![]() Similar to what Apple offers under iOS, Nuance corrects what you type by looking at word length, letters used and proximity of those letters to others on the keyboard. Thus I was surprised to find out that the Eee Pad ships with a custom ASUS virtual keyboard:Ī little digging reveals that Nuance (the company that makes Dragon NaturallySpeaking) is the ISV that developed the keyboard and its underlying autocorrect engine. Not only does it boast a clean layout but Google also provides adjustable autocorrect settings, allowing you to configure how aggressive the autocorrect system behaves. If you read our Xoom review you'll know that I was pretty impressed with the stock Honeycomb keyboard. The update will put the unit into an ultra low power state when docked if the tablet is in standby, and power down completely when not attached to the tablet. ![]() ASUS expects to address this with a future firmware update for the dock next month. The dock doesn't exactly have an on/off switch, so even when not in use it'll eat up power as it waits to see if you've docked an Eee Pad to it. There's also an issue with power consumption. I expect to have final hardware/software sometime next week, which I'll be testing to see exactly how much has been fixed. ASUS tells me that the Transformer docks that were sent out to reviewers are one firmware revision too old, and what will go out to customers next week should have a number of bugs fixed. ![]() I've also encountered a hard lock and an unexpected reboot, both while docked although I'm not sure if ASUS is to blame or if these are Honeycomb specific issues. Sometimes the solution is as simple as undocking and redocking the Eee Pad, but other times it requires a full reboot. I'll be using the dock, scrolling around or typing and then all of the sudden the keyboard and trackpad stop working altogether. As I alluded to before, there are times when the dock simply doesn't work. As impressed as I was with the fact that ASUS took a tablet OS and made it work in both the tablet and notebook worlds, the Eee Pad Transformer dock isn't without its issues.
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