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ASUS unveils Eee Pad Slider with Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Categories: Android, Asus, CES 2011, Tablets
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 at 6:26 PM
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ASUS just dropped a bomb on CES, announcing three new tablets. One happens to have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for those who want a tablet computer, but would miss the speed and tactility of using physical keys. The ASUS Eee Pad Slider features a 10-inch IPS touch-screen display and sports the latest version of Android designed for tablet computers – Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

The Eee Pad Slider is a nice alternative to your average tablet form factor in that it gives you the QWERTY keyboard, although one could almost argue that it’s basically a netbook with a touchscreen. Or is it?

The hardware itself is impressive, but it also uses NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 dual-core processor, which should help speed things along quite significantly. From what we’ve learned about the new NVIDIA dual-core processors, running applications should be a little more speedy and battery strain shouldn’t be as much of an issue as it is with other Android tablets.

The Eee Pad Slider also has a 1.2MP front-facing camera and a 5MP camera on the back – this way you won’t miss any opportunities to take photos or video chat with friends and family if you’re so inclined. Although, I can imagine it being a little awkward trying to snap pics with a gigantic 10-inch tablet that has a physical QWERTY keyboard packed away, but you never know.

For those of you really anxious about the Eee Pad Slider, it should hit some time in May for around $499 – $799, probably depending on capacity.

Be sure to stay tuned as we bring you more coverage of the Android tablet onslaught at CES 2011!

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Marc Flores

Marc has been a mobile fanatic for the better part of a decade and has had more devices pass through his hands than he would care to count. Originally from Los Angeles and briefly in San Francisco, Marc now lives in Brooklyn where, unlike Will Park, he longs for simpler times and simpler technology. All the while, he writes about gadgets and wireless technology as he tinkers, hacks and ultimately breaks most of his gadgets in the process. Marc has written about the mobile industry for Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Laptop Magazine and has had his work appear in the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CrunchGear and more.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Johan-Ekblom/100000533781474 Johan Ekblom

    What happened to last year’s biggest flops. Wp KIN and WP7. They have sold so poorly that no manufacturer dares to jump on. For example, Samsung Galaxy Tab alone has sold as many units as WP7 and KIN at the same time. Please MS show figures for sale. To avoid it becoming so much misunderstanding and strange rumors. I think indeed that you have little to work on.