[Transformer TF300T General] woodsonmh:
The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Over the past year have had the opportunity to own and use "the three asus android tablets."

The bad

A year ago I had a prime. Previously i was using an acer 500, and thought I was going to get a much better tablet, the numbers indicated it would be. The problem of the prime were noticed from the get go. Perhaps if i didn't own the acer, the problems of the prime would not have been so noticeable. I not going back over all the primes problems, there is enough posting to give you an idea. On an extended contract I was able to get prime replaced as a lemon with the infiniity.

The good

The infinity was a big leap forward for asus. It's been their and my #1 ever sense. A big jump all across the android spectrum. Top of the line graphics, cpu speeds and other things at the top specs list. But all was not rosey. Asus for some reason did not use a dedicated i/o system and the infinity and infinity users suffers for it. Several top Roms and jelly bean have helped make this into a real joy to use but it could have , and with its price tag should have been, much better. After entering a drawing last month from Android Police i won a asus 300 with key pad.

The ugly

I don't really think the 300 is ugly, but its plastic construction, and its overall design have been commented on several times. Dollar for dollar this might be the best of the lot. Asus learned from the prime and corrected many of its problems. Lowered some spec to reach a better price point. It's been my impression over the past year that the 300 was a pretty good tablet, and after a week of using it, my impression was justified. Instead of pushing the envelope they put together a decent reliable tablet at what was a very good price point. I say was, because i think the 300 is on the high side in the current market.

The showdown

prime is already on boot hill. With the infinity on balance mode, the mode i use the most, and 300 on performance i saw very little difference. I tried hitting start buttons together and watch load times. most infinity was slightly ahead most times but not always and sometime 300 was ahead. web pages mostly went to the infinity. to my eye streaming was equal. I have a hard time to actually seeing the screen deference. this may be due to my vision. 300 is a little softer and whites were not as bright, and for reading the 300 was easier on my eyes. Pictures looked fine on both. holding the 300 was easier than the infinity. 300 has a better balance and "plastic"made holding in bed much easier.

I also have the use of a kindle hd 8.9. Its my personal opinion the 8.9 in, give or take a little, is the best size for a tablet. I would give the kindle and infinity the edge on screen. kindle has the better sound. 300 and infinity have two cameras, more flexibility, jb 4.2, and in general a more rounded experience.

As i said 300 is a good mid range tablet, one that I'm glad to own and its not going to be shoved to the closet. when unlocked and running the latest build of cleanrom 300 got a 7000 score. Some individual owners of infinity have reached 7000 my personal best was around 6800 on the same rom. not bad little brother.

woody