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[Eee Pad Transformer General] bobcatuk:
Another vote for a Asus EEE Transformer section, the UK Release date is the 6th April so a dedicated section is very much needed :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dusturm:
Add myself to the list of people requesting a forums to be opened for this.

I am awaiting the day this is available. Can't wait to get it. The battery life sounds great, the amount of ports and card readers sound great too. Oh and the price point is awesome! Sorry Moto, I just replaced the Xoom.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] littlegunnm:
+1 on a section for the EEE Pad Transformer

I didn't buy Xoom, so i will try this one !
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bluezz:
I've looking forward to this tablet. Xoom never really appealed to me. Although I'm pretty sure this will not reach Canada before May, I'd totally drive south the border to get one ;)

Edit: Mods please open up a new section - its very difficult to get any info on this product as there are threads scattered everywhere in the forum right now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
No other place I can see to post this yet so, here's a decent video of the device:

http://www.slashgear.com/asus-eee-pad-transformer-gets-officially-detailed-04144149/

And official product page link, if you don't feel like reading the slashgear one:

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

The only thing stopping me actually buying one now on the 6th is that there's no 32gb tablet in sight for release day, just the 16gb version, and the microsd card slot is disabled until a future update. Apparently this is a google issue with all tablets running honeycomb though. Still a big issue needing to be resolved though. If Asus can nail these things down this tablet's going to be a winner. Oh and we need a root of course.

Hope there's a nice new section on XDA soon. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dreadnought001:
I'm planning to pick one of these up on the 6th, so I'll be available to answer any questions people might have about this. Of course, this does depend on them having them in stock on that day, I've got a small window on Wednesday morning when I can do a quick trawl round the stores who are supposed to stock it (PC World, Currys, Carphone Warehouse) so I'm hoping at least one of them will have them in...fingers crossed :)

I'm hoping to pick up the 16GB version with keyboard dock, so should be able to answer questions about how that works. I'm personally interested in how good the tactility is on the keys and how the cursor works with the touchpad as well as what kinds of external storage/devices can be plugged into the USB slots on the dock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] e.mote:
I'm curious where you get this info. Can you provide a link?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] arcglide:
+1 for the EEE Pad Transformer (TF101)

(decided against the Xoom and have now)

Just ordered one of these transformer + dock puppies (from Amazon; 18 April ship date)

..can't wait to play around with my first Android device :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] buzabenedek:
+1 vote for an Asus Eee Transformer section! :)

I already own an Eee 901 (modded and hacked also), so my next netbook/tablet will be definitely a Transformer... :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
From the official facebook link for asus eee. It's not just for this tablet. It's disabled on all tablets (even the Xoom) until google updates honeycomb. I'll add a link when I get back home.

Edit:

Quote:

"(Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (functionality requires future software upgrade)"

Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Transformer-Android-docking-station/dp/tech-data/B004TB0EXY/ref=de_a_smtd

Ebuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/262117

And a link from Wired in january but still relevant:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-01/10/honeycomb-sd-cards
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mamoulian666:
Not looking good... just phoned PCWorld/Currys and they have 'no information'. From that to store shelves in 2 days? Unlikely :-(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Bumble-Bee:
i would have thought that the pre orders amazon / ebuyer would ship first
[Eee Pad Transformer General] inakipaz:
The press note some days ago said, stores first, then online pre-orders. Thats why amazon says 18th.

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[Eee Pad Transformer General] Vandergrift:
Had the chance to try it out last weekend, and while the hardware seemed to be a really nice and sturdy piece of toy, the software failed to impress.

The Asus salesguy blamed unfinished Honeycomb along with unfinished Asus drivers, personally I think it's mostly the Asuspart.

Frequent FC's, lagging interface etc.. makes me not going to jump the gun on this one. However, the overall great build-quality along with the reasonable price leads me to believe that this could very well be one of the most interesting Honeycomb tablets of the year.

Add XDA support on top of that and I may not even wait for Asus to sharpen up their drivers before I get myself one.

So yea.. +1 from me on the EEE transformer section
[Eee Pad Transformer General] edgemaster191:
add me to the list, good chance i'll be grabbing one once it shows up on Amazon US.

This will be a nice addition to my Asus G73 :-)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dreadnought001:
Yeah, I'm beginning to think that we might not see them on the 6th, or maybe only in flagship stores. I spoke to a guy in PC World here in Sheffield a few days ago and he could only give me a vague 'probably next week at some point' (though to be honest I don't think he really knew what I was talking about).

Weird, really. Asus were very specific not only about the release date but also about the stores that would stock them, but there's absolutely no evidence that you'll be able to get one on that date from those places. I'm not a huge fan of Apple, but by god they know how to work to release dates.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] minhgi:
I am selling everything I have to get this baby.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] unknown_owner:
Please add the EEE Pad section?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
A bit more info for everyone, just noticed this on the Asus UK official Facebook page:

"ASUS UK Hi - no pricing or dates yet for 64GB version. We will offer 3 models at launch. 16GB Pad (WiFi) £379, 32GB Pad (WiFi) £429 and 16GB Pad with keyboard dock (WiFi) £429. 3G models in around 2 months. Thanks."

So hopefully the 32gb version will be available in shops too from 6th April.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] E_man5112:
A couple of questions to owners:

How's battery life? Moderate use will make it through 3 days maybe?

How's GPS. Is it accurate? Has anyone had any luck with Google maps and the caching it added in 5.0 to navigate without a data connection.

Is the UI smooth? particularly rotating, the XOOM was surprisingly slow on rotating.

To the person talking about TF102

If the EP1201 became the TF101, the EP102 may become TF102, meaning TF102 may be the slider. Speculation.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] logichoops:
a good note taking app, there seems to be lots available on the ipad but none of any quality on honeycomb as yet...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RMXO:
can you play mkv's without converting?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] evilPERSOn2009:
Should be no different from the Xoom right?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] soalle:
are Java applets working in the browser?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] inakipaz:
Good question! However i think it is not going to happen. Androids dalvik VM does not support full Java VM features.

Anyway, can anybody test just in case?

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[Eee Pad Transformer General] djklmnop:
Did ASUS change their design around? Viewing the unboxing videos, it shows that there is no "rotate lock" switch below the volume buttons. Can owners confirm this?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] doronster195:
What about a deep integration with our phone! Text messages, music, calls, tethering, etc. Controlled directly through the tablet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] doronster195:
Also wanted to mention as I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but recently saw it on a YouTube video.

The Transformer's mousepad can do multi-touch gestures! Zoom In/Out and scrolling! I'm sure there's a ton more developers can do to make new gestures!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RMXO:
I'm hoping its different because the Xoom has issues playing some mvk's w/o re-encoding.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RMXO:
I'm hoping is not like the Zoom when it comes to media. Can any owner let me know how media plays on the Transformer?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] czm:
I'm not in front of mine right now, but no I don't think there is a hardware button for rotate lock, you have to go into settings.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] evilPERSOn2009:
Tegra 2 = Tegra 2 (Tegra 2 video decode) No, MKV in the list therefore it is not hardware accelerated?

Unless ASUS includes software accelerated video playback player.

Vital Player, Rock Player, and many other players can play MKVs too.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ClevelandBrown:
Heres a pic of use over a couple o days, of use, Inc trickle charge. I cant post links yet, so link removed:

oi51.tinypic.com/j782ep.jpg
[Eee Pad Transformer General] joe_dude:
Eee Pad videos

Found some videos:

http://techinstyle.tv/video/still-got-eee-pad-questions-video-answers-here/

Looks really good! Doesn't look like a problem using touchscreen with the keyboard.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Magnesus:
Is the on-screen keyboard visible when you have the dock attached? Probably no one has a dock yet, so it's uknown? On some demos it was still on.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
It only works in portrait mode and its not dual core optimised. There's noticable input lag.

Everything's more expensive here. As was pointed out earlier, VAT (Value Added Tax... haha... value) is 20% of the goods price, which adds on a huge amount to electronics, and many other products. Most the time it's cheaper for us to import something, and just pay the duty on it. But as we are second for getting this product (after Taiwan) that's not an option for this.

Battery life is very good. Moderate use would probably get you a max of 2 days. GPS is pretty accurate. Google maps has always been crap for offline use. A free app called 'Locus' will set you right for that. Works nicely in HC.

Agreed.

It depends what way they were made in the first place. If it's high profile, it will play but will be totally unwatchable. Any other way of creating the mkv's seem to play fine.

No.

Yes you are right it's changed slightly. There is no hardware button. You can add a widget app from the market easily though.

Streaming music and tethering are able to be done when you get the tablet. For the others there are apps on the market.

Most files play fine, as long as you download various apps to play them. The exception is high profile MKV's which aren't watchable.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] icStatic:
I like these ideas, nice and simple!

And yes, I'll definitely agree with stuntdouble, everything is more expensive in the UK, and it's a breath of fresh air that we get something before the US for a change. The only other good example I can think of is Spotify. An awesome service!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] soalle:
From http://thepalintruthsquad.com/eee-pad-transformer-tf101/

"Equipped with Android OS Honeycomb 3.0 and integrated GPS, Eee Pad Transformer TF101 will be available in Italy from mid-April with a retail price of Euro 399 including VAT (without docking keyboard) and Euro 499 inc VAT (with docking keyboard"

This is another signal that US price of the bundle 16GB+keyboard is going to be 499$ IMO: now get it out!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Matchstick:
Hmmm those prices seem slightly odd.

It would make the tablet-only about £25 cheaper in Italy than the UK but the Tablet+keyboard about £15 cheaper in the UK.

The differences aren't that big and don't in themselves seem strange but being cheaper one way and more expensive the other does strike me as unusual.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] soalle:
True,

but IMO is simply a price policy. Put the combo to 479EUR would have been nice, I guess they want to go for a "rounder" price of 499EUR and have a higher profit on it.

I would be very curious to see the reaction from the mass: what would be the % of combo purchase vs tablet only?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] steftymo:
Well I've decided to take the plunge and ordered via Comet with "5OFF".

The £20 i've saved will go towards the KB if I decide to get one. Besides 360 quid is easier to sell to the wife than 430......:D

This will be my 1st android device and am really looking forward not just to having a play with it and see what it is capable of now(which I am though) but watching it improve and grow as all these clever people on here develop it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] combat goofwing:
wife wanted a netbook for kids and i wanted a tablet so i think from reading up this ticks all the boxes, for those who have them what would you say the main disadvantages this have compared to a net or notebook
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Matchstick:
The biggest potential issue depends on the type of software you want to run on it:

Android is still primarily a Phone OS so there isn't as wide a range of applications for it as you would find for a Windows netbook.

Apart from that, the keyboard is still somewhat of an unknown as I don't think any have shipped yet (apart from to reviewers), so what we know about it comes from preview articles and the newly published manual.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jms_uk:
Matchstick has a point.. it has the potential to be a very flexible solution, given the filesystem present in android, that isn't really exposed in iOS devices.

So things like downloading and viewing email attachments or media filetypes are made more "PC" like rather than having an "app" that supports some kind of "Open In" (GoodReader is a godsend for iOS but its still a messy work around at the end of the day)

I think with Polaris office and the keyboard dock, for most types of content creation the Transformer could be a great laptop alternative, and if enterprising devs get on board with graphics apps that can leverage the touchscreen OR the keyboard then we're most of the way there.

In time, as Honeycomb apps mature we may well see the line getting completely blurred between tablet/keyboard and netbook but its early days.

The thing to remember is a netbook or laptop is likely to have more horse power for doing tasks/processing, even if it has a more bloated O/S to handle so expectations of tablets being able to completely replace them for now is probably a little ambitious (IMHO) :)

I gotta admit though, since picking mine up last week its seen almost constant use and the iPad isn't getting much of a look in any more :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] madsquabbles:
it's a tegra 2 so it won't be any different than the xoom - no high profile hd.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mrgrey1701:
I just checked my pre-order for the Transformer - including dock - on Ebuyer only to find the date has shifted from the 18th to the 19th, so I`ve bit the bullet and ordered the tablet from Carphone Warehouse with (hopefully) next day delivery. I plan to take advantage of Asus`s early adopter`s dock offer once it arrives :)

Looking forward to a Transformer section :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] soalle:
:D:D:D:D:D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] arcglide:
@ doronster195: (keyboard dock) mousepad can do muti-touch guestures :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] steftymo:
I'm looking for a micro SD card that will be compatible with the xformer.

Will it take micro SDHC and if so any tips from those who already have one that is performing well ?

Thanks in advance
[Eee Pad Transformer General] combat goofwing:
liking what i hear kids will use basic games and web browsing, eldest daughter likes to write stories so a MS word like app is a must and they will use it as a net book with keyboard , ill use it for web/email etc and use it as a tablet so think it will fit the bill
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Matchstick:
I currenly have a Class 6 (I think) Sandisk 8GB micro-SDHC card in it that I was using in my HTC Desire so micro-SDHC cards should definitely work.

I have heard reports that you can't use a card > 16Gb in the tablet but that's unconfirmed AFAIK.

I've also heard rumours that the keyboard's full-size SD card slot will take SDXC format cards which supports >32Gb capacity but again I've seen no confirmation of that.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] icStatic:
I ordered one of these:

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/19254851/PNY-16GB-Micro-SD-Memory-Card-Class-10/Product.html
[Eee Pad Transformer General] steftymo:
Thanks Matchstick, thats just what I wanted to know. Now to shop around a bit for that and a 5m HDMI cable.....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] icStatic:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1-5M-MINI-D...UO88/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1302617347&sr=8-2

Should do the job!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dcmtnbkr:
check monoprice or of course amazon.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] czm:
cheers - just ordered the same, can't go wrong for 2 quid incl delivery
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuntdouble:
Unless its wired wrong and burns down your house. :D If you have a pound shop near you they were selling these the other day. I assume its nationwide. Had both the hdmi to hdmi 1.3, and mini hdmi to hdmi 1.3. Although honestly those probably WOULD burn down your house.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RMXO:
thanks for the media clarification. I was confusing myself with something else.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rio911:
[Q] wifi hotspot

First question for owners to test:

Here is the problem, I'm creating wifi hotspot with my HTC HD2. Then the Asus can't find/see the network? I can see it on my laptop. Can someone explain that to me????? :confused:

rio
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bluezz:
Just noticed the new Asus Transformer Forum! :D

wooot!

Thanks XDA :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] niallmal:
Thanks for the forum XDA.

I've ordered the 16gb + keyboard from Amazon. To be dispatched on the 18th.

Cant wait to get my hands on it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ZaelFaroe:
Is you phone broadcasting an Ad-hoc network? Android only has support built-in for Infrastructure wifi networks. The open source wifi-tether app broadcasts an Ad-Hoc network still on most phones.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] H3llb0und:
How much with shipping?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ricostuart:
appreciate that! looks basic, but probably enough for me - any more advanced stuff I can use another machine at college.

I want now! :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kgdg:
I am snapping this up as soon as it's release here.

Question on the storage. If i get the dock and say I have a 16gb microsd card in the tablet and 32gb sd card in the dock, i should be able to access BOTH of these from the tablet (while docked) correct? So theoretically, I would have 16GB-built in flash on tablet + 16GB microsd card on tablet + 32GB SD card in dock = 64GB?

I just want to find out if by docking the tablet, the tablet storage just acts like another drive?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] drummr8:
^^This

There are a lot of college students that I think will be buying these (myself being one of them :D) and we will be wanting/needing a good app for taking notes in class.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] BongoBong:
Definitely.

If the app could have you typing in info while able to easily draw in tables, graphs, equations, whatever at the same time, that would be absolutely amazing.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Badwolve1:
Forum sorted, as the FSM, shoot me a PM if you feel that anything needs to be stuck, moved ETC

I'm closing this thread as the original Q has been answered, behold the forum ;)

Thanks guys

Badwolve1

Eee Pad Transformer FSM
[Eee Pad Transformer General] melax:
Yes this is deff going to be one hot item. Would love to see a section for it.. Thank you
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mamoulian666:
Comet have updated their dates... I've just pre-ordered one for delivery on the 7th!

Earlier today it was showing 16th or so.

Woo!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fredplex:
+1 definitely need a section for the transformer here...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Magnesus:
So the 32GB will cost like the 16GB with keyboard. Hm, I might buy it and buy the keyboard dock later if I find it necessary.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cpalmer98:
Comet still showing as 16th earliest for me. Will try again later.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cpalmer98:
Oh and +1 for forum request
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dreadnought001:
I phoned Comet up today and they said they are still waiting for stock and the earliest I could expect delivery is some time next week. They couldn't be any more specific than that.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cpalmer98:
Thanks dread. Will stick with my amazon pre order then I guess.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lfg1105:
+1

Just pre-ordered from Amazom UK, hope it will arrive safe in Holland.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dreadnought001:
According to this thread..

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-eee-pad-transformer-from-379-amazon/910265?page=4

Laskys already have them in stock and are dispatching them although apparently they only offer standard delivery (which could take 10 days to arrive).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mamoulian666:
Just phoned Laskys... they said they are expecting stock but have no date, could be a couple of weeks.

Indeed now Comet is back to not offering a delivery date. Maybe their site is really good and allocates direct from stock, in which case I happened to look at just the right time, or maybe it was being optimistic at 2am.

Still waiting for the order confirmation so we'll see...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dreadnought001:
Just spoke online to a sales rep at Comet. Apparently the model without keyboard (for 379.99) is in stock for delivery tomorrow, but the one with keyboard (429.99) is out of stock and they are not sure when they will get the next batch in. Shame as I really wanted the version with a keyboard!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sgspikes:
Dock weight

It is unrelated to the current discussion about the UK availibility, but if you were looking for the weight of the dock (as I was), I have found it on a French blog : it is going to weigh 635g.

http://www.blogeee.net/2011/04/635-grammes-cest-le-poids-du-dock-clavier-de-leeepad-transformer/

This is a bit heavy but should make it stable in laptop mode.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] e.mote:
So 680+635=1315g, or 2.9 lbs. In other words, about the same as a netbook.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] aaa:
I am also very interested of having this tablet especially because of the keyboard dock thing.

So, I wanna add the my vote for opening the ASUS Transformer section.

:D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Smoje:
I'll have one of them so I like to have a Transformer forum please :) one vote from me!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Madbaires:
+1 pleaseeee XD
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dcmtnbkr:
I agree, need a forum.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wooties:
+1

I'm pretty sure I'll be picking this Tablet. I'd love to see some XDA devs take this baby on!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Biffy:
I rang comet about 3pm and they said they have stock now for delivery by Thursday this week. Didn't ask whether this was for the keyboard bundle though as I have one ordered from Laskys coming this week hopefully.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rcm_rx7:
I'll be checking Amazon US several times a day now waiting for it to show up. I can't wait to get a tablet, I've been wanting one for awhile but the iPad just duplicates the phone and every other android tab has had some major drawback (hardware or price) that has kept me away.

I'm really excited for the tab, and to get back into XDA. I've missed this place.