After unveiling the Eee Pads at Computex, Asus brought out another touch-based slate device called the Eee Tablet. It’s a different kind of animal compared to the Eee Pads though: this is more of a complimentary mobile accessory that’ll let you read text, scribble notes, and draw rather precise sketches on its 8-inch (1024 x 768) grayscale display. To sum it up, the Eee Pads are basically slim Tablet PCs, while the Eee Tablet is more like a digital sketch pad.
The Eee Tablet’s features makes it ideal for students; when used as a reader, the screen is pretty easy on the eyes, and supports note-taking and annotations, and the “Notebook” function is a pretty quick way to create and save notes. There’s also a 2MP camera at the back, supposedly for taking slides, blackboards, and book pages for review. Rated to last for 10 hours, Wi-fi gives the Eee Tablet connectivity, and file transfers between this and a computer can be done through USB or a microSD card slot.
The touchscreen display is pretty much the highlight here: while it doesn’t come in color, it makes up for it with accuracy. You can draw pretty elaborate sketches on this device, thanks to a packaged digital pen and a screen that’s listed to feature 2,450DPI sensitivity.
It’s set for a release this September, with prices estimated to fall somewhere between $199 to $299.
Tags: Asus, eBook Readers, Eee Pad, Eee Tablet, Tablets
