[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skygunner27:
^Exactly

I canceled my reserve and dock order on the 16th too. I was sick of the delays and inconsistencies. I've owned an ipad 2 for awhile an haven't really used it till recently.

After demoing the Prime multiple times where I reserved it, I had mixed feelings. The build quality is amazing for a non Apple product. I can't believe Apple hasn't sued Asus over the similarities. The demo had wifi hooked up 25 feet away. The unit had 1 bar....booooooooo. Browsing and switching between home pages was NOT a smooth transition. I then logged in with my Android account and downloaded several games that were associated to my Android account for my GT 10.1 that I sold recently. The games seemed to have a more "stretched out" look on the prime that made the games seem faded. The screen although bright, vibrant and clear had very drab colors. None of that oversaturated colors that really pop like my ipad 2, GT 10.1, Alienware M18x(Samsung Screen), Samsung UN55D8000 & UN55D87000 tv's. I guess I'm just use to oversaturated displays. There also was serious backlight bleed on the bottom left side....booooo. I've read about ipad 2's having bleed at launch but I can honestly say that I've never seen any screen imperfections on any ipad 2...that's not to say that there aren't any out there, it's just that I personally have never seen any.

Then I decided to enable the live wallpaper with the Killer Whale. I was shocked to see how awesome it looked on the home screen. Take that Apple!!!!!!!

Then I started navigating through honeycomb and my disappointment set in. With the live wallpaper enabled honeycomb has very noticable lag. Especially compared to my ipad 2, which has zero lag. I expected more from Tegra 3 regardless of ICS.

While you people read this keep in mind that I am an Nvidia fanboy first. I have a maxed out Alienware M18x with 580M SLI and an Alienware ALX with 580 SLI. My obvious choice if done right would be an ATP. But somewhere along the way someone dropped the ball with the release, OS and Tegra 3. In my home we have Apple products but outside of the ipad, I can't stand Apple.

Here's the nail in the coffin.

While the Tegra 3 versions of Riptide GP and Shadowgun did add extra graphics to an already awesome game on iOS and Android. The entire Android market outside of emulator leaves ALOT to be desired.

I've come to realize no matter how powerful the Android hardware is, it will always be bound by the limitations of the OS. iOS has serious app exclusivity, especially in games. Getting rid of my ipad 2 meant giving up the best games on the market that are not on the Android platform. For example:

Real Racing 2 HD, Infinity Blade 1 & 2, Sonic Allstar Racing, Twin Blades HD, NBA Jam, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 HD, NFS:HP HD, Dead Space(iOS/Xperia play exclusive), Red Alert, Scribblenauts etc....I could be here all day naming good apps that Android doesn't have. Every app that Android has iOS has/had first.

Another thing that bothered me was the speaker and the lack of a 5Ghz radio for wifi. The ipad 2 supports 5ghz...why doesn't the ATP? For some reason the ATP has good speaker volume in some tasks and poor volume in others. I think it has something to do with the codec used to decode certain audio. Some will argue honeycomb vs ics....meh. I'll believe it when I see it. By that time I'll already have the funds ready for a high end ipad 3 or 2S. I will agree that iOS is very controlled outisde of a jailbreaked unit. But after downloading the right apps and getting into a routine, it is very easy to get things done in a timely manner.

All in all I think if you get a ATP w/o wifi problems or screen bleed and can deal with the lack of quality apps compared to iOS and laggy performance here & there...the ATP is definetly an ipad 2 contender as far as hardware is concerned. I also forgot to mention that Asus's customer service sucks. I've had many Asus products that required service under the manufacturer warranty. I've always had problems with their depot repair and had to pay for shipping....lame.