Eee Pad Transformer

“In such a crowded emerging tablet field, it's hard to recommend one Honeycomb tablet over another. If you are attracted to the keyboard dock accessory and you are sold on Honeycomb as your platform, the price is definitely right, as the Transformer is the cheapest tablet with Android 3.0 right now. If you're looking for more than a Wi-Fi-only model, the T-Mobile G-Slate (by LG) is a very small notch ahead of the Honeycomb competition because it's the first tablet to integrate 4G wireless—and it also has a goofy-but-fun 3D camcorder. But you'll notice these tablets all rate similarly, and that's because the primary element here is the operating system. If you want the best tablet you can buy, go with an iPad.”

“The Asus Eee Pad Transformer makes us wonder, is this a step backwards or forwards for technology? On the one hand, you've got a new mainstream medium, the tablet. Rather than embrace the medium, Asus have augmented it it into last seasons fad, the net book. On the other, Asus are bearing the customer in mind, carrying forward the successes of netbooks, leaving the plasticy underpowered bits behind. One thing is for sure, with a plethora of tablets with little differentiating them, Asus have made their mark, offering more, for less without compromising on quality. The dock adds an obsene amount of functionality above and beyond its keyboard, so for a mere $80 price difference, it's a no brainer - buy the dock.”

“As a Honeycomb tablet, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is as good as any we've used. And with a working microSD card slot and being more svelte, it's got a leg up on the Motorola Xoom, even if we do prefer the soft-touch coating on the Xoom and other tablets. But add on the keyboard dock, and no other Android tablet compares.Will the Transformer replace a traditional Windows or Mac OS laptop? Not just yet. And for $550 (or $650 for the 32GB package), you can get a more powerful laptop with a better feature set. But look past the necessity issue. With the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, you get a semi-laptop experience with the might of Android 3.0 behind it. You get an Android tablet and an Android laptop. And that's something nobody but ASUS can yet offer.”

“We give ASUS a lot of credit for the Eee Pad Transformer TF10, which beats the Lenovo U1 Hybrid to market as the first Android tablet that connects to a keyboard dock. In addition to making typing easier, the Transformer's $149 dock adds a battery life boost, even though we're not fans of the oversensitive touchpad. If you opt just for the tablet, you'll still get a stylish design, wide viewing angles, snappy performance, and useful apps for an almost shockingly low $399. While there are still some software kinks for both ASUS and Google to work out--and Android 3.0 needs more tablet apps in general--the Eee Pad Transformer's aggressive pricing and versatility put the Honeycomb competition on notice.”