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[G Tablet General] SimonDroid:
Nobody cares that these devices being on Honeycomb will have a very limited number of apps available for them? To me that's an incentive to keep my GTab.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
Honeycomb is compatible with previous Android versions. There are some apps hidden in the marketplace, but most of them are there.
[G Tablet General] nunjabusiness:
So ... a 6-hour round-trip. Add at least $50 in gas to your total purchase price.
[G Tablet General] dcmtnbkr:
Family in the area, the travel cost would be to go see them ;)
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I can tell you're a "glass is half full" kind of guy :D while others here are "the glass is half empty" soft of folks :mad: .

I don't mind patiently waiting for the Transformer to drop here in the U.S. since I have my gTab tweaked for my needs.
[G Tablet General] dcmtnbkr:
I would have had a gTab weeks ago if i hadn't heard about the transformer, now I'm impatiently waiting :D
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
Asus Transformer U.S. launch delayed until end of April

Too much demand, not enough supply.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/13/asus-apologizes-for-eee-pad-transformer-delay-it-wont-detail-u/
[G Tablet General] Logic717:
I want to feel them both in hand before buying, but I'm really leaning towards the Transformer. The g-tab screen resolution and viewing angle has been a real thorn for me. I love the functionality, but I just got an iPad2 for my wife, and the screen and bulk of the g-tab really stands out.

400 and 450 is the right price point.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
If you liked the iPad 2 but want to have more android options running Honeycomb you may also be interested in the newest Samsung 10 inch Galaxy Tab that is thinner than the iPad 2.

Article that describes it.
[G Tablet General] Logic717:
yeah, that was on my short list too, but for $100 more and my past experience with Samsung (I'm a Captivate owner) I'm a little leery of them... one thing I will say is that they make some great screens! :)
[G Tablet General] whiplash13:
The iPads (both of them) are 1024 x 768 while the Transformer is 1280 x 800.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
On sale 4/26 in the U.S.

Here's an article...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/21/asus-eee-pad-transformer-hits-us-on-april-26-for-399/

First off, the 16GB version will run you $399. The 32GB version costs $499. And the optional keyboard dock is another $150.

You can pick up the ASUS EeePad Transformer starting April 26 at the following locations:

In the United States, you can buy an ASUS EeePad Transformer at:

•Amazon

•American TV

•B&H

•BestBuy.com

•BJ's

•Buy.com

•Datavision

•Fry's

•HH Gregg

•J&R

•Micro Center

•Newegg

•OfficeMax.com

•Office Depot

•PC Richards

•Sears.com

•Staples

•Target

•TigerDirect

•Walmart.com

In Canada, you can purchase an ASUS EeePad Transformer at:

•Canada Computers

•Memory Express

•NCIX

•Staples CA

•Visions
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
Asus Transformer

So was anyone here lucky enough to score one of these in the U.S. before they went out of stock?
[G Tablet General] lordgodgeneral:
I got mine yesterday, got in on the tigerdirect bundle deal they had monday. Been watching the release thread over in the asus forum, and man its been chaos over there.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
Mine is set to arrive today. I'm at work, but UPS almost always delivers after 5 at my house, so hopefully I won't miss the delivery. Though when I do, they always seem to leave it on my porch, no matter the value of the package.
[G Tablet General] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Where do you live? :):)
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
Haha well I actually came home a little early -- about 20 minutes later, I went to get something out of my car, and I hear, "I've got something for you ..." and it was the UPS guy with my Transformer.

Fired it up and ... the screen. The screen ... I almost cried. It's glorious.
[G Tablet General] schettj:
Yeah... that's definitely a plus. How is it outside?
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
It's pretty bad, to be honest. Sitting on my covered porch, it's no different from inside. Sitting in direct sunlight, it's very hard to see. You can see, and a dark background would probably help, but it is what it is. I'll be mostly inside with it, so it's not a big deal for me.

This is on my porch:

This is direct sunlight. I turned brightness up to max, and that solved the earlier issue (that I edited out) of not being able to see jack. It's hard to show in the picture, but it is very readable, albeit with a annoying reflection:
[G Tablet General] hitekredneck:
I have been trying to nail one of these down for the past two days and no luck yet. Some from a few sellers/scalpers on Amazon who are trying to make a quick 250 - 300 bucks. They should ban their @$$£$ in my opinion.

Patience is a virtue and I will wait until one of the respectable retailers have them back in stock. Most likely Newegg.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I was busy at a client's site for the last few days and didn't get a chance to check the usual on-line merchants until just now and it looks like it's out of stock everywhere for the regular $499. There are some @sshats on Amazon that are selling them for $999. I can wait a bit longer.

I was going to go ahead and order the keyboard dock but Amazon showed it as not yet available so I went and signed up to be notified when it is available.

To the few that managed to score one; I'm totally jealous.
[G Tablet General] newbsauce:
Great find - I'll be buying one of these if they really can come in at that price point. In the interim I'll be happy when my GTab arrives today. Besides, at the woot price its not like the GTab can't be sold or given to a family member making me a hero ;)
[G Tablet General] akodoreign:
Oooo.. well I think my Xoom is still in the 14 day return period :D... Was kinda frustrated with it anyway. (no sd card... slow as heck dolphin performance...) Might save me a few hundred bucks and check this one out instead (you can pry my g-tablet from my dead fingers)
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
im gonna play with my gtab until I can find out more details, just have to keep it away from the wife so if I get the transformer next week and sell my gtab I can act like its the same device=D
[G Tablet General] smalis:
Specs and price are good, but there is no reason to believe that it will perform any better than the Xoom at this point. If and when XDA is able to root and ROM it with a strong performing Honeycomb ROM, it will be an attractive option.
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
the biggest draw for me is the screen. The ROMs will come, but the SCREEN!
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Absolutely. I've mentioned this before, but I've said that I wanted an IPS screen coupled with a Tegra 2. I was hoping the Elocity A10 would serve that purpose, but they never released. ASUS might fit the bill, and at $400 this is a steal.
[G Tablet General] ssmug:
If the screen is as good as the Xoom, I'd snatch this up in a heartbeat.

I love my GTab, but the screen angles are atrocious, and if it weren't for awesome dev work on ROMs, it would be relegated to the growing trash heap of crappy Android tablets.

I think ASUS has a huge winner on their hands with for the features and price point.
[G Tablet General] rob_z11:
Thanks for the link.. I am all over this. I have been watching this Asus gadget for a while, and for $400 would be awsome, but not sure the cost of the dock. Dock is what appeals me the most.

Can't wait.. I wonder if they take the pre-order..
[G Tablet General] pr0cs:
The slashgear preview I posted suggests that it does.
[G Tablet General] NinetyWt:
Just... dang!
[G Tablet General] beebop483:
I saw the Asus eee transformer a while ago, and I've had my eye on it ever since. Although I think I'll wait another month or two for the Asus eee slider, basically the same tablet as the transformer, only it has a slide out QWERTY keyboard instead of a docking station. As long as the price is around 400, I think I'll get one of the eee sliders and keep my G-tab for work. I gotta say, it's pretty nice that for 685 I can get 2 tegra tablets, as opposed to 600 bucks for one motorola xoom.
[G Tablet General] Radon_22:
It *does* have an IPS screen, and 1280x800.

I'll bet the dock is $100-150, though. So that would put me back up to the $500+ range, vs. $285.

There will always be something cheaper/better/faster up the road. Think I'll stick with what I have for now.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Btw, if anyone has more information on release dates in the States, please post them. I am definitely buying this if it hits Best Buy at $400 next week.

The only caveat I can see right now is if it's completely locked down for development. I can see this being the "Gtablet of 2011", from a development standpoint, if it can be unlocked.

I'd still keep my GTAB, but I might retire other tablets, especially my SmartQ R10. Need to consolidate - but I really want to see HC on the GTAB before I consider retiring that one from my box o' tablets.
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
I'm waiting on a friend who works @ Best Buy to see if he can get a release date from the SKU
[G Tablet General] dsholler:
The specs say the thing has a 16G hard drive..really? Spinning media? not sure I want that in a tablet..
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
its a SSD, bestbuys retarded
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Yep, I'm going to BB this week to get the ball rolling on 6 month financing. I just promised my fiance last week I would get her a Gtab because how much she loves mine. Maybe she will be getting MY Gtab :-) I love the Gtab, its the little tablet that could, I would never sell it. Knowing it will be well loved by my lady (and under the same roof) I'm totally fine passing it on.
[G Tablet General] Sm0k3d 0uT:
I'll wait a couple of months before deciding if it is worth purchasing.

I'm a big fan of ASUS, but if the tablet is locked down and there is no developments going on for it, it wouldn't be the tablet for me. I like my devices after I set them up to be as far from stock as possible.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
I've been sitting here debating on whether or not I'd pay an extra $140 ($400 and tax) over what I paid for my gTablet for a better screen ... I've only had it for one day, so tentatively, the answer is yes. Everything else about this thing is awesome except the screen, but then again, that's why we got them for under $300 :)

If I could eBay the gTab for around what I paid, I'd probably jump ship for the Asus.
[G Tablet General] therealkired:
Damn, had my G-tab 2 weeks today. It I hadn't bought it at Sears for $370, I'd be happy. DAMN YOU WOOT!! *shakes fist* Add that to this. DAMN YOU ASUS! *shakes other fist* Now I'm thinking I should return the carn-sarnit thing before my 30 days is up.
[G Tablet General] punchemcface:
This. And I know the skin is a minor change, but I hate it. Carrier custom skins on android are a plague.
[G Tablet General] newbsauce:
I'm almost wondering if that 400 dollar price tag is subsidized or something... seems too low considering some reviews were pegging it a little higher priced.
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
I bet youll be able to, they still sell in stores for $340-400. Im going to hang on to mine until an official release date comes out then lookin into moving it
[G Tablet General] flipovich:
I completely agree with you, roebeet... I may be following you there... 1gb ram, and ips, and gorilla glass, and honeycomb all for only a $400 pricetag is EXTREMELY tempting... the question is sell my gtab or give it to my wife, lol.
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
link no longer working
[G Tablet General] rayv1023:
The link doesn't work anymore. Best Buy has removed the page. Hmmmm.....

Maybe a mistake in pricing?
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
I hope so. I would feel ALOT better about my gtab if the transformer was 500+
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I'm not! I want $400! :p
[G Tablet General] DroidHam:
i know i know me too
[G Tablet General] rayv1023:
Don't we all? :)
[G Tablet General] g0t0:
Best Buy has never been cheap. I bet it will go for at least 475. Galaxy tab is still 450 and its a 7", Xoom is 700-800. While the G Tab is great, its not advertised, so not many people know about. So, looking at it from that perspective, the ASUS will be the only highly advertised Honeycomb Tablet besides the $800 XOOM. To sell it at only $400 would be stealing in their eyes.

I say its a misprint and it goes for around $500.
[G Tablet General] rayv1023:
selling in UK

Just found this.

http://www.which.co.uk/news/2011/03/asus-eee-pad-transformer-goes-on-sale-in-the-uk-249385/

Sorry can't post links yet.

That would make it around 540.00 herre, right?

Converted wrong. It would be around 600.00.
[G Tablet General] albright:
From the bestbuy preliminary page for transformer:

2.2 lbs ??!! (maybe that is with the keyboard dock ...)
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
The Galaxy Tab has 3G hardware and so is going to cost more so that's not a fair comparison. The Xoom has a lot of advertising behind it and isn't a clone tablet with Motorola branding on it like our gTabs are and so they have to recoup that cost. So while $400 for this Asus tablet seems too good to be true, I don't think it is out of the realm of possibility.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I've found that electronics that sell both in europe and in the U.S. often cost less, sometimes much less (even after you do the conversion), to the end consumer here than it does over there.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
Forget Best Buy, what about Wal-Mart?

While the OP had a link to the Best Buy page I wouldn't be surprised if we see these tablets for sale at other retail outlets that currently carry Asus products like Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, CostCo, etc...
[G Tablet General] Rumbleweed:
Yes Look at the specs. This is not a pure tablet. It is a "Transformer" it folds from a laptop to a tablet.
[G Tablet General] TheFlyingPig:
It's tempting, but I think I will "upgrade" to a xoom if I do decide to keep a tablet in my life. I wouldn't bother with the eeepad.

As for my g pad, I'm pretty sure someone will take it off my hands. It's a great hand me down gift.
[G Tablet General] gqukyo:
There are concerns that the Asus tablet can't be unlocked. Has there been any android based hardware that couldn't be rooted? At least any major ones? I've read the Motorola's are hard but they have been eventually rooted. Maybe not as easily but still doable. What I'm trying to say is that why is it even a concern if it can be rooted or not? It's an "when" thing if u ask me and not an "if"... or am I being naive and optimistic? :p
[G Tablet General] tcrews:
Rooting and being unlocked are two different things.

Rooting allows you to run apps that need access to the system basically (titanium backup, SU commands in terminal, etc...).

Unlocked allows you to modify/change the bootloader and or ROM.

A locked bootloader prevents a custom kernel from being written and some make it near impossible to change out the ROM other than a modified stock ROM (bloatware removed, etc..).
[G Tablet General] therealkired:
Interesting:www dot androidcentral.com/asus-eee-pad-transformer-listed-amazon-coming-may-7th[/url]

(can't post links yet, so get all cut and pasty)
[G Tablet General] LGCubana:
I'm thinking that the price will be $600 for the unit

&

$85 for the keyboard/battery.

Based on the pre-release prices set for England: £379 & £50

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/...mer-and-eee-slate-ep121-get-official-uk-pri/#
[G Tablet General] Acturbo:
This thing looks pretty sharp, I'm willing to bet that $399 price tag was part of an April fools joke.....................................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ms-oD11NCI&feature=player_embedded

Long review here, not in English or anything but just watching the video makes me want one. If it is $399 it will be hard to resist, anything higher than $450 I myself will probably hold off.
[G Tablet General] donatom3:
If I remember correctly the Xoom is actually a TFT screen not IPS. Doesn't mean there aren't good TFT's out there but in general IPS is better.
[G Tablet General] donatom3:
People seem to forget Asus has one big advantage over other manufacturers such as Motorola, viewsonic, and Apple in that they actually own their own manufacturing plants. They've been making and manufacturing components for the top name computer "manufacturers" for over 20 years. So instead of paying other people "aka" Foxconn to put together the parts Asus gets to pay themselves to do that.

So I totally see Asus coming in and doing this for $400. I've always loved their products, and they've always taken care of me with any warranty issues.
[G Tablet General] Radon_22:
Heh. We can all dream, right?

No snark intended, seriously. But while the Asus EEE brand is generally budget oriented, 379 Pounds translates into $606.66 right now. Even if they discount it for volume in the States, I doubt we'll see it below $500 anytime soon.
[G Tablet General] fiction300:
Hmmmm this Asus pad is tempting.

But, I sweared I would NEVER buy another Asus product again :mad:

- Horrible support

- Slow to release software updates

- Fast to mark products as 'obsolete'

I had many Asus products in the past, and had problems with most of them.

They produce good hardware with crappy software.

My latest Asus is an O!Play media player. Their firmware release history is an horror story (breaking what was working in earlier release... and so on)

But, as I said, if they produce something, the hardware is usually good. And we have roebeet to fix everything :cool:
[G Tablet General] G-Tab:
Found some links for info...

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/04/01/asus_eee_pad/

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/0...rmer-price-and-release-in-uk-slate-ep121-too/

This may be a solid contender!
[G Tablet General] dcmtnbkr:
Man, i was gonna save for a g-tab. More overtime, here i come!
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
Now you see it, now you don't...

This tablet is the loch ness monster or bigfoot of android tablets. Several sites have had links to it in the last couple of days with specs and pricing and they've all been pulled. Just this morning it showed up on Newegg.com and now it's gone. What's the deal?
[G Tablet General] donatom3:
Google doesn't have a cache of the page they only have this.

Did you catch the price they had it at?

Edit: Found the page for the 32gb version. Apparently there were two versions at Newegg.com a 16gb and 32gb. I still don't see how a $400 16gb Asus Tablet is out of the realm of possibility. It's only $99 less than a 16gb ipad 2.
[G Tablet General] junks2010:
NewEgg had it at $399 for the 16GB.

I think the price is right. I don't think it's a price mistake.
[G Tablet General] nunjabusiness:
Possibility and profitability is the difference. Greedy corporate sales engines would never allow that good a deal. :(

I predict we will find that someone at ASUS goofed and released info early with a bad price. I am guessing real price will be closer to $500, based on feature set. With IPS screen, a full GB of RAM and GPS, that sounds about right to me.
[G Tablet General] donatom3:
You can ask $500 and not give yourself a price advantage vs the ipad or other tablets and sell a lot less, or you can undercut them by $100 and sell more. Again Asus doesn't have to pay another company to put this together for them they are one of the few manufacturers that can do that themselves.
[G Tablet General] fiction300:
No USB port on the tablet itself !

Can only see one on the keyboard :(
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
Late again, but I seem to recall a while back the price for the ASUS tablet was speculated to be pretty steep, something like $600+ or more in the overprice Samsung Tab territory..

I just hope that they sell for $400 as that is closer to a price that I would expect from ASUS.

ASUS: what's wrong with them? Their motherboards are usually pretty good. I've used a few in my builds before w/o problems unlike Gigabyte however in that case I'm almost positive that it was a VIA chipset bug that went unacknowledged...

Actually now that I think of it other than that one Gigabyte board I've never really had any problems from ASUS, Tyan(my original multi-cpu builds mostly), and Biostar. MSI notebook is pretty good too, not a motherboard I know but it's the only MSI product I've owned to date.
[G Tablet General] shanghei:
I will queue up the hitler reacts video just incase rumoured prices arent true, ie atrix laptop dock
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
LOL.......
[G Tablet General] TheCougar:
This looks really interesting, though no USB on the tablet itself is a huge drawback imo.

btw, I might have missed it but I don't think any one has linked the official Asus press release for it.

http://promos.asus.com/US/PR_2011/Transformer/index.html

Are there currently any Tegra2 tablets out there with GPS, HDMI (no dock required), and USB host for $500- ?
[G Tablet General] melax:
Asus EeePad Transformer is now posted at amazon in the UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Transf...1_1?ie=UTF8&s=computers&qid=1301843822&sr=8-1
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Looks like it doesn't support MICROSD (like the Xoom?) initially:

Storage: 16GB eMMC Flash (Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (functionality requires future software upgrade)

Does anyone know if that's a generic Honeycomb problem?

Jim
[G Tablet General] beebop483:
I've been following the whole Asus EEE line of products for quite a while now, waiting for more information on release dates and pricing, but to be honest there was a leaked cell phone pic of a power point presentation that Asus gave months ago, and from all the rumors I've heard, this seems to show what the company's release schedule and price points are for all the EEE products. It took me a while, and I finally found the image again, here's a link.

http://dandroidtabletpc.com/asus-ready-to-release-4-tablets-in-2011.html/

This slide was from a presentation around January, so if they stay on schedule, we could be looking at a slew of nice tablets from Asus, and apparently there will alot of upgrades that can increase the 400 dollar price point, like more RAM, and more storage.
[G Tablet General] nunjabusiness:
My currency converter says that equals $693.61 US. So ... yeah, thought so. :(

I was being really generous in my earlier post when I guessed $500, I originally had $600 and changed it because ASUS does put out some low-cost devices and I wanted to be fair.

Maybe they plan to offer one without GPS and with half the RAM for around $400?
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
That one in Amazon Uk is w the dock, which costs $150 supposedly, so the tablet part would be $540, right?

Jim
[G Tablet General] dcmtnbkr:
The wifi xoom is 519.99 in pounds, which is $838.00. British prices don't typically reflect ours.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Whats with all these tabs with such fat price tags?
[G Tablet General] melax:
Interesting there no usb port on the tablet, only on the dock?
[G Tablet General] sanvara:
No usb on the tablet. This is unacceptable.
[G Tablet General] dcmtnbkr:
You should probably avoid buying it if you don't like it.

I, however, find it perfectly acceptable. Especially if the $400 price is correct.
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
I'm with you. If I do decide to sell my 2nd gTab and purchase this beauty then I would probably buy the dock anyway and so if the Asus doesn't have a usb port on it wouldn't matter to me either.
[G Tablet General] TheCougar:
Don't know if I would use unacceptable as the word but I'm with you on the intent:)

I currently have a G-tab that I'm loving having (don't regret buying it one bit) but am still waiting for that perfect tablet with all the things I want in it without having to use a dock (such as usb host, hdmi, GPS, tegra2, under $550). USB is a must have on the tablet, I really don't want to take a dock out with me if I go to a family event and want to gather photos from my family members cameras (some of which haven't discovered the internet yet).

Really am not sure why these manufacturers are not implementing more on their tablets right off, is there a large additional cost or space issues when adding hdmi or usb to them? I get GPS being an issue, but HDMI seems like something that shouldn't cost more than a few dollars to implement in a tegra2 tablet. Same with USB.