Asus has launched its bonkers Fonepad in the UK today, with the 7″ tablet now available on the likes of Amazon for £179.99 including delivery. For that you get an Intel Atom powered 7″ tablet running Android 4.1 at 1280 x 800 resolution, alongside 1GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard media storage space. Which is quite unremarkable these days, BUT…
…it is ALSO A TELEPHONE. Support for 3G connections means you can hold it up to your ear and talk to people on it, although you might want to lock yourself in a toilet cubicle before doing so to lessen the inevitable ridicule that’ll come from using a 7″ device as a mobile phone.
That said, if you’ve been looking for an excuse to finally treat yourself to a decent 7″ tablet, perhaps the fact it can also make and receive calls — and therefore use mobile data connections — could actually make the Fonepad quite a winner. Pair this with a decent data SIM and you’d have a very usable little 3G field tablet.
BLACKALiCE
/ April 26, 2013Looks like it’s less powerful than the San Diego from a while go, still seems like a nifty thing to have around.
Gino Guillermo
/ April 28, 2013Battery life any good? Screen brightness/colour saturation/sharpness seems to be the same as the Nexus 7 which is not bad but not good either compared to the Galaxy tab lineup. And how about the speakers….loud enough? Are they dual speakers? Is it surround sound?
Gary_C
/ April 28, 2013No idea. Not used it. Given everyone’s expecting Google to update the Nexus range in a few weeks, it’s probably best waiting to see what comes out of the I/O event before plumping for a tablet right now.
lsj
/ May 1, 2013How is this different from a Galaxy Tab with 3G? My Tab can also be used as a phone, send SMS etc…
ThePeninsula
/ May 3, 2013Paul O’Brien (MoDaCo) put up a review yesterday
http://www.modaco.com/topic/362358-asus-fonepad-review/