A well – designed windows tablet that suffers from a handful of minor flaws
Price $450
Asus ViVotab smart
Of all the Windows 8 tablets in this lab, the VivoTab Smart
has the sleekest design. On its own, the tablet weighs a reasonable 620g, and
with the optional tranSleeve key board cover with which our sample was supplied
, it still weigh only 1kg.
Yes , with a full – blown copy of Windows 8 onboard, this
tablet is capable of acting as your desktop PC, mobile workhorse and sofa
browsing device, all in one.
There’s a reasonable selection of connectors around the
edges: a microSD slot for expanding the tablet’s 64GB of internal storage, a
micro – HDMI output for hooking up a secondary display, and a single micro- USB
port for charging the device and transferring data.
You can read the
full specifications of the VivoTab and Dock here but I have typed up a summary
of the key specs below. ASUS VivoTab Smart Tablet Specs
It’s here that we hit the first snag, however . If you want
to connect peripherals such as external storage or a full – sized keyboard ,
mouse or printer , you have to use an OTG adapter cable plugged into the
VivoTab’s micro – USB socket. The problem is you need this socket to keep the
tablet charged , and you can’t do both at once . The keyboard cover is a bit
of a fiddle, too. Unlike the Surface’s Touch and Type Covers, it comes in two
parts that snap snugly together when closed , but separate for typing. This
works fine on a desk , but is unusable on your lap. Asking extra for it is a
bit much .
In the benchmarks, The Asus’ Atom processor saw it race
through the SunSpider test, but its performance was below average elsewhere.
Although image quality on the 10.1 in IPS display is fine, its 1366 x 768
resolution looks a little low these days. Battery life is great, however – the
Asus lasted 12hrs 49mins in our video test.
All in all, the Asus VivoTab Smart isn’t a bad product, but
the price is high, especially when you factor in the keyboard cover, and it
isn’t without its problems.
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Specifications:
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Operating System:Windows 8 ·
CPU / Modem:Intel® Atom™ Z2760 Dual-core ·
Dimensions / Weight: 262.5 (W) x 171 (D) x 9.7 (H) mm / 580g Color: Black/White/Red ·
Memory / StorageRAM: 2GB / Internal Storage: 64GB 32G / 3 Years ASUS WebStorage ·
Connectivity / Network:802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.0 ·
Display:10.1“ Ratio: 16:9 ( 1366x768 ) LED Backlit screen with
178° wide viewing angle IPS panel ·
Camera:8MP, F2.2, Lens: 5P, Auto-focus (rear) with LED flash, o
MP(front) with LED indicator o
1080p video recording ·
Interface:2-in-1 Audio Jack (Head Phone / Mic-in)
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1 x Micro HDMI
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1 x Micro SD Card Reader (support SDXC compatible card)
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Internal Microphone
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Dual Speaker with SonicMaster Audio Technology
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x Micro USB
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Battery :Tablet : 25Wh 9.5* hours Li-polymer ·
GPS:Supported ·
Sensor
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G-Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, E-compass, NFC
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May vary by SKU and country.
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* Battery life is measured under power saving mode, playing
720p video playback, Brightness:100 nits, default volume with headphones
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