In Holds: The 13.3-inch tablet Asus Transformer Book - Heise Newsticker

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keys and touchpad are okay, the screen colors fade when viewed from above at an angle from above, however, a little. Asus hurries with his ideas ahead of time far as the Computex news are like the Fonepad note, the Transformer Pad Infinity or the Transformer Book trio probably the earliest in third quarter available. After all, there is now the opportunity to finally try out some equipment earlier shown, such as the one shown at the IFA as a mockup Transformer Book, a Windows 8 slate with Core i Full HD display and attachable keyboard.

Primarily, the book is thus a tablet. It has a plastic housing and ventilation slots on the left and above. The weight of one kilogram is facing the right size, the thickness of 12 millimeters, because the T300 has a larger screen than the Core i compete with their 10 – to 11.6-inch panels: one with 13.3-inch diagonal. It is 1920 × 1080 points with 165 dpi, so from a normal viewing distance pixels are hard to see. The problem lies in the very small viewing angle: If the tablet on the table, even the colors fade. This was the predecessor TX300 still without Haswell better, because that was an IPS panel.

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Apart from the color difference between the keyboard and the tablet T300 is a slim and light by: 1 6 kg heavy and about 22 mm thick, and the combination. The connections for display and USB are found only on the tablet. The fading colors affect especially the notebook mode: For the keyboard plugged Slate due to its high weight does not tip over, Asus has a strong, not too far on opening installed hinge. So you have under normal working position on the display is not optimal viewing angle, it is too steep. Ähnlichess also applies to the Microsoft Suface Pro and Acer Iconia W700 / Aspire P3, but one has to fight there due to IPS panel with only a small loss of brightness, but not with fading colors. That was better predecessor, the TX300 still without Haswell, because that was an IPS panel.

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The hinge on the keyboard keeps the tablet safe; inserting and removing just go out of hand. The keyboard Asus has slimmed down considerably. It is now only a metal body with good keys and a large touchpad, but no electrical connection to the tablet, it therefore has an internal battery and microUSB for charging terminal of the same. The keyboard, however, the TX300 is a complete dock with 500-gigabyte hard drive, card reader, extra battery and connectors for DisplayPort, LAN, USB and headphones. If there is a way to use this dock at T300, was not to bring the show to experience, it was not mentioned in any case

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But too much can not tilt the screen backward, resulting in a fairly steep viewing angle in which color and brightness even subside. The rest of the features of the giant tablet is okay: SSD with 256 GB, up to 4 GB of main memory, front camera, optional rear camera, 12 mm thickness, dual-band 11n WiFi, micro HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0. The battery is 55 Wh more so than, for example, the 42-Wh battery of the Surface Pro, but at run time you can not say one hand promises the Haswell platform, a lower power consumption than the Surface Pro, on the other hand the larger display requires more power. Asus promises eight hours.

predecessor TX300 costs in Germany with keyboard, 128GB, Core i5 (and 500 GB disk in the keyboard) around 1,400 euros, which is expensive in comparison: The Surface Pro costs in the same configuration, including keyboard 1110 €, The Acer Iconia W700 is 800 euros. Although both have no HDD in the keyboard and smaller display, these prices may have moved to Asus, the T300 use a cheaper screen and zusammenzustreichen the capabilities of the keyboard – but just wanted a price Asus not call. The exciting, especially in notebook mode model thus remains the predecessor TX300. (jow)