Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Review
Image: Steve Kovach, Business Insider
Asus has a new Android powered tablet. Its being compared to the iPad by Business Insider. Dont be fooled by the photo, that is not a netbook, it is the Asus tablet connected to a docking station for the tablet.
Images of the tablet can be found here.
Good Stuff:
- Excellent design and build quality
- Beautiful, bright display
- Tegra 3 processor offers insanely fast performance and incredible 3D graphics
- You won’t find better battery life in a tablet
Bad Stuff:
- Honeycomb still stinks
- Still tough to find good apps for Honeycomb tablets
- Laggy response time when typing and scrolling on the dock
Should You Buy It?
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime will cost you $499 for the 32 GB, Wi-Fi model. I wish there was a 16 GB option for $399, but no go. The laptop dock costs an extra $149.
Is it worth the price? I would’ve preferred Asus package the dock and tablet together at a discount. There’s a lot of potential here to create a new type of tablet/laptop hybrid, and bundling the two together would help get more people to adopt it.
