[Ken Maltby]

Well I have some first impressions from my new 1/2 TF or Eee Pad (no Dock yet).

First, first impression "Hey! Why did Newegg send me an empty box?" "Maybe it's
just the Micro-SD card?, but why the big box?" This thing is really lighter than I
expected.

Second, first impression "I can use it as a trailer mirror on my pick-up." Do screen
wipes come in a large economy size? But, the finger prints don't seem to show
when the screen is lit up.

Third, first impression "What gives, this doesn't work anything like my XP desktop."
This Honeycomb 3.1 is going to take some getting used to. There does seem like a
lot it can do, but there is still the "old dog, new trick" issue to overcome. I have the
feeling that I will like it better than the Win Mobile 6.1 on my PDA, once I get used to
it.

Forth, first impression "This is one heck of a WiFi workhorse!" It definitely had no
problems from anyplace, in my admittedly smallish place, or at anytime over some
extended use. I can't wait to see how it does when I get a Wireless DLNA setup
going. (Parts on Order)

Fifth, first impression "Google rules this thing." Not sure that is good or bad yet.

Sixth, first impression "Some Liberal collage student must have programmed this
thing, before they sent it to me!" A major overhaul of the selections made, is in
order. It's not just the music and YouTube, there are all kinds of things this thing
is able to access and present for your perusal, most an old fogy like me had never
encountered before. It may not be all the device's fault, I don't think NRAnews even
has an Android App, yet.

Seventh, first impression "The GPS works great and is very well integrated into this
thing." Google certainly has had their hand in this, the Latitude App is especially
neat with finding things around your location or any location you want.

Eighth, first impression "WOW..It really plays my high density Main profile SD
H.264/AVC well!" Not all devices can keep up with these .mp4 files.

Ninth, first impression "Kinda odd to hold." Not something specific to this device, just
the form factor itself. It's been a long time since I carried a clipboard around and it's
something like that.

Tenth, and last, first impression "Some kind of case, or slip cover might be in order."
That large screen just looks like an accident waiting to happen. Once I get the Dock,
that probably won't be an issue.

That's all, now back to my drawing board for that solar charging slipcover case.

Luck;
Ken