[INFO] For those still undecided - my first thoughts mini review

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Unit arrived yesterday.

Initial thoughts .....

Honeycomb/Transformer is a very quick combination. everything seems very smooth. Spotted a few bugs in the OS (and a few areas of foreign wording) but these arent huge bugs.

Web browsing is great on the large screen. Rotation is slick. Took a while to get used to the new Honeycomb layout but it now seems intuitive.

The unit is solid. not noticed any screen bleed (although i do have a fine 'gap' between bezel and screen on one side but not enough for me to return it).

HDMI out looked great when connecting iPlayer to a 46 inch TV. Movies look good on the screen due to the extra width - nice widescreen view and room for any menu underneath.

Battery is very good. Trying to run it down fully after the first (8 hour) charge and it lost very little (if anything at all) overnight.

The screen is stunning - although i find it a little dark on the 'auto-brightness' setting but thats personal taste. Very clear and very crisp.

Photo viewing is very quick.

Most apps that i used on my HTC Desire work great - using the same Google ID downloaded all my apps (including paid ones) to my Asus. The web market also instantly recognised my new kit and would ask me which item i wanted to download the item to (desire or ASUS). One or two apps dont stretch to the full screen but im sure the devs will sort that soon.

Camera seemed fine. im not on the latest build (that got pulled) but ive not noticed a huge shutter delay on the rear camera. High quality video was admittedly a bit stuttery but i believe that can be fixed.

The charging cable IS a little short ....

eBooks look fantastic Even PDF format ones !!!

Music is great - the speakers are pretty loud considering their size (obviously they are never going to replace an Amp !!) and i havent spotted the balance issue that some have.

All in all im very impressed !

Thanks for the review, this should help some folks!

Originally Posted by wilbur-force

The unit is solid. not noticed any screen bleed (although i do have a fine 'gap' between bezel and screen on one side but not enough for me to return it).

Just curious, that gap, do you see the backlighting through it, like this?



Thinking about returning mine (when the store has inventory for an exchange) because of this gap and also because of a small scratch that the bezel has.

Wondering how common this gap in screen is.

just pushed mine up to full brightness and i cant see anything like that.

Originally Posted by wilbur-force

Unit arrived yesterday.

Initial thoughts .....

Honeycomb/Transformer is a very quick combination. everything seems very smooth. Spotted a few bugs in the OS (and a few areas of foreign wording) but these arent huge bugs.

Web browsing is great on the large screen. Rotation is slick. Took a while to get used to the new Honeycomb layout but it now seems intuitive.

The unit is solid. not noticed any screen bleed (although i do have a fine 'gap' between bezel and screen on one side but not enough for me to return it).

HDMI out looked great when connecting iPlayer to a 46 inch TV. Movies look good on the screen due to the extra width - nice widescreen view and room for any menu underneath.

Battery is very good. Trying to run it down fully after the first (8 hour) charge and it lost very little (if anything at all) overnight.

The screen is stunning - although i find it a little dark on the 'auto-brightness' setting but thats personal taste. Very clear and very crisp.

Photo viewing is very quick.

Most apps that i used on my HTC Desire work great - using the same Google ID downloaded all my apps (including paid ones) to my Asus. The web market also instantly recognised my new kit and would ask me which item i wanted to download the item to (desire or ASUS). One or two apps dont stretch to the full screen but im sure the devs will sort that soon.

Camera seemed fine. im not on the latest build (that got pulled) but ive not noticed a huge shutter delay on the rear camera. High quality video was admittedly a bit stuttery but i believe that can be fixed.

The charging cable IS a little short ....

eBooks look fantastic Even PDF format ones !!!

Music is great - the speakers are pretty loud considering their size (obviously they are never going to replace an Amp !!) and i havent spotted the balance issue that some have.

All in all im very impressed !

Where did you get the HDMI out cable.
Tx

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=290418022489

Ebay........ under 3 quid delivered

Originally Posted by wilbur-force

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=290418022489

Ebay........ under 3 quid delivered

Cheers for that one just ordered.

could you please post your opinion on sunlight/outside condition? is it usable for watching movies while lying on the balcony? thanks!

Originally Posted by 0x000

could you please post your opinion on sunlight/outside condition? is it usable for watching movies while lying on the balcony? thanks!

well its evening here so im going to struggle to test that today

id wager its going to struggle in bright sunlight same as zoom/desire/ipad etc.

Originally Posted by wilbur-force

well its evening here so im going to struggle to test that today

id wager its going to struggle in bright sunlight same as zoom/desire/ipad etc.

hehe thanks for testing whenever you find time.
i just read this review and they say it's very usable http://www.everythingabouttablets.ne...ts-ips-screen/