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ilovejedd · 07-31-2012, 01:58 PM

Received my Transformer Infinity. While I haven't had a chance to really play with it, I've got a couple of first impressions.

The more rectangular shape of the tablet makes it a bit more difficult to balance compared to the iPad. Granted, I prefer 4:3 aspect ratio for my workstation monitors so I'm biased towards the iPad in terms of form factor. The brushed aluminum back looks very pretty but impractical. It's very smooth and combined with the Infinty's weight, it feels like I might drop the thing. Wish Asus had gone for a similar finish as the Nexus 7's back instead. Now I'm going to have to find a case that doesn't interfere with the dock instead of just using a Neoprene sleeve when on standby as I was originally planning.

Text on the Infinity looks very clear. I don't notice much difference between the Infinity and the iPad in terms of resolution. I dislike the ASUS onscreen keyboard (prefer ICS stock) but that's easy enough to remedy and will be a non-issue once I receive my dock. I've found the Infinity to be no worse than the iPad in terms of responsiveness although I think the Nexus 7 with Jellybean seems a tad smoother particularly when it comes to transitions. One really annoying thing I've found on the Infinity is the built in microSD slot doesn't want to work with my SanDisk 64GB Class 10 microSDXC card. The Prime and TF300 reportedly work just fine with the card so I'm hoping Asus issues a fix. On the upside, my SanDisk 32GB Class 4 microSDHC card works just fine. Battery life appears to be pretty decent once I tweaked Android settings to disable wi-fi during sleep.

Overall, I think I might like the iPad better (mostly because of form factor and since Chrome is now available for iOS) but the expandable storage on the Transformer Infinity more than makes up for the cons (even if it is limited to 32GB microSDHC cards at the moment).

With portability and weight as factors, the Nexus 7 is probably my favorite tablet. The 1280x800 resolution is large enough for most tasks. It just sucks that it doesn't have a microSD card slot.

07-31-2012, 01:58 PM	#23
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Received my Transformer Infinity. While I haven't had a chance to really play with it, I've got a couple of first impressions. The more rectangular shape of the tablet makes it a bit more difficult to balance compared to the iPad. Granted, I prefer 4:3 aspect ratio for my workstation monitors so I'm biased towards the iPad in terms of form factor. The brushed aluminum back looks very pretty but impractical. It's very smooth and combined with the Infinty's weight, it feels like I might drop the thing. Wish Asus had gone for a similar finish as the Nexus 7's back instead. Now I'm going to have to find a case that doesn't interfere with the dock instead of just using a Neoprene sleeve when on standby as I was originally planning. Text on the Infinity looks very clear. I don't notice much difference between the Infinity and the iPad in terms of resolution. I dislike the ASUS onscreen keyboard (prefer ICS stock) but that's easy enough to remedy and will be a non-issue once I receive my dock. I've found the Infinity to be no worse than the iPad in terms of responsiveness although I think the Nexus 7 with Jellybean seems a tad smoother particularly when it comes to transitions. One really annoying thing I've found on the Infinity is the built in microSD slot doesn't want to work with my SanDisk 64GB Class 10 microSDXC card. The Prime and TF300 reportedly work just fine with the card so I'm hoping Asus issues a fix. On the upside, my SanDisk 32GB Class 4 microSDHC card works just fine. Battery life appears to be pretty decent once I tweaked Android settings to disable wi-fi during sleep. Overall, I think I might like the iPad better (mostly because of form factor and since Chrome is now available for iOS) but the expandable storage on the Transformer Infinity more than makes up for the cons (even if it is limited to 32GB microSDHC cards at the moment). With portability and weight as factors, the Nexus 7 is probably my favorite tablet. The 1280x800 resolution is large enough for most tasks. It just sucks that it doesn't have a microSD card slot. Last edited by ilovejedd; 07-31-2012 at 02:04 PM.