[Asus Transformer TF700] Dub Tech:
Hi Guys,

My tablet arrived yesterday and as previously promised below are some of my initial thoughts. I've had at least one PC for the last 15 years and have had multiple laptops but this is my first tablet purchase.

The previous page in this thread got awfully technical re: benchmarks etc. which I've no idea how to run so this is purely from a new tablet user's perspective.

I bought the 64GB Amethyst Gray tablet + dock from Komplett.ie. Opening the box was a fun experience, I really liked the anti static wrapping on both the tablet and keyboard (I'm guessing thats what it was). Everything was safe and secure so no worries there.

Build quality was impressive. After reading about a Polish guy who had clicking noises when pressing his tablet on the sides and people who were complaining about unusual 'give' in the screen I felt nothing of the sort. From pictures I really didn't like the look of the plastic strip on the back but in reality it blends in really nicely so I was very happy overall. The speaker is pretty useless I will admit that, it's sufficient for notifications but some youtube clips have poor sound when uploaded and these can be rather difficult to hear if you aren't in a dead quiet environment. Certainly not a deal breaker imo - use earphones/headphones!

Switching on the tablet the screen looked great. Asus logo was crystal clear, everything super sharp. My one complaint about the screen I found was when the background is mainly white (writing email or on these boards) I can see faint verticle lines. When I move my head left the lines go right and vice versa. It's quite hard to explain, reminds me somewhat of a bad TV reception. I've never had a tablet before so not sure if this is normal. Advice?

When looking at the storage on the tablet I was a bit disappointed to see I only had 56 GB to play with. The OS and pre-installed apps took up 8gb! If I had the 32GB version I'd be quite dismayed.

Connection to Wifi was great absolutely no issue at all, 4 bar signal through 2-3 walls. GPS picked up 10/11 sites in seconds while indoors, I was quite impressed.

Installing apps I did feel the lag in the system but it's something I can deal with. Same thing happens with my phone and I don't intend to be installing stuff 24/7.

Typing on the dock is a new experience. I had a netbook before and absolutely hated it. This is different obviously and my initial reaction to a tablet is much more positive than the netbook. Typing is something I'll need to get used to, I find I hit the touchpad without meaning to - not so much when pressing the spacebar, more when using right shift, my whole hand moves including my clumsy thumb! But overall it's great to be able to use a keyboard when writing an email or forum posts etc, much faster than touchscreen!

I haven't yet tried to tether with my mobile phone (tonight's project) and don't have any SD cards to test so apologies if you were looking for feedback there.

Overall I'm quite pleased. I'm still not convinced it's worth the premium €749 I paid (reduced to €729 the day after I bought it :mad:) but after experiencing the quality of the screen etc I'm not sure I'd be as happy with something like the TF300 as I would have been last week.

If anyone has any real life questions or tasks they'd like some feedback on give me a shout and I'll do my best. Benchmarking/Rooting etc isn't something I'm interested in right now, I'm happy to enjoy the new experience of tablet life for a few weeks before going all tech crazy on it ;)

-Phil