The first of June could see the introduction of the
Eee Pad tablet if
DigiTimes' proven ASUS sources are correct. The device has been rumored since early December and now appears to be heading to Computex Taipei for its big reveal with a price set below $500. The tablet was
already rumored to feature a multitouch display, Tegra (
Tegra 2, presumably) and an OS other than Windows CE. And with a name that sounds suspiciously like a feminine hygiene product for
a robot, well, we'll let you guess at
which Google OS the Eee Pad will run.
Update:
JKKMobile linked us to a video he shot of an ASUS concept tablet running Android on Tegra 2 at CES. Somehow we missed it... we blame the
Waveface.
posted January 20th 2010 6:33AM
Man, I am loving all these different tablets swirling around. Give me a 10" multi touch screen with the ability to browse the web, play HD Flash video at a smooth rate for less than $500 and I'm all over it. Also have it double as an ereader and have it have built in 3G on Verizon for $30 a month and I'm all set.
Also, iTablet. Someone going to bring it up so might as well be me. :)
@SNESimon:
I certainly agree that it'll be nice to have options here. I'm looking forward to learning more about the Apple Tablet just as much as the next gadget freak, but I'm already dreading the standard Apple Tax. Bleh.
Still, the OS is key here. Attempting to retrofit an OS intended for anything other than the unique demands of a tablet simply will not do. Asus would be wise to take this in consideration.
Also, please have some delicious Tegra 2 for me. Thanks.
@Intellectualdiot
Completely agree on the OS. And I swear if Apple doesn't show the iTablet or at least announce something I 'm going to have a breakdown from all this anticipation. But I also dread the price that most likely will come with it. I'm hoping for a $500 - $600 for the iTablet
but expexting more like $999.
But honestly I don't care if it's Apple or another company that makes a Tablet that meets my needs. Like I said:
- 10" Multi Touch Screen
- Plays HD Flash Video
- Around $500
- Webcam
- Built in 3G (a must for this sort of device)
- A Smooth OS
- Good Battery Life (at least 7-8 hours of regular use)
I would love all of that.
You can only use it once a month?
@SNESimon well, the iTablet wont meet most of your criteria. I'm sure youve read by now, 899$ for 3g, no 1080p, no flash, no webcam, and no multitasking, which wasn't in your criteria but just about the most important feature of todays personal computing devices. Please don't buy one. Wait until Tegra2 comes out on a pretty 10 inch linux/android device. It won't be long. Apple blew the ball on this one. The maxiPad is a downright tragedy.
@SNESimon
Dude u just described Notio Ink's Adam right there.
multi-task, dual ebook LCD screen, price starts at $350, flash support, wifi/3g/blutooth, blah blah blah!
Boy do I love ASUS!
let me get this straight!
you get an eeepc 1005p for 330$ and now you have to pay 500$ for an arm based tabletpc with:
- no harddrive
- no keyboard
- simpler chasis that probably costs less
- smaller akku
- less ram
i would be pissed if they try to sell this thing for 300$ to me.
500$ is just plain ridiculous.
No offense to tablet supporters, but I don't get what all the hype is
about.
I had a small tablet a few years back for work (a Samsung, I think)
and it worked really well with MS Tablet Edition installed but...I found
the whole tablet thing to be lacking something. Maybe it was the way
it had to be held to be viewed? Maybe it was just too small? Maybe it
was because it was pre-multi-touch?
I don't know what the answer is but having used one on a daily basis,
I don't think it would ever replace a small laptop or netbook (not for
me anyway).
@dand I think the big deal now is "e-reader +". I agree that for computing a tablet is useless. But for reading and browsing the web a tablet (with multitouch) is the perfect device. Throw in some apps and you have a winner. Would it replace my laptop? No.
@dand
They are good for light usage.
But yes, you will miss the use of a keyboard/mouse at some point.
And frankly at first I felt like a pretentious douche pulling it out at a starbucks when I first got mine.
Also, in the race to be the "sexist", many of these guys leave out all types of useful things like hardware buttons, expansion slots, and USB ports.
It's nice on paper.
But until it's powerful enough to use netbook parts and run Linux along with several applications ...
I am on board with the entourage Edge I have been looking at that e-reader and tablet combo and I really like what they have and all for $490.00. The Duel display looks great and offers an android o/s. I do not think Apple could come close to that in price. We will see next week
sweet screw the Amazon junk, native PDF support!!!