A colleague found this article comparing the 'top' Android tablets. Of course 'top' is subjective but the Eee comes out of it rather well...
http://www.androidauthority.com/the-best-android-tablets-of-2011-compared-spreadsheets-11841 On May 4, 8:10 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
