Gigabyte T1005 looks a lot like the T1028 that was released last year, but packs much more power than the latter. T1005 sports a 10.1-inch display and packs 1366×768 pixel resolution that you can flip around and fold over so that you can use it like a slate tablet. It also comes with 2GB RAM, 320GB hard disk drive and runs Windows 7 Home Premium.

Compared to the previous Gigabyte tablets, the hinge feels much sturdier and should last you 3-4 years without any problem. Gigabyte has told me that they have done a lot of testing to its durability and build-quality. The tablet features USB 3.0 port, Express Card slot and eSATA ports – something that you do not usually find in 10-inch tablets.

In my testing, I found that only one USB port is 3.0, rest two are just USB 2.0 ports. The keyboard is chiclet style which have little flex. They should be good enough for typing emails and typing a few blog posts.

I found the screen a bit sluggish in accepting my responses. Battery life is great. I got 5.5 hours while doing wireless web-browsing on it, which is great for tablet with Atom N550 processor (dual-core). The performance is at par with the netbooks like Asus Eee PC 1015PEM and Acer Aspire One D255, both of which come with the Intel Atom N550 CPU and GMA 3150 for graphics.

I must give credit to Gigabyte for using Windows 7 Home Premium OS on this machine instead of going with Windows 7 Starter which does not come with touch utilities. It is being sold at 600 dollars. I may sound a bit harsh but in order to make this netbook successful, they must lower the price to somewhere around 450 dollars.