When you tap the recent app button in the bottom left corner of the screen, you'll see thumbnails of the last five programs you had open, but you can't close them from this view. However, this OS has a learning curve, and we wish it were easier to close apps. We also like how easy it is to customize the five home screens and that you can drag and drop e-mail messages in Gmail into folders. There are a lot of things we like about Android 3.0, such as the unobtrusive notification system, interactive widgets, tabbed web browsing, and contextual menus as you jump from app to app. Otherwise, the Eee Pad Transformer presents the standard Honeycomb interface. It's a neat effect and presents useful information in a fun way.ĪSUS also changed the look of the icons in the system tray at the bottom: The Back, Home, and Recent Application icons look much more basic, but better convey their actual purpose than the space-agey line drawings in the standard Android interface. Pressing on the water causes it to bubble. While the Transformer runs Android 3.0, ASUS has added a very clever MyWater wallpaper: Ice cubes floating in water slosh around as you move the tablet, and the water level rises and lowers according to how much battery life is left.
Audio was on a par with the Motorola Xoom, which mounts its speakers on the rear. While watching movie clips on YouTube and music saved on the Transformer, we were able to fill a small office with powerful, but netbook-quality sound. Two speakers on the left and right edges pumped out fairly loud sound for a tablet. Even in portrait mode, our long thumbs had trouble reaching the center of the screen.
ASUS thoughtfully included a number row at the top, and keys are large and well laid out, but the width of the Transformer makes it difficult to type using your thumbs in landscape mode. Instead of the stock Android keyboard, ASUS included its own on-screen keyboard. We almost felt compelled to use the keyboard. We had to press harder before the Transformer would register our inputs, or it would select something instead of scroll. However, when docked, the screen became less responsive. And in Angry Birds, we were able to aim accurately.
In Google Earth, we could pinch-to-zoom and rotate the earth with ease. When using the Eee Pad Transformer in tablet mode, we found the touchscreen to be very responsive. We liked that the edges of the Transformer's bezel use the same brushed metal as the lid, which gave our thumbs a place to rest without making the screen grimy.
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