Many of us have been holding out for a tablet that can pretty much replace our desktop/laptop at home. Asus seems to have come up with a great product that can do just that for some of us. This powerhouse includes features such as 10.1-inch gorilla covered multitouch display, 16gb/32gb storage, 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, 1gb of ram, dual cameras, up to 16 hrs of battery life and an HDMI-out port.
Asus has not released pricing or release dates, but there have been pre-order screens at Best Buy for $399 that have been removed. Can this be the beginning of Android taking market share from the Windows desktop/laptop market?
Is this what you GEEKsters have been waiting for?
What do you think? The inquiring minds at PPCGEEKS want to know.
Check out some of these amazing Specs:
Eee Pad Transformer TF101
• NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 1.0GHz dual-core CPU for excellent multitasking & 1080p video playback
• Android 3.0 Honeycomb O.S. with Adobe® Flash® 10.2 support*2
• Full QWERTY keyboard, touchpad input with Polaris® Office® for mobile productivity
• 16*1 hours long battery life for all day computing with docking station
• Brilliant IPS panel with ultra-wide 178⁰ viewing angle made from scratch resistant and super tough glass
• One year of Unlimited ASUS WebStorage, two USB ports, SD and Micro SD card readers for easy sharing & storage expendability
• 3D stereo with max bass response with SRS premium sound
More Specs and capabilities here: ASUS
Update:
It seems there was a good reason for Best Buy to take the pre-order site down. The right price is nearly $569 U.S for the 16 gig version without the keyboard. The keyboard is priced around $75 U.S.
Here is the right pre-order price in England: Amazon
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this could be the tablet Ive been waiting for, the price alone, i think i was sold, lol
Polaris is a huge deal to me for work, now if I could just run my windows-only proprietary software….I still plan on picking up one of these tho lol
Sold. Though some kind of 3d display would have been wicked. 10.1″ EVO 3D anyone? Gotta love ASUS though.
Deum… I may not wait on that Win8 Tab… This is getting better and better… If the price is true… I’M GETTING ONE!!! Who’s with me?!?!?! jejeje
$569 w/o the keyboard? I think I’ll pass…shouldve seen that coming.
@gregjuice, yup, take my previous post back… This is tooooooo muuuuuuuuccchhhhh… For those prices there are better options… jejeje
@mapaz04, I take back my comment too… $569??? I thought these people were trying to compete with the IPAD not make us want one… jejeje
keep in mind i converted English pounds to Dollars to get those amounts. these are not concrete prices, just conversions
You know what would have been cooler…if the base had an dual core atom processor/ion 2 and the screen had a Tegra 2…
This way when its in dock mode it can run full windows, but when you take it off the base it runs Android.
I am still hoping to see a $399 price point w/o the keyboard dock and I believe that is a valid price. You have to remember UK prices have VAT etc.. included and you can’t just go off of conversion rates.
@Dulanic, the vat is 20% in england.. that brings it down to roughly 305 pounds and that would make the US version roughly $450-$499 price wise depending on the tarriff imposed on electronics.
I hope they do come in at that price range
Guys…. The specs on the Xoom are almost identical and a better screen.
If this thing is the same price as the Xoom or even if it is $100 cheaper, I recommend the Xoom over this. Check the specs online, this unit has older technology than the Xoom.
PS. I own a Xoom so I am partially biased, but truely investigate both units before rushing out and throwing your wallet on the checkout lane.
rumor at XDA is Apr 26 for the U.S.