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Asus Unveils Android Tablets at CES 2011

Jan 5, 2011 Android Tablets

At the CES 2011 conference, Asus showcased its new Android Tablets . The interesting part is that the newly launched Android tablets features a physical keyboard.

One of the Android tablet that made its appearance at the conference was the Eee Pad Memo, said to be coming out this summer. This is a 7 inch tablet that is centered around cloud computing and has been optimized for both multi touch and pen browsing . This features a built in stylus and runs on Android Honey Comb sporting a 1.2GHz Qualcomm 8260 Snapdragon processor.

The Eee Pad transformer, another tablet that was unveiled is a 10-inch tablet that comes with a detachable keyboard. This again is focused on cloud computing and runs on Android Honeycomb and features a slick UI. This features a NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and will be made available in April 2011 with a price tag of $400 and $700. Similar in features is the Eee Pad Slider that was also unveiled on Tuesday.

Some of the features that are shared by both the slider and the transformer are:

• Honeycomb
• Tegra 2 processor
• 512MB RAM, 1GB ROM
• 10.1″ 1280×800 capacitive IPS display
• 1.2 MP front-facing camera, 5 MP rear
• Mini HDMI port
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n

However, the key difference is that the Slider comes with a slide up QWERTY keypad while the Transformer is a stand alone tablet that can be plugged into a keyboard dock. The slider would be available in May 2011 priced between $500 and $800

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Tags: Android Honeycomb, Android news, Android Tablets, Asus, CES 2011