Asus PadFone

Asus has taken the time to add some of its own applications, including Floating App, which helps manage your multitasking apps, and SuperNote Lite, which is for making handwritten notes and doodling.

Because it's not running "vanilla" Android like the Nexus 7, if you buy the FonePad you'll probably have to wait a lot longer for updates, because Asus will likely take its time making sure all its apps play nice with any new Android software.

If you're a dedicated Android fan who thirsts for bleeding-edge software, the FonePad probably isn't for you.

That should be plenty of space, unless you're a particularly ruthless hoarder of photos and video, and gives the FonePad an edge over the Nexus 7, which is bereft of expandable storage.

You'll also get the giddy thrill of editing Microsoft Office documents on the go using Asus' WebStorage Office Online, and 5GB of cloud storage on the inventively named Asus WebStorage.

As for storage, you get 16GB of space, but happily you can bump that up by slotting in a microSD card, with up to 32GB cards supported.

The FonePad is made from metal, but thankfully isn't too heavy at 340g.

It's slim, too, measuring 10.4mm on its shallowest side.

Graphics meanwhile come courtesy of a PowerVR GX540 GPU.

Apart from the metal casing, though, once you get your mitts on this tablet there's very little to distinguish it from the Google-branded Nexus 7, and the FonePad is very similar in size and design.