ASUS EEE PAD SLIDER NOW AVAILABLE IN THE US AND CANADA

The Asus Eee Pad Slider Android tablet has started shipping in the US and Canada. The Eee Pad Slider is a 10 inch tablet with a slide-out keyboard. The tablet is currently up for order from Amazon, Newegg and B&H. The 16GB version runs $479. A higher capacity model with 32GB of storage runs $579.
The most interesting thing about the Slider is its slide-out keyboard which hides itself behind the display. The keyboard is a bit cramped but the sliding mechanism is pretty solid. There is no touchpad.That means you will need to reach up to the screen to perform certain tasks.

The Slider has impressive specs. It has a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixels capacitive touchscreen IPS display made of Gorilla Glass. Other specifications include 1GB of DDR2 memory, a 1GHz dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and Android 3.2 operating system. The tablet has two cameras – a 5 megapixel camera on the rear side and a 1.2 megapixel camera on the front side.