Asus EEE Pad

[Thaco]

Who is getting one of these when they come out? i think i'll be first in line, they look impressive spec wise, battery life with the dock thing is amazing, and best of all, the price.

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=gHh4q7I8dvWJzhdV

Eee Pad Transformer TF101
My Multiple Life, I decide
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




Specifications
Display 10.1" LED Backlight WXGA(1280x800) Screen *1
10 finger multi-touch support
Scratch resistant glass
CPU NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2
Memory 1GB
Storage 16GB/32GB
Unlimited ASUS Webstorage*2
Wireless Data Network WLAN 802.11 b/g/[email protected]
Bluetooth V2.1+EDR
Camera 1.2 M Pixel Front Camera
5 M Pixel Rear Camera
Audio SRS Premium Sound
Stereo Speakers
High Quality Mic
Interface 1 x 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Headphone/Mic-in)
1 x mini HDMI 1.3a
1 x Card Reader (Micro SD)
Sensor G-Sensor
Light Sensor
Gyroscope
E-Compass
GPS
Application Multi-Task Support : Yes
Flash Support : Yes *3
Software :
- ASUS Launcher
- MyLibrary
- MyNet
- MyCloud*4
- File manager
- PC Sync
Battery 9.5 hours; 24.4Wh Li-Polymer Battery *5
16 hours with dock *5
Dimensions 271 x 171 x 12.98 mm
Weight 680 g
Mobile Docking Keyboard
Touch Pad
2 x USB 2.0
2 x Docking port (Host + Client)
1 x Card Reader (MMC/SD/SDHC/SDXC)
1 x 24.4Wh Battery




PRICING:
it'll be $400 for the 16gb, $500 for the 32gb, and $150 for the dock/keyboard


RELEASE DATE:
April 26th (North America)


"official" Canada Resellers:

Canada Computers | Memory Express
NCIX | Staples CA | Visions

[Unknown303]

About damn time Asus stepped into the game.

[nich148_9]

About time someone else used a decent display panel in their tablets. The Xoom's shitty viewing angles are so prevalent when reading a book, for instance.

[Unknown303]

Where did they list price though? I didn't see it on the site?

[Thaco]

it's not on there, but it's $400 for 16gb, $500 for 32gb and $150 for the dock/keyboard

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by Thaco
it's not on there, but it's $400 for 16gb, $500 for 32gb and $150 for the dock/keyboard

Not to bad at all. Are they planning on releasing a cellular version as well?

[Thaco]

i would assume yes, but i don't know for certain, me personally i don't need it, that's just another bill IMO, i can just wifi tether to my current phone.

[ZEDGE]

This thing looks great, and its $100 below the low end iPad 2 but actually has an ips display.

[D'z Nutz]

Shit, when do they expect to bring them out? I thought the Slate was their answer to the iPad, which was more than I wanted to spend so I ended up getting refurbed iPad.

The USB port alone makes it worth it for me.

[artieg30]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Shit, when do they expect to bring them out? I thought the Slate was their answer to the iPad, which was more than I wanted to spend so I ended up getting refurbed iPad.

The USB port alone makes it worth it for me.

the slate was more of a product on it's own, had a full blown windows 7 OS plus hardware specs that were actually closest to the laptop but it suffered in size and price. I was looking at the slate too but it's not really as convenient as the other tablets as it's a few inches thicker, if they were able to get the windows 7 OS onto a device the size of the Ipad then it would be a game changer!

[sneek]

That is actually perfect for my day to day needs! To be honest I didn't even hear about this until now. It sounds like it will be great considering it has a nice screen and good battery life, something that has been lacking in the competitors.

[Unknown303]

Wasn't the Slate an HP device also??

This will be a great addition. I'll be picking one up for sure.

[Thaco]

Originally posted by Unknown303
Wasn't the Slate an HP device also??

This will be a great addition. I'll be picking one up for sure.

nah, asus had a eee slate pc, with windows 7 and i think it's a 12" screen, and a full out i5 processor.. i was looking att hat too, but it's too expensive

http://ca.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=QhWKR7Fmv4jDLbBY


and to those who asked, the rumor is first week fo may for release, some say the 5th, some the 7th.

[Jeremiah]

I'm done with Apple and Android operating systems for a tablet - Add windows 7 and at a competitive rate and these will be worth it to me

I really liked the HP Slate, but thats never coming out :S

[Thaco]

Originally posted by Jeremiah
I'm done with Apple and Android operating systems for a tablet - Add windows 7 and at a competitive rate and these will be worth it to me

I really liked the HP Slate, but thats never coming out :S

you could check out the viewsonic, it looks decent, and is dual boot windows and android.

the problem is as soon as you say the word windows you can instantly tack $100 on to the price for the OS license.

[VaN_HaMMeRSTeiN]

fuck, and I just bought a new lap top. I wont be able to justify one of these for a while now.

[Cos]

I will pick one of these up for sure. I was actually considering that Dell that is a laptop/tablet with the flip screen but it seems more of a laptop then I want.

[Thaco]

looking at the acer iconic looks very nice, but no IPS screen, and shorter batter life

however i do like the idea of Windows 7 on there, but it looks like that increases the price by $100






Also the eee pad TF101, not even released in NA yet, has been rooted maybe we can put w7 on this thing afterall

[Unknown303]

I'm going to get my dirty paws on one of these the moment it makes it onto a shelf.

[Cos]

Originally posted by Unknown303
I'm going to get my dirty paws on one of these the moment it makes it onto a shelf.

Agreed. Both taking the day off it appears?