Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Asus Eee Pad Transformer released

Today, Asus announced a new family to their Eee family, Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF 101.

Specifications

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 Webstorage

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
SRS Premium Sound
Stereo Speakers
High Quality Mic

Interface
1 x 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Headphone/Mic-in)
1 x mini HDMI 1.3a
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
- PC Sync

Battery
9.5 hours; 24.4Wh Li-Polymer Battery
16 hours with dock 

Dimensions
10.1" (271 x 171 x 12.98 mm)

Weight
680g

Mobile Docking
Keyboard
Touch Pad
2 x USB 2.0
2 x Docking port (Host + Client)
1 x Card Reader (MMC/SD/SDHC)
1 x 24.4Wh Battery


Pricing :
Tablet alone - RM 1498 (different by RM 1 compare to iPad 2)
Tablet + Keyboard dock - RM 1799 (why not RM 1798)

I am very impressive with the keyboard dock as it would increase the tablet battery life to 16 hours. It looks exactly same as an netbook when the keyboard dock attached with the tablet. It has two USB 2.0 port which could sync with computer and pen drive. 

The tablet has built in Polaris® Office® 3.0 which can view and edit documents (.doc), spreadsheets (.xls) and presentation (.ppt) files. However, I am unsure is it support the new office extensions (.docx , .xlsx and .pptx), if it doesn't support, it would be a waste, as all current documents are prepared under Office 2007 extentions.