Tablets Galore: A Quick Look at The iPad 2, HTC Flyer and Asus EEE Pad Transformer

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Posted By: Dan Cohen

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I’ve been checking out a number of different tablets and, for a brief period, had more than usual at home at one time. Here’s a brief, biased look at three current offerings: one awesome, one quite impressive and one that did not impress at all.

(Spoiler Alert/Disclaimer: the EEE Pad Transformer had not been updated to the Honeycomb 3.1 update that will be available tomorrow. It MAY improve some of the performance issues. No update, however, can fix the cheap plastic feel, the single microphone’s bad speech recognition performance and the tinny speakers.)

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Dan Cohen
Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”) Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. Dan is married to Raina Goldberg who is also an avid user of Apple products. They live in New Jersey with their golden doodle Nava.

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1 Comment on "Tablets Galore: A Quick Look at The iPad 2, HTC Flyer and Asus EEE Pad Transformer"

  1. Thomas R. Hall | May 29, 2011 at 7:49 pm |

    I have no experience with the Eee Transformer, but I appreciate your video. I thought the form factor would be interesting, and maybe it will be for some who want a tablet/netbook. However, for me, I definitely want the dual mics and speakers. The mics especially help with voice recognition. I agree that the build quality of the iPad 2 and HTC Flyer are both excellent. No desire to move to a plasticky device.

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