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Its the tab that is a notebook.
Meet Asus Transformer Pad TF300T – the colourful and much hyped Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet hitting Oz this week.<\/p>\n

The 10.1″ (1280 X 800) Asus is ultra mobile at 9.9mm slim and 635g light, and when docked up to ASUS Mobile Dock, literally transforms into a workstation. <\/p>\n

The dock boasts a Qwerty keyboard and multi-touch touchpad for a notebook experience, and comes with USB port and SD card slot for extra storage. <\/p>\n

When docked, total battery life is 15 hours, while the tab on its own goes for “up to” 10 hrs, Asus claim. <\/div>\n
The Transformer Pad is powered by a powerful NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor (with integrated 12-core GeForce GPU), for “superior performance, multi-tasking” say its makers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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ASUS SonicMaster technology gives it good sound and an 1.2MP front camera, and 8MP auto-focus camera (rear) takes Full HD 1080p video playback.<\/p>\n

It also has 32GB of internal memory, a microSD slot and 8GB of free storage on ASUS WebStorage for life.<\/p>\n

The Transformer Pad’s Android 4.0 OS is upgradable and features “exclusive” software says Asus.<\/p>\n

Software onboard include preinstalled SuperNote application to take notes and Polaris Office, which gives users the ability to read or create Word, Excel and PowerPoint (MS Office 97-07 version compatible) files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Transformer will set you back $499 for the basic model while the docking station will cost you another $100. <\/p>\n

Looks wise, the 10″ tab\/notebook wears a concentric patterned finish similar to Transformer Pad Prime, and comes in three colours, Royal Blue, Iceberg White and Torch Red.<\/p>\n

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Additional accessories (optional) include TranSleeve Dual, a multi-view angle sleeve that supports handheld video watching and ergonomic typing.<\/p>\n

Also available are micro HDMI to VGA or HDMI cables, an external SD Card reader, external USB Port adapter and a USB to Ethernet adapter, all designed to complement your ASUS Transformer Pad.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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