Asus Eee Slate EP121 Tablet PC Overview

An overview of the EP121 that looks at general performance characteristics and included accessories.

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Science & Technology

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• Asus
• EP121
• Windows
• Slate
• Tablet
• PC

[shawngee1]

Asus monitors are trash. I would have hoped they put a good one in this, but I see problems. Asus what is wrong with you.

[heatlesssun]

@shawngee1 Actually the screen on the EP121 is excellent, it uses a proprietary LCD technology called AFFS+ and is the rival of IPS in terms of viewing angles. Most laptops in this price range don't have as good of a display.

[JogBird]

i have one, but, going to return it due to a hot pixel in the middle of the screen.. i think im just going to get my money back

[heatlesssun]

@JogBird I have a stuck pixel as well in roughly the middle area of the screen as well but Ican only see it when the screen is completely black around the area.

[pequi99]

What choices one has to extend battery life? 3 hours is too short for my classes ...

[heatlesssun]

@pequi99 I've contacted Energizer about developing a tip for their XP 18000 external battery which weighs 1 lbs. and should at least double battery life. I'm also working on a way to use the tip from the included AC adapter to connect to it as well and will post a video on how to do it when I get the parts.

[deniz11muis1]

@habby1169 yea, at the last moment they ''deleted'' it, it was so badass, like the asus transformer much better than the acer iconia w500.

[deniz11muis1]

@curtsphobias is a ipad good for school= NOT. cuz you can't use all those programs like, vmware. Windows tablet = 4 GB + I5 = YES, good for working.

[deniz11muis1]

@curtsphobias it is like double the price of the ipad, but it still powns it, windows powns.!

[habby1169]

You mentioned that they scraped the docking keyboard idea! Is that so? I was planning on buyin it but i wanted to have it just like the transformer keyboard dock..

[masterxilo]

I think 1280x800 for a 12.1'' screen (~120 PPI) is just not enough, combined with that pretty fat pen, for efficient handwriting. I usually write much smaller than the size I people use with this kind of device, which is probably because it just doesn't recognize smaller letters.

I might be wrong. Show me someone writing something readable with that pen not bigger than the default Windows UI font size and I'll get one of these and stop using pen and paper.

[elasticrubberband123]

@moomanjoe I just got mine yesterday and I'm a collage student. I think it's perfect. with the digitizer you are able to take any kind of notes. I haven't really times the charge but i'm assuming 3-4 hours to fully charge it to 100%.

[mahender6969]

how do you think this for reading comic book, I have tone of comic book, but there all in cbr format, and it only works on windows not on android or windows. I really have no plan to used out door so the bettery life it not big deal for me, just n my bed or the bathroom for reading.

[moomanjoe]

Would this be good for a college student? and do you know how long it takes to charge?

[stevoh11182]

@mrdavidduong if you watched the video you would know...