Friday, June 7, 2013
Asus Eee Pad Slider – 10 1 inch Review
You should know that when you have to introduce a slider keyboard in to a tablet it comes at its own costs, obviously the keyboard adds up to the bulk and it weighs substantially higher than the other tablets in the market today which may not be to the taste of many, at least for those who tend to read a lot on the Tablet PC or at least the main purpose of buying one is most likely for reading, that goes to say its weight must add up to the pain of holding it while using it for reading purposes. Other than that if you need a tablet to replace your netbook then slider must be the way to go.
Features a 10.1 inch LCD display with the resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels, just like Eee pad transformer its one of the best displays you can find on an Android Tablet, definitely on power with Galaxy Tabs, has great viewing angles and colors does look richer and icons does pop out a bit which is a good thing. Has a full Qwerty Slider keyboard, its an island style keyboard and works well, there is no dedicated trackpad on the keyboard which may be a kind of let down, transition between the touch screen and the keyboard while working with office documents can be frustrating, but it does have a dedicated USB port that might well mean you can connect an external mouse.
Runs on Android Honeycomb 3.0 and there will be a possible upgrade to 3.1 as well when it comes out, there is not much customization on the interface on the whole, it mostly gives a stock Android experience which is good, also its very fluid to work on it, thanks to the powerful Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual core processor and 1GB RAM.
It has a 5MP camera to the rear end which should take decent quality pictures and there is also a front facing VGA camera which should be useful for video chatting and video calling, Although we do not see someone using a tablet as a replacement for a camera, on most occasions front facing camera would be of more use rather than the rear facing one. Connectivity options include USB 2.0, mini HDMI, Wifi, Bluetooth and there is no support for 3G as of now, will be available in two memory capacity 16GB and 32GB, it does have a microSD card slot for expandable memory which can be expanded up to 32GB. Battery life on this tablet is remains to be seen when it gets launched this summer. (price-india.org)