http://www.slashgear.com/asus-eee-pad-transformer-review-03149807/
It's an Android 3.0 10" tablet and its unique feature is that it can be
plugget on a real-size keyboard to be transformed in a netbook.
It's cheaper than the Motorola Xoom and I could touch one at a local
store (unfortunately, it seems that all major stores received just a
handful - literally 3 or 4 - and they got immediately lost; even online
stores just accept "bookings" for now, so I have to wait).
In any case, it seems superior and cheaper than the Xoom so I'd choose
it for my Android 3 development environment. Did anybody have a chance
to buy it? Experience?
Thanks.
(*) If the transform-to-netbook really works, it could have a major
impact on Linux. At the moment, the thing costs roughly 2x a netbook,
but it's just the start. In 6 months or so I think the price could get
closer. At that point, we'll have a Linux-based can-be-a-netbook-too and
rich of customer oriented multimedia apps (such as virtual keyboard
players, and so). The thing that Linux is continuously missing. Android
3 could be the Linucanx killer for the customer segment. The
professionals segment is a different thing, of course. I can't give up
to my Eee netbook with Ubuntu where I have the terminal, I can install
lots of professional oriented tools, such as javac, NetBeans, Eclipse,
mysql, and so on... Not that I do lots of development on my netbook,
because it has limited CPU power, nevertheless I can use it when I'm
outside and I don't want to take my MacBook with me.
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