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nasser · 03-07-2010, 08:16 AM

Hello, jswinden and others!

I've been using a Kohjinsha SH series tablet. 7" resistive touch screen, Intel A100 processor(bet you've never heard of this one!), 1 GB RAM, 80G HDD, Vista Home premium, dedicated hardware buttons on the left of screen (mouse pointer-like the IBM/Lenovo thinkpads, up/down/left/right combo), and right(mouse left/right click, pg up/down, enter, screen rotation). Wt: 1kg

Overall very good to use as an ebook reader. No need to worry about formats: txt, pdf, djvu, lit, doc/docx, html, chm, mht, cbr,... etc., obviously. Need to hold it with both hands. One handed leads to cramps after some time! But the total control you get in the two handed mode is quite good. Oh, and you can also touch away with finger or the stylus if you want one more input mode!

Gripes: battery life - 1.5 to 2 hours, gets heated so you feel your'e holding a toasted sandwich, landscape mode of screen only shows half a page(pdf), portrait mode of screen not useful as the font gets squashed in a full page mode.

How's the Asus tablet on battery life, weight and heat?

03-07-2010, 08:16 AM	#46
nasser Evangelist Posts: 477 Karma: 445678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Too many..	Hello, jswinden and others! I've been using a Kohjinsha SH series tablet. 7" resistive touch screen, Intel A100 processor(bet you've never heard of this one!), 1 GB RAM, 80G HDD, Vista Home premium, dedicated hardware buttons on the left of screen (mouse pointer-like the IBM/Lenovo thinkpads, up/down/left/right combo), and right(mouse left/right click, pg up/down, enter, screen rotation). Wt: 1kg Overall very good to use as an ebook reader. No need to worry about formats: txt, pdf, djvu, lit, doc/docx, html, chm, mht, cbr,... etc., obviously. Need to hold it with both hands. One handed leads to cramps after some time! But the total control you get in the two handed mode is quite good. Oh, and you can also touch away with finger or the stylus if you want one more input mode! Gripes: battery life - 1.5 to 2 hours, gets heated so you feel your'e holding a toasted sandwich, landscape mode of screen only shows half a page(pdf), portrait mode of screen not useful as the font gets squashed in a full page mode. How's the Asus tablet on battery life, weight and heat?