Nice pics. This video suggests that the size of the 8.9" tab is quite a bit smaller than the 9.7" iPad:
http://tv.slashgear.com/galaxy-tab-1...-vs-xoom-1638/

Worth consideration.

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The reviews of the Asus Transformer are flooding in, and the verdict is good -- really good.

The thorough Anandtech review:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4277/a...ormer-review/1
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OWS85CKQgY

The mainstream Android Central Review:

http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-e...sformer-review

With the right software, this looks as if it could be a SOLID netbook replacement. The 15.5h battery life with the keyboard dock, and the keyboard integration, make this device a unique offering among tablets, and the price is impossible to ignore. I think Asus has a winner on their hands, and I can see them selling a good number of these things.

The main problem is the software, but sure enough it will begin to trickle in. Hey, give me a console, and already my head is spinning with the possibilities. At 2.9lbs (w/ dock) it's light for a netbook, and the battery life is insane. For a person that does regular productivity, this more than fits the bill with Google Docs and the built-in office suite.

The bottom line? This is a major contender among tablets, given the ultra-cool keyboard dock and high-quality hardware. It will only improve as Honeycomb improves.

Well, we all knew that it would happen.

Amazon is gearing up to enter the Tablet fray with a Samsung developed Tablet!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/21/a...g-built-tablet

Good choice. Samsung makes quality and stylish hardware. I'm not sure about the hardware that this device will be packing, but I'm betting that it's running an Exynos under the hood as that's Samsungs current SoC of choice.

Details including the screen size are a mystery. Though you can expect that at least the thing will be pretty, and have quality components.

With a competitive price point, Amazon could have the chops to take on the industry greats. With their Bookstore/Appstore/Musicstore/VoD store/etc, they have a killer offering for consumers looking for an easy to use tablet for all of their needs.

I'm very interested to see what comes next..

After a week and a half, I'm still pretty happy with the Vibrant. It runs nice and smooth, the battery life is good (better than my N900, but it's a 1+ yr old battery and smaller). Although I do think Android handles low signal better than Maemo, as far as battery drain. Loving the bigger screen, particularly being amoled.

As I said before, my only complaints are lack of a kickstand (although if it really bugs me, there are cases that have kickstands built in), no FM transmitter (although I rarely used that). So, really, no real complaints.

I've found apps to replace just about everything on my N900 with the exception of truecrypt and a good nethack variant. On the plus side, I now have apps that weren't available for the N900, so probably more than a fair trade-off.

A couple of apps worth mentioning:

Astrid Tasks - Manage tasks, and gasp! syncs with Google Tasks. (free)
App List Backup - Just creates a list of installed apps, that you can use later to re-install, not a backup of the app itself, good for saving space, not data (free)

On the plus side, my S7 tablet just got flashed with the leaked version of Froyo for it. Much better experience with that now.

Amazon App Store: I wish there was a way to hide/delete previously purchased apps. I've got several of the free daily apps, and uninstalled them later. They still show up in the list. At some point, it will get quite unwieldy unless I can delete/hide apps. (Is anything similar available from Google?) I can see this being a problem a couple of devices down the line, as there may be apps you no longer need.

Weatherbug Elite has issues every couple of days on my Vibrant, and prompts to re-install. Also installed on my S7, so we'll see how that goes. Fairly annoying, particularly if I had actually paid for it. May be related to being from the Amazon App store, as it appears to work for a minute, crashes, and prompts to re-install from Amazon.

I'm quite happy with the Vibrant as my main phone. The S7 tablet is great for games, browsing, etc around the house (and out and about, although the Vibrant is fine for that as well. I might actually stop taking the S7 as many places. For more intense stuff, I have a laptop or desktop at home. This leaves my N900 somewhat orphaned, I haven't even picked it up in almost a week. So, now I'm left to decided what to do with the N900. As much as I love it, it may just have to go up for sale.

Glad to see that you're faring well with the Vibrant. That SAMOLED screen is nice, no? It really has a large impact on the user experience.

Also, (forgive me if you've mentioned this before) are you running Gingerbread? If not, you may consider taking a walk on the wild side and doing a flash (if indeed its available for that model), it's supposed to be quite an improvement over froyo in speed, battery life, and UI considerations. Plus, it has SIP built in(!) if you're interested in trying out some free/low-cost telephony.

You couldn't delete Kindle purchases at first, but now you can. I imagine it will be possible with apps once Amazon realizes it is an issue.

Engadget says it goes on sale in the US April 26. I may get one.

*edit* the screen is excellent, very bright and crisp. I like it very much.

No problem. There are a couple of gingerbread roms available, albeit in beta. The flashing process isn't just reboot into CWR and flash, nor is returning to a previous rom. From what I've read, it looks like GPS doesn't work for gingerbread (yet) although I haven't read through the 40+ page threads yet either. Not a big deal-breaker, but there are other bugs as well. Seems they're waiting on more releases of gingerbread from samsung so they can get better ports.

I do keep an eye open, and once there is a more stable rom, I'll give it a go. Wouldn't be any fun to only flash it once . Froyo work has slowed as there are several stable, fast roms/kernels out. There is some work on a gingerbread port for my S7, so I may try it out there first.

Unfortunately, I don't find myself missing my N900 much. The problem is that so much of what I do with the Vibrant and the S7 "just works". Although I do like tweaking and playing, it's nice not to have to.

This is precisely why I'm not crazy these days about a system like the N900 (or many linux distros). I *love* the ability to tinker and have free reign over the system, but I'm somewhat weary of being forced into doing this in order to have a system that works as expected. This is one of the reasons I like Ubuntu. It allows one to tinker, but it also has a very good out-of-box functional experience. For a mobile device, I would take out-of-box functionality over a configurable system that had to be tweaked to work.

I'm hoping that Android tends in the direction of full-on customization rather than simple homescreen replacements. There is an impressive developer base, so I can see this trendline. One example, is ubuntu installed in Android -- a nice solution for those that need a little CLI love, or even a gui.

With Ubuntu Wayland on the way promising a competent touch-screen GUI, an Android Wayland client would be a fantastic solution to get the very best out of both worlds on devices such as tablets.