ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Review
With every electronics manufacturer in the entire universe looking to
release an Android tablet in 2011, individual products are all going
to need some kind of unique selling point.
I've been on a bit of a tablet kick lately, so even if you have dinner
with me—tablets are bound to come up (I only break out the SSD
conversation for the truly patient). Last week I had the pleasure of
having dinner with Tony Tamasi and Jim Black of NVIDIA, and of course—
tablets came up.
The iPad was able to outclass virtually every other tablet computer
experience before it, and it's not going too far in saying that it
created a market that didn't even exist. The combination of iOS on a
larger screen and the momentum inherited from the iPhone helped to
account for the massive tablet sales. Fast forward to the present,
everybody wants in, and most are taking advantage of the Android OS.
All of which means we dropped just everything when a 32GB Prime showed
up on our doorstep earlier this week, and soon enough, you'll have your
chance to nab one too. ASUS announced today that the WiFi-only models
will be available through online sellers the week of December 19th, and
in retail the week after. (No word yet on 3G versions for the US just
yet.) It'll start at $499 for the 32GB model -- not bad considering five
hundred bucks is the going rate for a high-end tablet with 16GB of storage.
From there you can get a 64GB number for $599, while that signature
keyboard dock will set you back a further $149. Worth it? Read on to find out.
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