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[Eee Pad Transformer General] Razorblood:
I had gone to best buy on a whim around 3 am just to see what was left. Then I heard that at 4am any remaining tablets will be sold first come first serve so I waited in line by customer service (I was the second person) to see if I could get one. 4am comes along and they start taking customers and I ask for the tablet. He brings me the A1 version which is still at 399 and I ask him for the other one the X1, he gives me a look like why didn't you ask for that one in the first place, goes and gets it.

$269 with tax =D

Will get the dock later on. =D

Amazing tablet so far.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ToyTank:
I like Asus but this is a good point. Asus and BB have a history with some netbooks that only BB carried. The 901 series had 1 letter deviation on the UPC for submodels but some had no BT, some had less ram or slower processor. I'd be very leery.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jdubau55:
Went to BB around noon today and they still had several. Decided to pass because I wanted to wait for the TF2. Once I got home though I decided that $250 was a good price for the TF and went back to the BB Mobile store that is very close to the actual BB store. They also had plenty and the price was $250. Now I just need to figure out how to throw a custom ROM on it and then wait for an ICS build to come out for it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jriv:
Pretty sure its identiticle to athe a version when iworked at best buy wewould change the model number so no one can price match it
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gilpdawg:
Yes, I'm pretty sure the one I just bought is identical to the other ones. The box has the original part number on it. Best Buy just changed the numbers on some of their docs for the special.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hd1080ts:
I wandered over around 7am to Best Buy in Burbank CA and picked one up from the Geek Squad counter, but not keyboards left.

My unit's left speaker is lacking bass compared to the right, it's fine with earphones so I am not that bothered.

Need to find the trick to get Hulu Plus to work.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KaliS-Pugilist:
Bass, i don't hear any bass from my speakers at all. Should i be worried?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] BAYOUREBEL:
Well I stood in line at best buy for 7 hrs and got 2 Transformers

My wife got one and I got another for 249.00 each plus tax. One for me and one for my daughter. I was like number 100 in line and when the best buy guy started getting close to us handing out tickets I heard he only had like 15 left and there was about 30 people in front of us. I was like man I hope we get one. Sure enough he had like 12 left when he got to us. He said most people did not even know what they were and wasnt selling like he thought and most were there for the 200.00 tvs that sold out in the first 20 people. So far they seem real nice other than some force close errors once in a while and the color of them is brown. Nothing to eat for 7 hrs and freezing cold almost made me think twice about waiting but I am glad I waited.

I have really enjoyed lurking on these forums reading up on all the tips and tricks. Now I am researching a good case for them.

Thanks xda :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jered6323:
I picked one up last night, and also worry about the same thing. The stack of "different UPCs" caught my attention last night, but I figured I'll find a way to make things right if this is indeed a "dumbed-down" model.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Vertig0:
Gamestop $299.99 regular price.

http://www.gamestop.com/tablets/asus-eee-pad-transformer-101-inch-16gb/97750
[Eee Pad Transformer General] greddy5:
I picked 1 up today from Best Buy, I didn't bother doing the midnight opening crap. I just strolled in at around 9am, asked if there was any left, they said yes. So i stand in line to pick one up. I think i was in the store for like 45mins tops.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] maxvsmith:
Really lame dude. Sorry you had to deal with that crap. A good best buy told me they can give you any 16GB model for black friday price. Unfortunately i went to a crappy one. There were some really nice people in line and I enjoyed being social. However the assholes of black friday were the front of the liners and management. THEY TOOK THE TICKETS TO SELL THEM. And management said, "Well they camped out for 2 days they can do whatever the hell they want".The only tickets that made it halfway from the front side were phones and the kindle touch. The police did care and stopped some of them. I did not give up and loitered the tabelt area trying to find someone with an extra ticket. I thought I could wait til 5 but realized people cared about the transformer. Luckily someone sold me a ticket for $20. Considering the situation GREAT DEAL.

As for the model number. It's B90. Is that a new one I have only heard of B80 as the highest. Also, the packiging was eco friendly. Sort of strange. but the tablet is GREAT. Got no sleep standing in line that night so today has been my journey through android.

I'll be honest. It really confused me at first. No guide of the OS, shortcuts, or really anything. You really have to figure it all out. i just learned about the widgets. FREAKING LOVE THE SPotifY WIDGET. I'm such a n00b. Mixed feelings about the keyboard dock. The typing that is. I type pretty fast and it doesn't seem to be able to keep up with my space. Lags sometimes too. It says the connection is in and it's secured. Using dolphin browser now because chrome crashed way too much and I love desktop mode for dolphin. Gmail for some strange reson is having problems too. Everything else seems fine. I am curious about rooting now. Just trying to finish finding all the good apps and utilities. This tablet is so freaking amazing. And so is the operating system. And I hate this zagat shield. Taking it off tomorrow I messed it up anyways...

Keyboard needs to type faster...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] imitebewrong:
Picked one up last night at Best Buy. Got it Rooted and put Revolution HD 2.2.0 on it.

Very nice tablet. I'm excited to start lurking in these forums. And also, excited for ICS ROMs to start appearing, once we get an official update/leak from ASUS :) .
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xTMFxOffshore:
Had any fc problems on xda or any other apps on your tablet?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Kris.J:
This is exactly how I feel about it too & I could not have expressed it better, right on!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tarpon6:
Bestbuy Mobile

Someone over at slickdeals.net suggested we try Bestbuy mobile- they carry the tablet but most think of them for cellphones only. The Transformer was sold out at all Bestbuy stores within 2 hours of me. Went to a mobile store at 3PM yesterday and they had one left. SCORE!!! I love this tablet. Now to root and figure out which ROM to install....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hd1080ts:
Went in today (Saturday) and the Dock/Keyboard is still $99 the one I got was revision B80.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Reverend Sin:
I managed to snag one of these even though I was a bit late to the party. Had one hairy issue with the touch screen not responding yesterday (known issue) but after a bit of research turned it off and left it off fora half hour while I ate with the family and that seems to have resolved that issue.

Put Revolver 3.9.3 on it w/ADWLauncher and some personal tweaks and so far I love it. I did notice however that compared to my best friends 32GB model with the same ROM etc that mine appears to have thinner glass on the touch screen (distortion when pressing down) and it tends to lock up more often. There are also what appear to be some small light leaks along the left edge (bottom when docked) of the tablet. So far nothing really concerning (I'll be gifting this to my brother when he graduates from the Divers Institute in Feb and buying a Prime anyway). This is my first tablet and thus far it does far more than I was looking for (was actually looking at a Kindle Fire when I was told about this on Wed Night). Really looking forward to playing with this for the next few weeks. Congrats to those of you who managed to snag one and Happy Holidays!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] silentecho13:
I actually just walked in Friday evening and picked one up no problem lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Reverend Sin:
One more thing to note, I did a side by side comparison of my friends 32GB (B50 IIRC) and my Black Friday B90 16GB and the color quality (especially white) is noticeably better, brights are much whter and crisper. Not sure if mine just needs time, but we tried every setting we could think of and could not match the white levels.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
No such issues here. Mine are tightly spring-loaded and do not move at all with a gentle touch, nor does anything on the tablet rattle.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jdubau55:
I got mine from the mobile store as well. I was there like 10 minutes Max. I used Razorclaw to gain root and Recovery Installer app for CWM. Those are both on device apps you can get in the dev forum. Running revolver rom.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KaliS-Pugilist:
I have the same thing with mine. it bothered me initially, but I haven't noticed it since. I'm going to put the BB warranty on it just in case.

I was told that I have until January to return it. so if the prime is out then, I may jump on it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] imitebewrong:
No. Running perfectly.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jokout:
well I was all excited to move up to the Transformer but I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with Asus and just plain pissed at Best Buy! This is NOT the same Eee pad Transformer tablet that has been getting RAVE reviews! First off it doesn't have Gorrila glass! It seems to be a thin plastic that does flex quit a bit! Actually, my lowly Gtab has a tougher screen! The screen itself doesn't seem to be as bright and clear as I would have expected from the reviews either. While I'm not sure where most Transformers fall speed wise, my unit Lynpacks at 46 pretty regularly and Quadrants at around 1600. I know that this is not all that reliable but should work as a barometer when compared to other Transformers.

So I would be interested in hearing how that compares with non-Best Buy units!

All this aside, the biggest downer here is the fact that my Transformer came out of the box with NO BLUETOOTH at all and WiFi range of about 3', when it will connect at all! So long story short, I made the 100 mile round trip to the nearest Best Buy after being assured over the phone that I could exchange it for another working Transformer, shortly after I arrived with my Eee pad in tow, the manager informed me that they couldn't exchange it for the same model that I had but could exchange it for a "Black box" 16g Transformer they had in stock and it would cost me an additional $150 bucks to swap! When I asked him why, he admitted they ARE NOT the same unit or model number and Best Buy ordered these with lower specs to sell at a much cheaper price! BUT, they neglected to tell us that up front! Can you say "BAIT AND SWITCH"?

Now I'm mulling over my options and hoping the WiFi and Bluetooth are fixable through firmware! If so I may just live with the rest of it, if not this goes back and I will move on to something else!

Thanks for letting me vent a bit!!!

Cheers
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
I do not believe this for one millisecond. Gorilla Glass will flex if you press on it (click to see this demonstrated by Corning themselves); that's part of how it takes more pressure to break than regular glass, which flexes less before it shatters. (For that matter, Gorilla Glass will also scratch or crack if you press hard enough -- it's not invincible, just tougher than standard glass.)

The store manager almost certainly doesn't have the first clue what he's talking about (and frankly, probably doesn't care, so long as it gets you to go away, and preferably without him having to offer a refund or exchange.)

It would almost certainly cost Asus more to create a special run of Transformers with modified components than it would save at retail. Almost certainly you have a completely standard Transformer which has perhaps taken a knock in shipping that's loosened a connection, causing your Bluetooth and wifi issues.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] shibby80:
Huh my best buy transformer hits 2544 on quadrant and 51.02 mflops stock
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ToyTank:
Well Asus has made special run netbooks for BB many times. Look at the mess with the bestbuy special price 901 and whatever the 10" is. I'm not saying they have done so with the transformer, but they have made special runs for bestbuy without bluetooth and less ram etc. in the past. That is really my only gripe with asus. It was a mess when I bought my refurb eee 901 to make sure it had bluetooth, zif port, etc.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jblah:
why are there no cyber monday deals on the transformer??
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jriv:
There is no difference between the black Friday and regular I picked mine up the other day from best buy but my sister has had one for a while and hers is identicle to mine yes the glass pressew in on both that's how gorrila glass works.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] :
Cause then all of us who waited out in the cold for hours will be kicking ourselves in the butt.

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No issues with my BB TF101. I can tell it has gorilla glass, (or in the very least another brand of 'fortified glass.') I can tell simply because I've owned many devices that have gorilla glass, and it feels/flexes the exact same way as it does on my TF. No worries here.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ToyTank:
Primes are shipping Dec 08. I have a rule though about stupid toys like this I can't buy more than one a year so I'll have to wait until next summer at least. 12-6 my cell phone contract is up having a new phone will keep me busy for a while.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] maxvsmith:
The glass seems fine to me. I don't know much about gorilla glass but the screen seems tough and sturdy. The display is beautiful and vibrant as well. I was disappointed that the keyboard dock doesn't light up but the display I so bright I can point it down to light the keys. Bluetooth works fine for me too. It even says you can set up a hot spot using bluetooth or wi-fi. Not sure why you would really need to. I need tethering for this bad. Wi-Fi is never really reliable when you are on the go.

My only gripe so far is the keyboard dock. I swear that thing lags like crazy when I type on here. It works great in polaris office. But it's something about typing fast and then when you try to backspace it it screws up everything. I'm not sure if rooting will fix that. I have used both dolphin/stock browser. I don't want to return the keyboard because the extra battery life/dock stand/serving as a case more than justifies the price. It's just kind of a bummer that it lags on this site and some others. Does anyone else have problems typing online with the keyboard dock?

The guy should exchange it. The good best buy that I asked the clerk at told me they would exchange it for the regular one. Even sell the regular one on black friday. I think the manager at your BB just doesn't care which is unfortunate.

If nothing else you can always contact ASUS or return it and use the funds for the Transformer Prime. Although more then likely the initial units and docks will probably have problems just like the TF101-A1.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] uploder:
seriously!? lol I was just trying to be slick and see if I could get the dock for cheaper than $99 but nope! looks like ill have to wait for amazon to get that low again. The price changes everyday (seriously,EVERYDAY!) also ive noticed the cyber monday "deals" kinda suck in general. dont think I will be looking fwd to it anymore
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jdubau55:
I tethered mine to my OG Droid via the Wireless Tether for Root Users app 2.0.7 I think. Works like a charm. I am running the latest Revolver ROM. I barely booted my BB special up before I was throwing a custom ROM on it. I don't think the stock firmware allows an ad-hoc network, but the ROM supports it. My wife surfed on it in the car till she was content so I'm happy with it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jwl12345:
xda free fc's when signed in, xda premium doesnt. facebook fc's when trying to look at friends/friends list.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jwl12345:
the dock still sold for $99 on saturday at my local best buy - i talked to the manager and he agreed to sell it to me for 99.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] geoff5093:
The Transformer itself that I got at BB on BF works great, I have it rooted and running Revolver as well. The only issue I have is that the keyboard dock lags a lot when typing, causing it to miss letters.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jtrosky:
FYI - GameStop still has the Transformers for $299 if anyone is interested... Yes, GameStop!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] etawful:
Just received my bestbuy.com order from last weeks "pre" Black Friday sale.

Not too shabby. I need to work on getting apps installed, etc. before I pass judgment.

I noticed that the warranty card also states TF101-X1, so the "X1" isn't just a Best Buy catalog number, but it comes from ASUS like that.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] carrolltimmy:
Did any order off hhgregg.com? I ordered Saturday and paid for express shipping and the order still hasn't shipped. I've tried emailing and calling hhgregg but they are uncontactable. Plus they've already billed my credit card...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Reverend Sin:
Ok, it's been a week since I got mine and I figured I'd check in. So far I absolutely love it, running Revolver, not too many issues. Typing on the dock is a bit different than my G15 keyboard but I'm sure I'll get used to it. I don't care much for the touchpad so it's almost always disabled, which is exactly what I do the second I get any other laptop with a touchpad anyway so that wasn't a big surprise.

So far it fits all of my needs from a tablet more than ably, it's a bit slow at times but way way faster than my phone and better than I was expecting. I can't believe the quality of video on Netflix to be honest, I figured it'd be pixelated and buffering all the time but it's actually really good quality. I do intend to give this one to my brother when he graduates in February and buy the Prime for myself, he'll be traveling the world a lot (salvage diver) and I know he's going to love this thing.

All in all it was more than worth the 250$ and has ahem...paid for itself already...technically.

Edit: Oh, one thing I was overjoyed about that I found tonight were the free books in the Market. A lot of great classic novels that I'm actually looking forward to reading (again). I stumbled on them on accident while looking over the new market and it made me ridiculously happy.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jdubau55:
Yes. There are lots of great books that are free. Some of the older ones are a little hard for me to follow just because of the way they wrote back then. Loved reading "Call of the Wild" again. Great book.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dohclude:
got two of these on black friday for $250 each. My wife's worked fine, but mine had issues with the power button and best buy wouldn't exchange it because of the SKU so I had to RMA it with Asus... :(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] shibby80:
Only problem i had was it wouldnt turn on sometimes so i went back to stock now its problem free
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seblog:
Gamestop have them again but this time at 349$

do you think this will be the official price after the Prime will be out?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] larryvand:
Black Friday deals are only for stock in hand (usually 5-10 units per store) and you have to camp out in the freezing cold for a week (yes, my local Best Buy had 3 tends with people in them a week before Black Friday). And once they are gone, they are gone for good. No rainchecks. No online ordering at that price. Just those 10 loss leaders to get you to the store hoping that you will buy something else at profitable price.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] drew68:
I've been trying to find one for around 300, gamestop is sold out and if you backorder it shows up in shopping cart for 349. There are no cyber sales going on. I check everyday :( hopefully when the prime comes out the old one will go on sale and not be sold out
[Eee Pad Transformer General] juannicolas:
I'm selling mine for $300 with docking. If anybody is interested.

S/N B70KAS059399

16Gb WiFi already rooted

EDIT: or trade for Slider
[Eee Pad Transformer General] r_nt:
If you aren't already, keep an eye out on overstock.com; my sister picked up a 32GB for 370 about a week or so ago. It's currently out of stock, but going for 350.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jokout:
well after a week of hard reboots, factory resets, modem resets, changed modem settings, a new modem, searching endless forum threads, four trips back to the store, hours on hold with several Best Buy stores, Geek Squad, Best Buy customer service, and Asus America, I came to several conclusions...

#1 my Bluetooth/ WiFi problems were not fixable.

#2 My BF transformer TF101-X1 is NOT the same unit as the "Black Box" TF 101-A1!

#3 The BF Transformer TF 101-X1 has a different processer, SCREEN, and memory then the TF101-A1...this was confirmed by Asus America!

#4 There are good people at Best Buy Customer service that actually care about the customer!

At the start of this process I wouldn't have thought so but Michelle in BB customer service renewed my faith in Best Buy by going to bat for me and aproving a swap for me to a working transformer tablet!

Drove the 100mile round trip last night and the new TF101-A1was waiting for me at customer service ready to go! I have to say in the short time I have had to "play" with the fully working Transformer, I am extremely impressed and I"M LOVING IT!

Cheers!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dohclude:
Umm no, that's just not true :/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
All you've proved is that there are tech support / sales people at every company who haven't a clue what they're talking about, and will just agree with whatever you say in the hopes of getting you off the phone.

A different processor? Really? What different processor do you think they used? A Tegra 1.5?

Hint: Your processor is identical to everybody else's. I'm confident the rest of the unit is, too. The screen is the only part that quite possibly varies, *however*, that varies between supposedly identical TF101-A1 models, too. (Screens are relatively easy to change parts suppliers on, depending on who's cheapest that week.)

Your TF101-X1 WAS a TF101-A1, they just changed the SKU to prevent you price-matching it, and so they could claim they'd sold out when they still had pallets of TF101-A1s sitting in the back of the store... at full price, of course.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jriv:
Processor has to be the same as I am using the same.overclocking blades processors as non black Friday ones if what u were saying was true my phone wouldn't be comparable with it. My guess is u just made that up to make your story sound better.

sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ChristoA1:
You had a bad TF101-A1. It happens. Sorry to hear the frustration you had to go through, but the unit itself (other than being a lemon) was no different from the rest of the TF101-A1s (with tolerated variance in the LCD, of course).

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Guh, you sniped me! lol

And I wonder if there's any legal issue of selling identical products under different SKUs at different prices... Even when, for instance, a mobile carrier sells phones at different prices, they have to make it clear what the discounts are and why...

Ah well... :P