The tablet has SRS audio enhancements built-in, but there’s no equalizer or similar app for adjusting sound, and there’s nothing to adjust in the Android OS settings. Even when my fingers blocked the speaker grilles, I could hear audio clearly.Īsus explains that the Transformer’s design also transmits audio through the same openings at the bottom of the tablet that serve as the connection points for the Mobile Docking Station. Toward the bottom corners of the left and right edges are stereo speakers, but they aren’t the only source of sound. Along the right-hand edge are a 3.5mm audio jack (which doubles as a headphone output and a microphone input), the Mini-HDMI port, and the microSD card slot. When held in landscape orientation, the power button and volume rocker sit at the upper right corners and the 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera is at the top center. In other respects, the tablet’s design is well executed. At 1.5 pounds, it’s heavier than the 1.3-pound iPad 2, but the Transformer benefits from good component balance on the inside that makes it feel lighter than it really is. But at least the Transformer’s plastic design lowers its weight. The flex made the Transformer feel chintzy, as did the minute gaps between the metal frame and the scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass screen. At first blush, it feels sturdy enough, but I didn’t like the flex built into the textured plastic back. What I found most disappointing about the Transformer was its physical build. (By itself, the Transformer measures 10.7 inches by 6.9 inches by 0.5 inch.) Designwise, this approach is a win. The extra length makes for an extra-wide bezel in landscape mode it also allows the Transformer’s physical size to match the Mobile Docking Station’s, so the two can connect as a clamshell laptop would.
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It’s longer than other tablets, besting the Acer Iconia Tab A500 by half an inch, the Motorola Xoom by almost a full inch, and the Apple iPad 2 by 1.2 inches. Like many of today’s tablets–the superslim Apple iPad 2 being the notable exception–the Transformer measures 0.5 inch tall.
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