ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-GR Eee Pad 10.1-Inch 32GB Tablet (Amethyst Gray)
I've been using the pill because of the widespread interest in the technology for mobile phones and in my work. To give an idea of the framework, I must own or use a tablet as follows: iPad 2 (a), the touchpad on HP (Video - 2011 firesale!), Motorola xoom / Galaxy Tab 10.1, LG G, internal Asus during (a) transformer Heck, I have the following equipment for Windows Mobile / Pocket PC from back in the day - the HP Jornada, Toshiba E800, my phone is the iPhone 4.
That said, this is one of the best tech gadget I've ever owned. The consent of the storage sector. (And the more positive aspects of the users, even taking into account, WiFi, etc.) would not be wrong.
* Create and form factor: it is not really high quality 2 Ipad and MacBook Air, which is a small miracle at this price. Aluminum turning a simple cold, but not the screen resolution is the best of the tablet in any current and crazy bright enough to be used outdoors in full sun, is a fingerprint magnet though.
COLOR - For those who decide to choose between gray or champagne, champagne and I had called me to confirm that I am entitled to one. It 'a lot of money more than the stomach, aluminum, silver, in general, and highlights of gold, when the light turn right, this is exactly what I want - is reminiscent of classic golf MacBook aluminum but. With the touch of heat in the short term gold - gold is not everything.
* PROCESSOR - Tegra 3 is a quad-core, clearly makes the whole experience. (Despite the honeycomb) are next gen, I have good battery life: 10-12 hours of normal use of the balanced mixer. The port is 18 hours + NVIDIA five major "stealth" does its job perfectly. It works. For the rectangular tablet, with the obvious, this is pretty mind bending back and quad core in the next generation needs? Strictly speaking, a tablet Tegra 2 / OMAP / Snapdragon do well for the most part (although Touchpad disable overclocking will slow down considerably), but the iPad tablet around the world, not two steps back iPad in terms of performance. the real world (see the menu, open the application), this is not due to the processor of Apple faster. But if the real optimization of hardware and software, Apple is leading the industry with the Tegra processor 3 which is the Apple tablet is that both the injury and see. obvious that a faster response, more and more powerful iPad 2, only the brute force that through the optimization of the Apple I, which is very large, especially if I have to pay. more than $ 400 on something that, slowly but surely, more and more applications are optimized for quad core (especially games), but even without that, I get a quad core for performance in general. only that it was all over the app.
* OS / SW - I like IOS user interface for the phone, it is simple, but powerful tool for the tablet, still feels incredibly limited / damaged / a bit 'condescending, I also like the WebOS for Android Honeycomb is a good compromise between power adjustment. The car is quite easy to get just the perfect tablet form factor in two years, my child is to understand how to use it in about 20 seconds (similar to WebOS and IOS) That said, I am. waiting for the ICS, which should make things more stable (HC still crashes from time to time) and consistency of the fact that the Prime Minister received ICS in a month or two is excellent. Pre-loaded applications Asus are quite small and discreet, and some are actually quite good as Asus cloud offices Polaris is a solid, the 'Android Market may be improved, especially in terms of order and organization. Find the application is a bit 'of crapshoot.
CONS: Nits are the same as others have pointed out.
But you can still hear, even if the cover is beautiful, and thin on the tablet will not be covered completely lay it on a flat surface. I do not think that the lack of a second speaker, as you will not get stereo sound from all the other pills which are the two speakers. I would say the sound quality is on par with the Prime Minister of the tablet, but it's just a little 'easier to burn audio JAMBOX Jawbone Bluetooth or the like to enhance the beauty of this tablet. It is certainly necessary, but it is also good.
* CHARGER - charging that the property really annoys me that ASUS came out with more accessories, I stuck to the ground by use of a charger. The bill passes through the port is connected to the property. Not worth it for less. (At least for me), but more of a nuisance in terms of how good the rest of the material, but sheesh.
The product launch - the employees of the company for $ 110,000 + 21 billion, Asus is not yet possible to make a good product it is. This does not detract from the product itself, but it's worth remembering that many of the pre-order (in the Amazon and elsewhere) has any errors or delays. Asus is starting to put out a product just as good. But to get to. "Next level" (Sony, Apple, etc.) in the eyes of the average consumer, they're going to need to work in marketing and sales practices.
General: This is quite clever, especially with the optional dock / keyboard, that harbinger of good things to come in tablet, Android.
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These are discussed further in the comments. But I think it would be useful to improve the review.
* ICS - ICS I upgraded to the first day it came out (Asus a good job of pushing this out two days before) to be no problem. It was as firmware upgrades and other system alerts the user if an update is available, you touch the right and voila ~ 10 minutes later with the ICS is perfect, beautiful - the loss of a job. not. I did not notice the difference in wholesale trade. However, a more fluid mobility, and sometimes even faster. It is a more precise. ASUS has already serves several firmware updates (the ICS), which is a good sign that these products will be actively supported.
* WiFi - has been proven that breaks around the aluminum foil was not a good way to signal to the WiFi Asus to compensate for the participants will pass through. "The difference of the antenna," a fancy way of saying that there are two antennas instead of one. In practice, the mine was very good up to about 25-30 meters figures WiFi WiFi router specific: analysis of the average of -50 to -60 and up to 18 Mbps speedtest always on my laptop. But when you get far away from the router. (For example, or more than 75 meters from the router), and erodes at a rate higher than a comparable laptop (WiFi Analyzer -90) to think of myself as a very usable and I never noticed as a weakness. Presumably WiFi until I started doing the actual test out of curiosity. Many people have luck with the installation of repeaters and / or routers that are more effective. But I also do not need to go that route. ASUS has announced that they are doing to the transformer, the prime minister, 700T, because in a few months (presumably), this is a different plate, not metal like the original transformer (plastic, IE) for me. have to sacrifice WiFi for a bit 'of money from the aluminum plate spinning exceptional; Those who do not feel that way if you can wait for the 700T.
