Netbook Reviews

Asus have just shaken up the tablet world once again announcing their new Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime at AsiaD.

The new tablet which has until now been know as the Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2, has the same form factor and transforming feature as the original, but the new Prime is “faster, stronger, slimmer, and of course, sexier.”

Asus have today announced the UK launch of their highly anticipated new sliding tablet, the Asus Eee Pad Slider.

The Google Android powered tablet PC with a built in, slide out QWERTY keyboard will be available from PC World, and Currys in store and online from October 24th.

Asus first shook up the tablet world with their Eee Pad Transformer tablet, which with its docking keyboard unit transformed into a netbook. Now their latest revolutionary tablet, the Asus Eee Pad Slider is finally available in the U.S!

The Asus Slider is a hybrid tablet with a keyboard which slides out from under the tablet, converting it in to a kind of netbook / laptop form factor. This makes the Asus Eee Pad Slider a very productive tablet.

Asus have announced two very impressive Ultrabooks, the 13.3-inch Asus UX31 (which we will be covering here), and the smaller 11.6-inch Asus UX21.

The Asus UX31 ultrabook has a 13.3-inch display with a very high 1600 x 900 pixel resolution (higher than many 15.4-inch laptops), and is remarkably thin at just 0.67-inches, the same as the smaller 11.6-inch UX21. The weight is also very light at just 1.1 kg (2.4 lbs), which is 250g (0.56lbs) lighter that the current 13-inch MacBook Air. So the UX31 really is lighter than Air.

The long awaited and revolutionary Asus Eee Pad Slider tablet is finally available for pre-order in the US.

The Asus Slider tablet is available for pre-order from just $479 for the 16GB version.

The slider was announced at the beginning of the year along with the very popular (and best selling) Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet, which is available with an optional keyboard accessory which also contains a touchpad, extra battery and ports, essentially turning it into a Android powered laptop. The Asus Eee Pad Slider on the other hand is the very first tablet on the market which contains a built in keyboard, which is accessed by, you guessed it, sliding the tablet.

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is our favorite Android powered tablet on the market today. Not only is it a very impressive solid tablet by itself, it’s the only tablet on the market that is “Transformable” into a netbook / tablet by docking it with its keyboard docking station. This adds a fully functional keyboard, 7 hours of extra battery life, 2x USB 2.0 ports and a SD card reader to the tablet.

But what happens if you don’t want to use, or own the keyboard dock? well, firstly you will lose access the the USB ports and the SD card reader. To combat this Asus are releasing number of new accessories for the Transformer.

The Asus X101 MeeGo netbook was introduced in May, and will be the cheapest 10-inch Eee PC / netbook to hit the market at just $199.

To be able to sell the X101 MeeGo at such a low price, but keep the quality high, Asus has tweaked the specifications of the netbook. They have fitted it with the Intel Atom 1.33Ghz low power consumption processor, a lower capacity 3 cell battery, and given it an 8GB solid state drive, rather than a larger standard hard drive.

The Asus Eee Pad SL101 Slider, also known simply as the Eee Pad Slider has just taken one step closer to its highly anticipated release.

The Asus Slider has just got its official stamp of approval at the FFC, now meaning it can be released on U.S soil. The Slider was originally due for a release way back in May, but clearly missed this release by a fair way.

While the Asus UX21 is certainly no netbook, the UX21 an ultra slim 11.6-inch laptop which can easily rival the MacBook Air range.

We have recently heard from the Commercial Times, who claim that according to the suppliers sources, Asis are aiming to price the Asus UX21 at 80 to 90% of the MacBook Air family. This should bring the UX21 to market at less than $1,000, a decent price for such an impressive ultra portable.

Asus have announced their very first Cedar Trail bases netbook with their latest Asus Eee PC 1025 series. The Asus 1025 series consists of the Asus 10125C and the Asus 1025CE netbooks.

I’ll start of by pointing out the differences between the 10125CE and the 1025C, the CE is the higher end model and features a metal finish rather than plastic on the C model. The CE also features a sliding cover on the webcam, which also features a 4x zoom, along with USB 3.0, and a sleep and charge USB 2.0.