's wide-screen aspect ratio is a As a result, we felt more comfortable holding it in landscape orientation.
Unfortunately, the corners and edges of the tablet aren't rounded and smoothed off like they are on the G-Slate or Xoom, for example, and while holding the tablet, we felt the corners slowly cutting into our palms.
Not nearly enough to draw blood or anything, but enough to convince us we'd rather hold a less aggressive tablet. At first glance, the build quality of the Transformer seems solid enough; however, pushing in on its backside with even just a medium level of pressure yielded a bit too much give, making it feel a lot less substantial than the G-Slate or Xoom. The Transformer's textured, almost snakeskin backside provides an added level of grip compared with silky smooth tablets like the iPad 2, which are prone to slippage at times.
Speakers are located on the left and right sides. The requisite two cameras are here as well; there's a 1. Both are located near the top center of the device. The bottom houses the pin connector for charging the battery or connecting to a PC for data transfer, but unfortunately, no USB port is included.
The keyboard includes a full array of keys and a multitouch touch pad. The keys feel soft, snappy, and are wide enough and spaced far enough apart to provide comfortable use by someone with larger-than-average hands. Like on a MacBook, two fingers are used to scroll up and down on Web pages via the touch pad. Attempting to properly connect the keyboard to the tablet can be a highly frustrating experience. There are no markers to assist you in lining up the two pieces, and you essentially have to slide the tablet around until you feel it connect.
Para que te hagas una idea, en un panel de Donde no se aprecia un cambio significativo en en el color, que se mantiene igual que en modelos anteriores y se pierde otro punto de mejora importante.
En nuestra prueba, tanto Galaxy Tab de Samsung como el nuevo iPad superan la calidad de los colores mostrados en sus pantallas. En cifras los datos no son tan resolutivos y se acercan a los del Prime.
En nuestro test con Vellamo hemos alcanzado los 1.
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