Asus' R1F Tablet PC passes FCC

by Ryan Block, posted May 27th 2006 at 5:04PM

We've all been waiting patiently for Asus' first foray into convertible Tablet PCs, but from the looks of things their R1F passed FCC muster. Which means, of course, we can't be too long now for the widescreen, Core Duo, and biometrics-equipped R1F to make its indubitably expensive self into the hands of American consumers everywhere; joy.

Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs

Tags: asus, r1f, tablet pc, TabletPc

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Ryukuchan @ May 27th 2006 5:51PM

Shiny :O

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pableu @ May 27th 2006 5:55PM

Very useful for people who are not good at typing: You can see your keyboard even if you're looking at the screen ;-)

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sean @ May 27th 2006 6:53PM

glossy screen? Gee. unless one day all the paper become glossy, i will never consider a tablet with glossy screen. after all, the only reason for you to buy a tablet is to use it as a "notebook" not a "notebook computer"

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DS @ May 28th 2006 1:03AM

You would think that in winning the building contracts for Apples Macbook line Asus could make a half way decent looking product. The design here is FAR WORSE then the Apple books. Nice try but no American consumer with sence will be buying this...

-DS

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lucifer @ May 28th 2006 2:02AM

its spelled sense.
tablet pc's won't truly be TABLET pc's until the start using OLED screens.TRULY portable.
now thats what im waiting for

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Intrepid @ May 28th 2006 5:22AM

DS, people will buy it. Use your brain, people have bought uglier things.

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Aaron @ May 28th 2006 3:43PM

Don't mind DS. He's a troll who happens to love Apple. A lot. It's weird.

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sandro @ Sep 25th 2006 9:04AM

can somebody tell me what ia the price for ASUS – R1F tablet in USA??? in rissia there ia only 1 offer for 3000$!!! i suppose in US it's cheaper.....?

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jason @ Oct 17th 2006 2:30AM

i just ordered one. i will get it in 1 week, it cost me $2600 with a 2gig ram 120 hd and 2.14g processor. i cant wait because all the tablets out there have no strength. i believe that tablet is the next wave to wipe out standard laptops but as of now none of them could really compete. they are not currently avail for usa but i ordered it through a company in australia. i wonder why mac hasnt made a tablet? very true there design is much sleeker. after i took one apart to sell it as parts for a friend i realized why i didnt buy one. besides i want to save all of my good pc software. dont wanna spend another 3 grand to load my mac.
i tried to order some of the hot swap bays such as the extra battery pack or extra hd but asus said they have not even begun to stock there accesories. from the sound of that i would expect to see the r1f in the us market for at least another year. ill let everyone know whats the scoop when i get it in my hands.

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