Eee Pad
 

Asus, the Taiwanese computer maker best known for its inexpensive netbook PCs, has unveiled a tablet-style device that will go head-to-head with Apple's iPad.

The Eee Pad will run Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, and, unlike the iPad, will feature an integrated webcam and support for Flash video technology. It will be available with a 10in or 12in display, and is expected to start at around $399 (£275) when it goes on sale early next year.

Jerry Shen, chief executive of Asus, said the Eee Pad would provide users with a "real-time cloud computing experience", and would double as a personal media player, ebook reader and compact computing device, offering around 10 hours of battery life. He showed off the device at the Computex consumer electronics conference in Taipei.

"We envision a different kind of usage scenario," he told delegates at the show. "You can be both a premier professional and a housewife."

There is growing competition in the fledgling tablet computing market. Last week, Dell unveiled the Streak, a compact touch-screen tablet running the Android operating system, while Apple has announced that it has sold more than two million iPads worldwide since launching the device first went on sale in the United States in April. It hit shops in other countries, including the UK, last Friday.

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Interesting. At least it has flash.

and there running Intel's Core 2 Duo CULV processors. That should make them pretty fast.


http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/a...ows-7-and-a-1/

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Guess you didn't read everything at the link you provided. Here's a quote since you seem to have missed it.

At long last, the ASUS Eee Pads have arrived, but unfortunately they're just not working the way we've been imagining for all these months. We got a few minutes to toy around with the 10-inch EP101TC and 12-inch EP121, but both were barely working. And "barely" is being gracious. We can tell you that both models are incredibly well built -- they've got aluminum edges and matte back covers -- and neither was particularly heavy. The EP121 wasn't booting at all, but it was being shown off with a super sleek keyboard docking station, which will be used to turn the tablet into an ultraportable laptop of sorts. An NVIDIA Tegra-powered EP101TC was powering on, but its Windows Embedded Compact 7-based interface was still noticeably buggy, and the touchscreen quite unresponsive. The UI certainly looked attractive enough, and our swipe motions across the capacitive touchscreen were handled admirably, but ASUS definitely has a ways to go in terms of functionality. We wish we had more impressions to share, but it looks as if we'll have to wait for a less half-baked iteration to really dive in. 'Til then, feel free to peruse the gallery below and peek the video just beyond the break.

10 hour battery life with Windows 7? High performance with Intel Core 2 Duo? Can you say dreaming? You'll never have a fast Win 7 tablet and 10 hour battery life.

Remember, HP already dropped their Slate because of poor performance with Win 7. What makes Asus think they can somehow "solve" the problems that caused HP to give up on Win 7?

The current gen CULV CPUs already last 7-8 hours easily and should be MORE than enough performance for a tablet. I don't know what your definition of "fast" is but if one of the CULV CPUs can't handle what you're doing then you probably shouldn't be using a tablet to do it.

And yes, HP failed so why even bother making another tablet? Let's just all give up and hail Apple as the new king and the only people that should make tablets. :rolleyes:

Why not?? there are plenty of 12" ultraportable and tablet notebook in the market right now that can do 10 hours+, many of them are using the M version of intel i7/i5/i3 cpu (and fyi, an i5-540m cpu is as fast as most desktop cpu)

The bigger problem is actually on trying to fit everything together in such a small and thin package, yet still able to manufacture it at a cost the mass market will accept.

now THIS is a tablet worth looking into. it's actually a computer, not just an oversized media player.

You're fucking retarded.

asus is as notorious as apple when it comes to new trims that get released every half year...which builds on tiny incriments

Way to completely miss the point.

Let's see, we can make a tablet with Win 7 that'll do everything a laptop will do. Except it'll have a smaller screen, it'll be slower and less usable (no KB/mouse). So why would I buy one over a laptop?

Tablets are a niche good only for viewing content. They are useless for creating content or doing any real work. So why try to base one off a full-blown desktop OS?

HP gave up on Win 7 but they haven't given up on tablets. They're just going to use a leaner, faster and more appropriate OS.

OMG I have been insulted on the internets. Whatever shall I do with my poor, pathetic life? Please no more swears or mommy won't let me visit RS anymore.

GOOF.

post of irony.

Links? I'd love you to show me a 12" portable (or a few if you know of that many) that can last 10 hours while doing somehting useful.

another retarded thing that no one will carry around with them

sick

I lol'd.

http://i47.tinypic.com/1zg4vfn.jpg

You have to think outside the box.

Connect one to a video camera and use it view , record, and control the camera.

Use it for home automation. Control all the lights, TV's audio systems and security camera's all from one place.

Mount one in a car. Use it for music GPS and video playback.

Would be great for Djing.

Might be good for rts type games.

^real gaming and tablets will never work right now with all the hardware limitations.

I'd get this instead of an iPad considering you could possibly do a whole lot more on this than on an iPad. You could probably even use a linux distro on it (haven't read the complete specs yet).

Apple did a really damn good job on the iPad. I played with one for a bit and it really isn't just an over sized ipod touch.

It'll probably take asus a couple tries to get it right, just like the eee pc.
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He said RTS type games. Koreans will use this thing to play Starcraft with their fingers.. :D

8 hours heavy flash surfing with a standard Intel i3.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3741/asus-u30jc-ssd/2

Can you say dreaming!!

Wow, an Asus laptop with a battery that has 3.36 times the capacity of the iPad (84Wh for the Asus vs 25Wh for the iPad) and it can run just as long.

That's some pretty fucking amazing efficiency there. And I suppose they're going to be able to fit this massive battery into a tablet no problem. :rolleyes:

Shut the fuck up. You asked for an example and he fucking found you one. Then you decide to bitch about something else. :gtfo:

u mad?

^lol he's mad.

Even if it's just RTS games, I still don't think it'll be able to handle anything current. There'll probably be "tablet" oriented games, like the ones we see for the iPad/iPhone.