VPN: TF201-B1-CGASUS Eeepad Transformer Prime TF201 10.1IN LED NVIDIA TEGRA3 Android Honeycomb 32GB Tablet Champagne
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 Rating: Review Date: 03/09/12 |
ASUS Eeepad Transformer Prime TF201 10.1IN LED NVIDIA TEGRA3 Android Honeycomb 32GB Tablet Champagne
Cons:- Wifi was problematic before ICS upgrade. Then, it woul drop every now and then. But since the last firmware update, it's been rock-solid. It does not have the longest range, but it's plenty enough to move around your home.- Battery life when wifi is on is divided by a factor of three!! If you constantly surf the net, or read comics from a wifi fileserver, expect your battery life to be 3-4 hours at most...- Speaker placement. Not only is the speaker placed in a silly spot, but there is only one!! Meaning, whatever you do in landscape mode, sound alway comes from the right side of the tablet. Come on, i mean, two speakers , located in appropriate places, should have been mandatory on this device!!!For those occasion, you'll need to plug-in a pair of headphones!- Games made for Tegra 3 processor are still far and few. It will be better in time, but there are not that many good games for Tegra 3 yet.
Pros:- Amazing build quality. It feels solid, and it has a very nice metal finish all over. You do need a leather cover to protect it from scratches though.- Tegra3, 4+1 core, very powerful indeed.- Nice and bright screen. Resolution is just fine.- Auto-brightness, to save battery, and to adapt to different environment on-the-fly (reading in bed, gaming outside)- Reponsive, fast, stable.- Plenty of memory (1G).- Android Ice Cream Sandwich!! At least, you're not stuck in a closed-wall asylum like some other fruity devices!!- Good standy capabilities, as long as wifi is off, you can stay in standby for more than a week before recharging.- Firmware upgrade is painless, and the updates are quite frequent. |
I think it's currently the best tablet on the market, period. Even compared to the 'new iPad'.- I mean, it's got more connectivity than the iPad. You can expand your memory with microSDHC cards. You can play games and displays movies flawlessly on your TV with and microHDMI cable.- I'm still debating this one, but I think 1900*1200, or more, is completely overkill on a 10 inch screen. I mean, fullHD would only be useful to browse a website in portrait mode, and then, anyhow, the font would be way too small without zooming in. So, that's a moot point. And, for games and films, 720p on a 10 inch screen is more than enough. I'm not even sure one could spot the difference.- I absolutely love reading books and comics on this thing.- Gaming, when there going to be enough titles, will be more than pleasant, but for the meantime, it's a bit limited.- As with anything Android, you've got more freedom to to whatever you want, but right out of the box, you have to fiddle a bit more to get accustomed to it than equivalent fruity-themed devices. But then again, freedom always has a cost!- Combined with the docking station, you've got a killer netbook with 15+ hours of autonomy!!- All in all, would buy again with my eyes closed, even compared with the new iPad, or the upcoming TF700 (for which you'll have to fork an extra 100 bucks!)