Asus on Friday announced the first shipments of its Eee Pad Transformer, which are directed to Taiwan.
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This tablet runs on an Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) Tegra 2 dual-core processor and uses Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android 3.0 operating system, aka "Honeycomb."
Its frame just over half an inch deep, and it weighs in at about 24 ounces.
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The Transformer has 9.5 hours of battery life on one charge. This goes up to 16 hours when the docking station is used.
"I'd put this in the class of the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Atrix," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld. "It's seeking to bridge the gap between a mobile device and a computing device."
Asus did not respond to requests for comment by press time.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer
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This tablet runs on an Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) Tegra 2 dual-core processor and uses Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android 3.0 operating system, aka "Honeycomb."
Its frame just over half an inch deep, and it weighs in at about 24 ounces.
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The Transformer has 9.5 hours of battery life on one charge. This goes up to 16 hours when the docking station is used.
"I'd put this in the class of the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Atrix," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld. "It's seeking to bridge the gap between a mobile device and a computing device."
Asus did not respond to requests for comment by press time.
