Wife is considering an ASUS Eee Pad Transformer....

[InuFaye]

Give it to me ill fix it.
I brought your netbook back to life.

[slammin.e28]

There is never going to be an iPad Killer.

Give me an Ipad. I will kill it. You saw my netbook. I fucking kill computers. My Ipod Touch won't communicate with my computer anymore, and none of the apps on it open anymore.

It's fuckkkeddd.

[InuFaye]

Android is too segmented to ever hope to take down the iPad.

[Ryan Stewart]

My girlfriend uses hers with the dock has her primary computer, I use mine without the dock as entertainment on the plane.

[z31maniac]

Fellas, she has a laptop for her graphic stuff and taxes.

This will mainly be used for her spreadsheet inventory type stuff and using the apps to track her appointments.

[nrubenstein]

iPad sucks anyways who cares about it, none of these devices are a REPLACEMENT for a PC (since someone above commented on it).

It's a nice "addon" for being lazy on the couch or something lighter to take with you etc.

There have been a number of studies/tests done to support this, these aren't powerful enough to do anything other than web/email use and light application use.

I've also looked at the Asus Transformer, i like how they give you an option to add a physical keyboard. Nice touch!

I'll wait a bit to see what else will be out this year.

Not powerful enough to do anything other than web/email? That's a load of crap. The A5 (and any similar dual Cortex-A9) delivers roughly the processing power of a desktop from ten years ago. I'm not claiming that would be my choice for heavy lifting, but it's not like we couldn't do a lot at that time. There are plenty of limitations inherent in the tablet layout, but the horsepower argument is BS.

For me, the iPad is useful because:
1) Instant on, all the time.
2) Long ass battery life.
3) Instant on network connectivity anywhere.
4) It's really nice to use.
5) It feels pretty quick.

I use it constantly at work and at home. The one thing that I'm really looking forward to in the next version is the (likely) QXGA screen.

[TurboJake]

I love my transformer. Use it every day.
For a week.

And THEN charge the battery overnight on saturday night.

It's the greatest thing in the world for typing notes in class, never worrying about being near an outlet in the middle of class.

I'm just waiting until the prime prices come down a little bit.


(also if you root it, it's a FANTASTIC Snes/Nes emulator, Using HDMI to hook up to a TV, Using a PS3 wireless controller)

But will it replace a laptop?
If you don't use a laptop for anything CPU intensive, yes.

Also, It's pretty silly to buy it without the keyboard. I use it way more with it than without it.

[Bimmerman325i]

@Jean, fwiw the new Transformer is vastly more powerful than anything else out on the market- quad core cpu and a better graphics chip.

Not laptop level, no, but better than my Transformer and the iPad have.

[Jean]

iPad sucks anyways who cares about it, none of these devices are a REPLACEMENT for a PC (since someone above commented on it).

It's a nice "addon" for being lazy on the couch or something lighter to take with you etc.

There have been a number of studies/tests done to support this, these aren't powerful enough to do anything other than web/email use and light application use.

I've also looked at the Asus Transformer, i like how they give you an option to add a physical keyboard. Nice touch!

I'll wait a bit to see what else will be out this year.

[Eecen]

this. want proof?

anybody see an ipod killer anywhere?

My android phone? Or just smart phone in general. I don't want to start a fanboy war here.

[Kershaw]

There is never going to be an iPad Killer.

this. want proof?

anybody see an ipod killer anywhere?

[pureaudio]

The Transformer is probably my favorite Android based tablet. I still use my iPad, though. The build quality and design on everything but the iPad is underwhelming so far and I can do everything I need on both ios and Android so OS doesn't matter.

[InuFaye]

There is never going to be an iPad Killer.

[nrubenstein]

I hear it's five months til the Google "iPad Killer" drops. I'm kinda waiting on that.

Yeah, that's been coming soon for a long time. I'll believe it when I see it. Or really, I'd love to see them get within shouting distance. It'd be nice if there was something other than the iPad that isn't a heaping pile of shit.

[Bimmerman325i]

Z31, is your wife getting one WITH the keyboard or without?

With the keyboard it is great, but without I'm not sure it's the best. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 was the best competitor back in September-ish when I was paying attention.