There are plenty of 10" Android tablets coming onto the market this year, and a handful of Android 'netbooks' with keyboards. The rather clever Asus Eee Pad Transformer gives you the choice of both, plus extra-long battery life. On its own, the 10.1 WXGA tablet (which has a resolution of 1280 by 800 for the extremely glossy and fingerprint-attracting screen) will get eight hours of battery, thanks to the dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. As well as the usual Wi-Fi n and Bluetooth it has GPS and multiple sensors (including ambient light). Connect it to the QWERTY keyboard base and you get an extra eight hours of battery. The Eee Transformer connects to the keyboard through a docking port on the bottom of the screen, and there's a high lip at the back and a lower one in front to hold it in place and act as the hinge; when you want to grab it back off again, you slide the large latch and it pops out. CONNECT: The Transformer is thin and sleek, with a central docking port to connect to the keyboard This seems reasonably sturdy and robust and we had no problem sliding it in place and popping it back out. The lip at the back also helps balance the weight of the screen so it doesn't all tip over backwards. The curved corners and slightly angled bezel match the sleek lines and curved corners of the tablet section, which has a waffle-patterned back to give you more grip (the less obvious dot pattern around the edge of the screen echoes the texture).
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