You heard it right, the MeMo ME370T is set to be the world’s first ever 7-inch tablet to feature a Tegra 3 chipset. That means all the power you could ever imagine on such a tiny slate and probably more and it means that you can play games, HD video clips, you can surf the web and you can do pretty much anything you want at the flick of a switch.

Sporting a 7-inch IPS panel with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution, the Asus Eee Pad MeMo 370T is set to rock the tablet world as we knew it so far with a very competitive price. According to rumors (with emphasis on ‘’rumors), the 7-incher might go for as less as 249 bucks in Q2 of 2012, when it should be made available in the US.

Nvidia Tegra 3 on a 7-incher? That's badass, man, badass!

That’s pretty darn affordable, if you ask me, especially taking into consideration the other features known so far, which include an optional capacitive pen stylus, the running of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box, an 8MPx rear-facing shooter with auto focus and 1080p recording capabilities, a 1.2 MPx front-facing camera, as well as WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a microUSB port, a microSD card slot and microHDMI.

As far as internal storage space goes, the Asus MeMo 370T will come in the already classic two versions, with 16 and 32 GB of on-board memory, while the battery should be able to run for up to eight and a half hours between charges.

A nice rubbery finish on the back, a great rear-facing camera and this tablet looks like a winner already!

All in all, the Asus Eee Pad MeMo 370T looks pretty great on paper, providing power like you never saw it coming, a strong battery, all the ports you could wish for and a pen stylus. Oh, right, and the 7-incher is pretty slim and attractive too, measuring a mere 0.5 inches thick and having some nice curves along with a couple of straightforward lines on its body.

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty excited to see this little beast in action, which is why I viewed this following hands-on preview from Las Vegas at least three times already. Oh, heck, I’ll see it one more time alongside you just for kicks:

Via TabletBite.com

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Until we saw it at the 2012 CES in Las Vegas and were promised by the guys at Asus that we will in fact see the tablet launched this year. More exactly tablets, because there are two Eee Pad MeMos after all and more exactly in Q2 of 2012, meaning sometime between April and June.

The first of the MeMo line-up, the ME171, will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and will offer plenty of raw power under its hood. No, it doesn’t feature an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, nor a Tegra 2 dual-core chip, but the next best thing, a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 clocked at 1.2 GHz.

The Eee Pad MeMo is finally official and ready to hit the market.

There’s also 1 GB of RAM and all in all this 7-incher should perform well in both gaming and multimedia playing. The Asus Eee Pad Memo ME171 will sport a pretty nice screen as well, measuring 7 inches in diagonal and featuring a 1280 x 800 pixels resolution.

Other features include dual cameras (a 5 MPx rear-facing shooter with LED flash and 1080p HD video capabilities and a 1.2 MPx front-facing webcam), as well as a large 4,400 mAh battery, reportedly capable of up to eight and a half hours of autonomy.

Not too shabby, if you ask me, and the Asus Eee Pad MeMo ME171 should also come with the works in terms of ports and connectivity, including a microUSB connector, microHDMI, a microSD card slot, Wireless, Bluetooth and optional 3G.

Sexy, sexy, sexy, that's how this 7-incher could be described in three words!

The 7-incher’s design is yet another one of its strongest points, as well as the capacitive pen stylus, which could be optional, but might just be integrated into the ME171’s final price.

And talking about pricing, we know nothing official right now, which means that we can only wait and see what Asus has in store for us… What do you think, does this 7-incher look like an appealing tablet? And if so, how much money would you be willing to pay for this latest Asus gadget?

For a closer look at the Asus Eee Pad MeMo ME171, check out this following hands-on preview from Las Vegas, brought to you by our good friends from TabletBite.com:

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However, there was something missing on the Transformer, and that is 3G connectivity, a feature that has become pretty standard for tablets lately. This should change soon enough, based on a couple of exclusive photos, brought to our attention by Tabletbite.com.

As you can see from the pics below, the 3G version of the Transformer is ready for action and its official release should be just around the corner. The 10-incher will work with full-sized SIM cards, which will be connected in the slot positioned on the left, just below the volume rocker.

The Transformer 3G should be up for sale in a month or two

Besides the 3G connectivity, the new Transformer will not come with any other changes in terms of design or features. That means you will get the same elegant and fashionable gadget, powered by a 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM and sporting a 10.1-inch IPS capacitive multi touch display with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution. You will also be able to hook up the 3G version to the optional keyboard dock and ”build” your own netbook.

And while we would highly recommend getting the new 3G Transformer as soon as it will be made available (in late November or early December, based on the current rumors), the equation is actually more complicated.

Same design, same power... only with 3G this time

Asus is planning to release practically at the same time as the 3G Transformer the Transformer 2, a gadget which could run the upcoming Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Furthermore, the slate should also feature a quad-core Tegra 2 Kal-El processor, far superior than the current Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset. On the other hand, the Transformer 2 will only come in a Wi-Fi version.

In terms of pricing, you should expect the new model to go for 100 bucks more than the original Transformer.

In terms of pricing, the 3G Transformer should go for around 450-480 bucks, while the Transformer 2 is expected to start at around 500 dollars. In other words, the price tags will be very close and it remains to be seen if the 3G version of the very popular Android slate will not have come a little bit too late…

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Overall, the Asus Transformer is well built and good looking, despite being quite thick, especially when compared with the likes of the new iPad 2. Still, it’s not a lot more heavier, so it is a quite portable 10 inch tablet. Dispaly comes with IPS matrix and HD resolution (1280 x 800 px) so everything looks nice and crisp, with viewing angles being quite good as well. It also comes with good battery life (up to 8 hours expected) and very nice pricing: starting at $399.

Inside you get Tegra2 which shoudl allow very good multimedia performances. However, this particular unit that got tested had some problems as it couldn’t quite handle HD video content, nor from Youtube or self-stored. There were also some malfunctions reported with the OS and common applications, where Android just frequently freezed and needed a restart to come back to life.

Solid EEE Pad Transformer tablet, but OS still needs improvements

All these are probably due to the fact that the tested Transformer was a sample model, but even so, it’s pretty obvious Android 3.0 HoneyComb still needs work before actually becoming the perfect tablet OS promised. It does perform snappy and comes with interesting and easy to use native apps, but third party apps support is almost invisible for now, as most apps available in the Market Store were not actually designed for a big screen Android device.

More details in the quiklook clip you can find below.

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And considering they have the fire power and screen to do more netbook like stuff, why not shoot two rabbits at once? Back to the Slider, and as the name says, the device has a keyboard sliding from behind the screen- all you have to do is gently push the edge of the tablet forward and you have access to the keyboard, while the screen angled above it- true, not the most fantastic viewing angles you might want.

The keyboard is small, but it's better than an on screen keyboard

The tablet is powered by a Tegra 2 dual core processor and comes with Android Honeycomb, so you might expect some serious performance from this one. On top of Android, Asus will splash their own theme, called “My Way”, which comes with themes related to music- like taking artwork from your favorite albums and use them as wallpapers, loop a song in the background. You know the drill (or if you don’t, here’s a good way of getting used to it ).

The tablet comes with DLNA support, which means you can stream content from compatible DLNA devices you have around you. With a good WiFi connection, you’ll be able to stream 1080p content on the tablet, without having to store the media on the Slider. Asus apps load a little slower than we expected, as each of them takes about 2 seconds to load, but this might a problem Asus will address in the final, ready to sell units.

But what makes this tablet unique is of course the slide out keyboard. It’s a QWERTY keyboard, kind of half the size of one you’ll find on a netbook, for example. It’s a little cramped, with keys very close to each other, but considering most people are familiar and kind of natural with small buttons from smart phones and some on screen keyboards, this shouldn’t be a decisive problem, as the learning curve is pretty short.

The keyboard is half the size of one on a netbook

Although everything looks small and slim, the keyboard and tablet are actually solid and all the moving parts seem up for it. It should take many, many slides before the mechanisms will start to wear over (and by that time, you’ll probably change a couple of other tablets). Even with the keyboard attached to its back, the Slider is really thin, being actually a little thinner than the Samsung Sliding PC 7, which was a device similar to this, meaning it also had a sliding keyboard.

The screen is very good, as it comes with a 1280 x 800 resolution and support for multi touch. HD content and games will run flawlessly on it. There’s also a HDMI slot, SD slot, two cameras (rear facing 5 MP and front facing 1.2 MP). For now, there’s only WiFi and blue tooth, but Asus says a 3G model will be available later on. In terms of storage, you can choose between 16 or 32 SSD, but you can add to that via the SD slot.

The Slider is slim, even if it packs the slide out keyboard

System memory comes in two versions- 512 and 1 GB, while the battery should go for as much as 6 hours. This is not by any means cheap, as the cheapest version will cost 500 bucks, while the top configuration will go to $800- you’ll be able to buy the tablet sometime in May, when they will appear on the market.

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One of these devices is the Eee Pad Transformer, a 10 inch slate from Asus running on Android Honeycomb. The tablet has a 10.1 inch display with a maximum resolution of 1280 x 800. The screen is rather glossy and will attract quite a few fingerprints as you use it, and some glare as well. So keep it indoor and make sure to have a cleaning cloth with you.

The tablet plus the keyboard look and feel like a netbook

At the heart of the tablet, there’s a Tegra 2 processor, which is said to be the butter for the Honeycomb bread…or vice versa. The dual core processor works great in conjunction with the OS and keeps watch also on the battery life, which on the Transformer is pretty good- you can go on a single charge for about 8 hours.

Like on many tablets, there’s WiFi and blue tooth, as well as GPS and a bunch of sensors, including ambient light sensor, gyroscope and many more. Now, for the keyboard part. There’s a docking keyboard which connects to the tablet in landscape mode, offering a more netbook experience. This way, you also gain an extra 8 hours of battery life.

The tablet connects to the docking keyboard through a hinge and a couple of plastic “lips” that keep the entire system very steady. When you want to remove the tablet, all you have to do is slide the larger latch and off it goes. The entire mechanism feels very solid and will take thousands of connections and disconnections before starting to limp.

The connecting mechanism is easy to operate and pretty sturdy

The keyboard adds some weight, sure, but considering the advantages it brings, it’s a decent price to pay. The tablet is only 13 mm thick on its own, and when placed in a bag or something, you don’t need an extra cover for it, considering that the enclosed keyboard brings all the protection you’ll ever need for it.

There are two cameras, one for video calls in front with a 1.2 MP resolution, and a 5 MP, more potent one, in the back. The front facing camera is positioned in such a way that when you keep the tablet docked, it’s just over the screen. This is good for video calls, as you don’t have to keep the tablet in your hands when doing this. The tablet has a textured finish on the back, which looks more like the back of a netbook than anything else, really.

It’s very tough and when enclosed over the keyboard, you couldn’t say it’s a tablet. In terms of ports, the HDMI and SDHC are located on the tablet, while two USB 2.0 ports and SD/MMC ports are on the keyboard. The tablet has some control buttons, like volume and power, while on the keyboard there are the standard Android buttons.

the tablet, on its own, looks pretty standard

Also on the keyboard, there’s a touch pad, which is good for when you don’t want to lean over to the screen. There are also special buttons for turning blue tooth and WiFi on and off, as well as some media playback controllers. The tablet will not come cheap, that’s for sure. There’s a $799 price tag on the Transformer, which we hope includes the keyboard and at least 32 GB of storage, as well as the 3G module.

If not, the fully featured version might cost as much as $1000. It’s not necessarily a bad price, considering the versatility of the tablet. You can use it both as a tablet and netbook, covering your professional and personal time when it comes to mobile computing.

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The Memo is surely classy. When you first pick it up, it feels great in your hand, and it’s not the standard plastic tablet you’re probably all too familiar with. It has a black, glossy bezel going around the screen and just under the display there are the three classic Android buttons: menu, home and back. Although Honeycomb has on screen integration for these buttons, Asus decided to go for off screen buttons, probably because on a 7 inch device is not that difficult to move from the screen to the bezel.

The 1024 x 600 touch screen offers a great experience on a 7 incher

Under the buttons, there’s a chrome streak which is a little bulkier than the tablet- that’s because it’s actually some sort of a holster for a capacitive stylus. Under that, you get a shinny Asus logo. The capacitive touch screen has a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 and looks great. It has very good and strong colors, but the downside is that in the sun (or bright light), it might be a little difficult to see the screen. The tablet was designed more to be held with one hand, especially if you want to use the pen as well.

One side of the bezel is thicker than the other and the weight of the device is only 389 grams, which makes it really easy to use and carry around with just one hand. If the idea of a stylus throws you back to the dark ages of bulky phones and resistive screen tablets, think again. The stylus is actually a treat and not a necessity.

The tablet can be operated flawlessly with finger touch, and the stylus is there for handwriting and drawing, both functions running perfectly. The tip of the pen has a rubbery surface on it, which will detect the pressure you’re using and change the lines and dots on the screen accordingly. The tablet will come with Honeycomb on it, but you should know that Asus will probably throw on top of that one of their UI skins.

The Memo tablet can deliver perfect video thanks to the dual core processor

The tablet has a dual core, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running at 1.2 GHZ, which will make the tablet breeze through apps and will have no problems in detecting and displaying your handwriting. The Qualcomm chip was preferred to Nvidia Tegra 2 because it deals better with phone calls and Asus considers this a very important part of the experience with the Memo.

There will be a couple of versions when it comes to storage, ranging from 16 to 64 GB, and there will be CDMA, GSM and HSPA+ variants to choose from. There are two cameras, a 5 MP one in the back, and a more modest, 1.2 MP in front. There’s a card reader and HDMI port, and the battery should last for around 8 hours of video playback.

Drawing and painting is really fun

The tablet will be released around June, for a starting price of $449. All in all, this is a really interesting and very stylish tablet, that can do everything most tablets can (and maybe a tad better in some respects, like making calls), as well as offering a very imersive handwriting and drawing experience with a pressure sensitive stylus.

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The screen has a 1280 x 800 resolution and supports multi touch input and is pressure sensitive. The huge screen is surrounded by a black bezel, while the edges are gray. In terms of looks, it’s kind of standard, with some rounded edges, a white finish on the back with lots of fans on the sides… and that’s kind of it. Surprisingly for its size and capabilities, the tablet is not that bulky, being just 0.66 inches thick.

But what’s bombastic about this Windows 7 tablet is what’s on the inside. At the heart of the EP 121 there’s a Core i5 processor, which is a dual core chip with a maximum turbo speed of 1.86 and normal speed of 1.33 GHZ. Is not a type of chip you see on many tablets, but it fits with the performance driven approach of the EP121. The system memory is of 4 GB, which might sound extreme in comparison with the 1 GB you get on the Xoom or Playbook, but in order to handle Windows, the system needs all the RAM it can get.

The big screen makes the Windows 7 experience close to that on a notebook

To keep power consumption down, Asus threw in the mix a 32 or 64 GB SSD, but if you urgently need some space, you can add to that via the SD card or the USB port. There is integrated Intel HD graphics, which can deal with many intensive applications- and if you only stick to nice skins and transitions and some HD playback, you won’t experience a single glitch. There’s also a front facing 2 MP camera for video calling and built in mics and stereo sound.

To round up the specs, there’s also a 3 hour battery, mini HDMI port, 2 USB ports and audio jack. But the things that make this tablet unique are not necessarily evident in the specs. Sure, it’s a very (but very) powerful tablet, with specs that could put enough laptops to shame. But it matters what you do with all that arsenal. To understand what this tablet is all about, you should take a look in the box. Really.

There you’ll see a wireless blue tooth keyboard and a stylus. In a couple of seconds, you can turn the tablet into a laptop or a sketching board without any cables or stuff. In reverse, you can just take the tablet away and enjoy a movie on the sofa. The unique ecosystem is great for professionals who don’t want to have two distinctive machines, one for work and the other for entertainment- the EP 121 can do them both without a fuss.

Although packs much on the inside, the tablet is fairly thin and light

Sure, considering the size, this is not actually designed for portability, so you’ll enjoy it more at home than on a crowded train or something. Also, it doesn’t come cheap, as the 32 GB version costs on Amazon just under $1.000, while the 64 GB just over $1.000 .

Like a notebook, but without the hinges and the hassle

But it’s worth your while, considering the fantastic performance it can deliver and the flexibility when it comes to content and ways of using it. Although expensive, Asus sold lots of them and the reviews and marks are really high- the EP delivers and it delivers in style.

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First of all, the device might look different from what we’ve seen at Computex , so don’t decide to buy based on the pictures in this article (anyway, there’s no info yet on a release date or the price tag, but this seems like a good Christmas present, so maybe we can hope at a late year launch).

Unlike the other tablets advertised by ASUS, the Pad EP90 will have a smaller display, namely a 8.9 inch screen running at 1024×600. The processor is a “system-on-a-chip” Nvidia Tegra 1GHZ dual core, meaning you’ll get good video and audio.

There’s also a 0.3 megapixel camera (you should read “we’re trying to match Apple’s Facetime and we’re doing it slowly and there’s no app yet”), a HDMI interface, a SD/SDHC/MMC card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, 3G and GPS. There are two storage versions, a 16 and a 32GB one, the battery should heroically make it for up to 6 hours on this lightweight (only 630 grams) tablet. No official word on the OS, but they’ll probably go for the Windows 7 Embedded.

Eee Pad EP90

The Asus Eee Pad EP90 is only one of the tablets the Taiwanese manufacturer is tempting the market with. Earlier this year, in May, they announced two other models, the 12 inch Asus Eee Pad EP121 running on a Intel Core 2 Duo and the 10 inch Asus Eee Pad EP101TC using a CPU ARM, the same one bought&used (also) by Apple.

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First, there are going to be two different EEE Pads available, the EEE Pad EP101TC with a 10 inch display and the EP121 with a 12 inch one.

The compact EEE Pad EP101TC seems to target directly the iPad and will be very light and thing (weigh 1.5 pounds and measure 0.5 inch in thickness). We know nothing about the hardware inside for this one, but it will be powered by an Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system. Not sure what this one means, but it’s probably a lighter Windows 7 version. Asus promises it will be compatible with all other Windows operating systems, will offer an easy to customize interface and will focus a lot on Cloud Computing apps.

10 inch EEE Pad EP101TC focuses on Cloud applications

The Asus EEE Pad EP121 is wider and heavier, but comes with ULV Core 2 Duo hardware, so we should expect quite some performance out of it. Will be offered with Windows 7 Home OS and will be able to run all our daily applications, plus games and multimedia content. Asus promises up to 10 hours autonomy for this EEE Pad and that’s impressive considering its power. Also, a special designed docking station with integrated keyboard will be available for it, making it ideal to use not only on the go, but also on your office.

Asus EEE Pad EP121 with powerful hardware

Last but not least, there’s the Asus EEE tablet. With it, Asus tries to kill more birdies with a single shot, as it will be a device made for taking notes and reading ebooks. Thus, it attacks ereaders like Amazon’s Kindle, but offers extra functions. The EEE Tablet will come with a backlight-less LCD touch-display, probably a 7-8 inch one, capable of displaying black and white colors (in 64 shades of gray) and refresh content in just 0.1 seconds. It will offer 2450 dpi input sensitivity , thus the screen will be resistive and will be great for taking notes, inking, etc.

Thus, the EEE Tablet is a device meant for students. A 2 MPx camera, microSD and USB ports will also be available on it. We know nothing about the hardware inside though, but we know Asus promises up to 10 hours of life for it (which is a lot less than e-ink readers can offer but better than the iPad).

Also, from the pictures we have, the Asus EEE Tablet looks quite good and thin, so it will probably be a nice device to have around.

Asus EEE tablet - digital note-taking and ereader device

That’s all we know about these devices for now. But stay tuned, more details, pictures and clips will be available soon, and we’ll add updates as we find out more.

Via Engadget

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