Hanson
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Say hello to my new tech crush:
Transfer Prime Android Tablet
Thinner than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and only a skosh heavier, with Tegra 3 quad core and 12 hour battery, the Transformer Prime is a nicely featured tablet for $499. 32GB internal and an expandable SD slot? I'm there. If it can stream HDTV .ts files over the network (a reasonable expectation since I can do that with my Epic Touch although it's too stuttery to be practical), I would become verklempt. And then it goes over the top. Waaay over the top.
Another $149 nets you the keyboard dock, which adds 8 hours more battery life, a full keyboard and touchpad as well as a USB port to add a bluetooth mouse or a USB storage drive. Oh, and another SD card slot.
When people bandy about phrases like, "laptop replacement", the question is, "what do you do with your laptop?" If your laptop was for emails, videos, and surfing the net, then yes, a tablet can be a viable laptop replacement. But if you need to run a program that's Windows or Mac only, then there's no way a tablet can be a laptop replacement.
However...
If you have a desktop or server and install a remote client, a docked Transformer Prime, with a bluetooth mouse essentially allows you to run your desktop on your tablet. Not only is the Transformer Prime bundle lighter than a netbook, the battery life is five times longer than what you find on your average netbook. Granted, it's wifi only so you won't be able to do this on the road without some sort of mobile hotspot, but if you have a Citrix server at work, you could use the Transformer Prime as a remote access device with keyboard and mouse that's even more portable than laptop.
Unless something gets announced with even more insane features or if it turns out that the tablet itself isn't all that it's cracked up to be, I am going to own this thing. I'm salivating at the prospect.
Unfortunately, it won't fit in my pants pockets...
Transfer Prime Android Tablet
Thinner than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and only a skosh heavier, with Tegra 3 quad core and 12 hour battery, the Transformer Prime is a nicely featured tablet for $499. 32GB internal and an expandable SD slot? I'm there. If it can stream HDTV .ts files over the network (a reasonable expectation since I can do that with my Epic Touch although it's too stuttery to be practical), I would become verklempt. And then it goes over the top. Waaay over the top.
Another $149 nets you the keyboard dock, which adds 8 hours more battery life, a full keyboard and touchpad as well as a USB port to add a bluetooth mouse or a USB storage drive. Oh, and another SD card slot.
When people bandy about phrases like, "laptop replacement", the question is, "what do you do with your laptop?" If your laptop was for emails, videos, and surfing the net, then yes, a tablet can be a viable laptop replacement. But if you need to run a program that's Windows or Mac only, then there's no way a tablet can be a laptop replacement.
However...
If you have a desktop or server and install a remote client, a docked Transformer Prime, with a bluetooth mouse essentially allows you to run your desktop on your tablet. Not only is the Transformer Prime bundle lighter than a netbook, the battery life is five times longer than what you find on your average netbook. Granted, it's wifi only so you won't be able to do this on the road without some sort of mobile hotspot, but if you have a Citrix server at work, you could use the Transformer Prime as a remote access device with keyboard and mouse that's even more portable than laptop.
Unless something gets announced with even more insane features or if it turns out that the tablet itself isn't all that it's cracked up to be, I am going to own this thing. I'm salivating at the prospect.
Unfortunately, it won't fit in my pants pockets...