Asus R600 - razor of the ents

In the box of the R600 we can find a wall charger, a car charger, a passive holder and some papers besides the device itself. The passive holder is of the rigid type equipped with a joint that can be attached to the windshield at multiple points, thus it is rock-solid and fits practically all kinds of windshields; let that be a Ferrari or a Neoplan with a panorama window. The cable of the car charger is elastic, but I found it a bit short. The gadget can be “fed” through miniUSB, so charging can be no problem in any situation and in case we lose the data cable, we can simply use the cord from our digital camera.

R600 is not small. But it is large. The rounded corners won’t help this, this stuff is still huge. Of course this is no problem, but we won’t be taking it with us in our pocket for sightseeing in Rome. No problem, we have a backpack at home anyway, packed with salami sandwiches, paprika, cheese and lemonade, there’s enough room near these for it. The size made possible of including a huge display, in practice this is a 4.3" size, 480x272 pixels resolution, 65 thousand colors (Windows doesn’t know any more anyway) TFT. The real hit is the light sensor above the display, which adjusts luminosity according to external light conditions, thus helping iGO’s day/night colors. Of all this I have experienced only that the information shown on-screen was always clearly visible. On the right side of the display is a button resembling a house, this always takes us to the main menu; under this there is a joystick with 5 directions. With these we got through most of the operating buttons. On top of the device the power button is placed, while on the bottom of it we can find the reset hole; on the left side the speaker is located, which is capable of a powerful volume at good sound quality, the price of this is that the device has an asymmetrical layout. The left side of the device is much thicker; I think the speaker needs some considerable space. The first thing that came into my mind when observing this, was an electric razor, but considering its size, this must be a shaver for a huge being. Ents have an advantage!

In the top right corner the card reader found its place, this handles SD and MMC cards up to 4 GB capacity. The package includes a 1 GB SanDisk, but it is not specified that this includes the map, so if there’s a chance don’t start copying our music on it. Under the card reader there is a standard 3.5 mm headset connector and under that the miniUSB port is placed. There is no stylus and we should perform the calibration with hand, as we will access all functions with our fingers – the system will be a real partner in this. There is an antenna connector on the back, along with the main power switch; this completely turns off the R600.