In detail: ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, probably the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet

Asus Eee Pad Transformer, one of leading Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablets, is to become the first tablet to run on the next major Android update, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Taiwanese technology maker has confirmed that its 10.1-inch Eee Pad Transformer will soon get Ice Cream Sandwich, which will run on both tablets and smartphones. Google has just unveiled its long-awaited Android 4 on its third generation Nexus phone manufactured by Samsung.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer

What is it?

Asus Eee Pad Transformer was one of the first Honeycomb tablets in the world. ASUSTeK unveiled the product in competition to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Apple iPad 2 in March this year. The innovative tablet, as per reports, is now to turn the first tablet to feature Google’s just announced Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, certainly a mix of tablet-only Honeycomb and smartphone-friendly Gingerbread.

Key features:

Asus Eee Pad Transformer, as its name suggests, is famous for its ability to transform to a notebook with the bundled keyboard dock. The tablet is, doubtlessly, one of top class Android Honeycomb tablets we have in stores now. After Galaxy Tab 10.1, as per to many reviewers, Eee Pad Transformer is the best Android tablet. Major features of the tablet are noted below.

10.1-inch display: The Asus tablet features a 10.1-inch IPS multitouch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800. It helps users surf the web and watch films and images in a large and comfortable platform.

High power processor: Eee Pad Transformer is one of tablets we have with a dual core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 (2 x ARM Cortex A9) processor. With the high performing CPU, the tablet competes with iPad 2, Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Motorola Xoom.

Affordable price: You will get a piece of Eee Pad Transformer if you have $399 in pocket. Unlike its competitors, the Asus tablet is priced much lower.

Attractive size and weight: Asus Eee Pad Transformer is with a dimension of 271mm x 175mm x 12.95mm and weight of 675g. Though not much lighter, Eee Pad Transformer is one of lightest tablets in stores right now.

What’s innovative?

In fact, Eee Pad Transformer has been grabbing attention of multitude of consumers with its special keyboard dock. Mounting on the dock, you really get a laptop replacement. You can superbly transform your 10.1-inch tablet into a complete laptop or notebook or whatsoever you call it. In short, we will get a product, which will help you do your office works quite simply.

Price and availability:

Asus Eee Pad Transformer is available in global markets for a price of $399. The dock comes for a separate $50.

The up side:

Asus Eee Pad Transformer can simply be called one of premier Android tablets in the market. The tablet is with all essential features like GPS receiver, ambient light sensors, 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer. You have a 5-megapixel primary camera and a 1.3-megapixel front facing camera for video calls. For connectivity, the tablet offers Bluetooth 2.1, mini HDMI 1.3a, DLNA, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and two USB ports when mounted on the dock.

The down side:

The tablet has been blamed for low quality recording. The video playback of the device also has some problems. Many users have also complained of some issues with the tablet while docking.

Our experience:

Asus Eee Pad Transformer has been getting good reviews from customers across the world. The device provides great web surfing and social networking experiences.

The bottom-line

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has just arrived on Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the third generation Google Nexus phone. Google and Samsung have just surfaced what is called the most advanced version of Android operating system. Many wonderful features and capabilities are integrated to the new version of Android. It is hoped the dual core tablets like Asus Eee Pad Transformer will work great on the new Android version, which is the first unified version of Android. That is, it will run on both smartphones and tablets, and thus forces iOS 5 for a race.