Review: Asus Eee Pad Slider with slide out keyboard

ASUS has recently launched its innovative Android Tablet 'Eee Pad Slider'. This incredible tablet features a slide-out keyboard which is regarded as the highlight of this new product. This tablet supports a lot of applications at the Android market. Usually, most of the keyboard users will find Tablets to be very difficult to manage typing their documents through the touch screen, as they are not as comfortable as a QWERTY keyboard. The introduction of this tablet would help those users to manage their documents easily as it eliminates the keyboard issues. Along with this new slide out feature, this tablet also has various options which brings most of the features available in a personal computer into a small and portable tablet.

Asus Eee Pad Slider

What is it?

A tablet PC generally mean a small sized computer which could incorporate all the features of a personal computer. As the tablet PC markets grew, the size and weight of the tablet PCs have been the main issue for the buyers. As a result, the presence of a lengthy keyboard has been avoided. Instead of using a physical keyboard, a virtual keyboard helped the users to input data to their files. There has been a lot of useful changes made in the production of Tablets as per the customer's reviews and feedback. This product is also regarded as the first 10 inch Android tablet to incorporate a slide out keyboard in it. Not only the keyboard is the key feature but also they are compatible with many applications.

Key features

This ASUS tablet has a scratch resistant 10.1 inches display screen with LED back-light. The resolution of its screen is 1280 by 800. Its central processing unit has 1 GHz NVIDIA dual core Tegra 2. This tablet has a memory capacity of 1 GB. A lithium-polymer battery is enclosed with this tablet. This battery with its 25 Wh could power the tablet for about 8 hours. This tablet also supports multi-tasking and flash operations. Some of the software which are available with this ASUS tablet are the Android 3.1 operating system, ASUS launcher, My library/My net, Music Beta, Google maps, Gmail, Polaris office, Kindle books, Android market, etc. The connectivity is also excellent in this product with the inbuilt USB port, HDMI port, SD card reader, etc. There are two versions available with this product based on their storage capacity.

What's innovative?

The ASUS Eee Pad slider has been highly acclaimed even before its launch. This product has been felicitated for its design at the 'International Design excellence awards 2011'. The design of a physical keyboard along with the tablet describes the product's flexibility to use. This feature would help most of the tablets users who miss keyboards as in their personal computers. More over the tablet's amazing portability and battery capacity would definitely inspire everybody to leave their bulky computers behind. This product provides an excellent multi-media experience with an easy user interface. The pre-installed Polaris office would allow the tablet users to work with their office documents comfortably. The presence of a physical keyboard makes them much more active and productive.

Price and availability

ASUS Eee Pad slider is available from $649 to $749 depending on the location and the version. The tablet with 32 GB storage capacity costs $ 100 more than the tablet with 16 GB storage capacity. This product has been launched in the US. This product was destined to release in the UK market in August itself, but somehow the release has been delayed. As the product is available in the US market, it is expected to be available in the UK market also, very soon.

Accessories

ASUS Eee Pad slider comes with an inbuilt camera. The front camera has 1.2 MP resolution while the rear camera has a 5 MP resolution. This product has stereo speakers with an inbuilt microphone. It also has a blue-tooth feature of the type V2.1+EDR. A 3.5 mm jack is available for connecting audio devices such as headphones and external speakers.

The up side

The availability of a physical keyboard with the tablet is one the best advantages of this tablet. Apart from that, the compatibility of this tablet for installing a wide variety of applications from the Android market is also one of the best feature of this product. Rich visuals, amazing connectivity features, longer battery life and capacity makes this product worthy among the other competitors.

The down side

The presence of a physical keyboard has significantly increased its size and weight. Tablets are best known for their light weight and sleek design. The lack of higher storage capacity is also one of the limitations found in this gadget.

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Asus Eee Pad Slider

Though it prevents a "pure" tablet experience, the Asus Eee Pad Slider's built-in keyboard is a welcome feature for those who break into cold sweats whenever typing on a tablet is mentioned.