iPad 2 Vs. Eee Pad Transform - 5 mins down the pub

So work gave me a opportunity to play with these two tablets for about five minutes. They just got delivered before Friday lunch at work, so we grabbed one of each and took them to lunch.

Packing is very much the same, in fact down to the way the charger and documents sit in the package.

After turning both on and starting up the results where straitforward: the Eee pad was an attractive to use, quick to work out bit of kit, that as the image below shows looks great. Whereas the iPad was returned to its box, needing to be plugged into iTunes before we had any fun. We where already surfing on the Android tablet by then.

The matt patterned finish was great, keyboard and trackpad very usable. I would get one of these over a notebook any day I think. The iPad looked a bit regular and dull next to it. 

 Even if the interface between the tablet and dock is a bit on the fiddly side, we figured it was worth it to make sure the connection was secure, which it really seems to be.

So, after 5mins the Eee Pad all the way!