New ASUS lineup at CES 2011

ASUS has just releaased its lineup of new products at CES 2011. I’ll  give you a brief lineup here:

• Eee Slate EP121 – A typical touchscreen tablet form running Windows 7 and supports the use of a stylus which is stored in the body. The inclusion of an SSD makes it snappier and suitable for those rough tablet handlers but also ups the cost a bit. It’s said to be due out later this month but we’re not sure how soon it will reach Malaysia. Price will be around RM3000 to 3400.

• Eee Pad Transformer – Looks like Motorola is not the only one with dual core tablets on Android Honeycomb. And the name of this Samsung product will make Michael Bay (the director of the Transformer movies) so proud. The ‘Transformer’ is an Android tablet with a detachable full size keyboard and touchpad. This is coming out in May officially (Malaysia uncertain to us) and will cost around RM1200-2200. Certainly price competitively to the current Galaxy Tab.

• Eee Pad Slider – Another Android tablet like the Transformer, the Slider is only 5mm thicker. The thicker body is due to the attached sliding keyboard. When you need the keyboard, just slide it out and the screen will tilt at a nice angle. When moving the tablet around, just slide it back and carry it easier as one single unit. Compared to the Transformer, you lose a touchpad on the Slider keyboard due to the space taken up by the tilting screen but the Transformer keyboard is detached so you would have to carry two separate items instead of one for the Slider. The sliding mechanism and the construction has a higher price of around RM1500-2500, RM300 more than the Transformer. Expect to see it somewhere around the world as soon as May this year.

• Eee Pad MeMo – Just when you thought you had enough of mid-sized Android tablets, Asus has another one planned for you. This tablet is claimed to come with a stylus like tool (cylindrical object tucked between the function buttons and the ASUS logo in picture below) to help with drawing and writing. It also comes with an wireless bluetooth accessory with earphones and mic callled MeMic to help with phone functions. Other specs such as ram, internal storage and connectivity functions still unconfirmed at this point but with mid sized tablets, you can expect more or less the same. Coming out in June for around RM1500 to RM2200.

source: Engadget [1], [2],[3],[4]