ASUS Transformer 2 - The next Transformation

[dandroid]

The next Transformation. It's coming

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[dvdcatalyst]

Thanks for the post Dan

[mardukeme]

Not sure if this was posted earlier, but here some specs for the TF2.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/a...er-2-at-asiad/


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[munnaabhaimbbs]

Asus eepad transformer2 launched

here's the specs

The Transformer 2 has a 10-inch screen and keyboard dock, but this slate measures just 8.3mm thick, and sports USB and mini-HDMI ports, an SD slot and a 14.5-hour battery. it will be arriving on November 9th, though not specified whether it would be launching with ICS

[goodintentions]

Just a minor correction. If it will launch in Nov 9, then it hasn't been launched yet.

For once, I am now getting excited. I know with absolute certainty that I won't be getting it because my current TF works just fine for me. Still, it's exciting to have more than just unconfirmed rumors.

[Jeffrey]

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[surkins]

ASUS -- next generation Transformer will be announced Nov 9, ICS on existing hardware this year | Android Central

So my question is:
What's the difference between "announce date", "release date"? I just want the "put-it-in-my-hand date" Please! But seriously, can someone explain? If they announce it on Nov. 9, when can we place an order to buy either in store or online?

[munnaabhaimbbs]

it is launched but with honeycomb , tegra 3 processor .......

[Jeffrey]

updated 10:15 pm EDT, Wed October 19, 2011
ASUS Transformer Prime official Nov 9 with Tegra 3


ASUS CEO Jonney Shih took the stage at the AsiaD conference to tease the Transformer Prime, its sequel to its relatively hot-selling Eee Pad Transformer tablet. The 10-inch slate should be the first major tablet, if not tablet of any kind, to ship with NVIDIA's Tegra 3. The chip is considered the first real quad-core mobile processor and technically has a fifth core to handle low-level tasks.

Moving to the newer chip, as well as ASUS experience and competition with the iPad 2, has slimmed it down dramatically versus the original. The tablet itself now measures 8.3mm (0.33in) thick, and its signature notebook add-on is both much thinner and reminiscent of the Zenbook's MacBook Air-like design. ASUS claims a longer 14.5-hour battery, although that's most likely with the extra battery of the dock. Mini HDMI, an SD card slot, and USB give it full expansion.

More details of the Transformer Prime are due November 9. ASUS has already hinted that it would raise its baseline and set a $499 price.

At the same event, Shih also said the Padfone wouldn't show until early 2012. When it did, the unusual tablet and phone combination would most likely carry Android 4.0.

The existing Eee Pad Transformer, Eee Pad Slider, and MeMo should get Android 4.0 before the end of the year.

An unveiling of the Transformer Prime would come just seven months after the original and makes ASUS one of the more aggressive competitors in tablets. While it like most other Android tablet designers has struggled to get any traction versus the iPad, it has been one of the few successful for its size, shipping several hundred thousand a quarter. Unlike Acer, which has repeatedly hoped the iPad would go away and downplayed tablets, ASUS was quick to seize on them and unveiled several in January, although those it showed have taken several months to arrive.

[goodintentions]

Announce date is when they get up on stage and tell people all about it. Release date is when it will honest to god be out for people to use.

For example, Steve Jobs' presentation on the ipad 2 was in early March. That was the ipad2's anouncement date. Steve Jobs said they would begin shipping the ipad 2 in March something. Can't remember the exact date. That was the ipad2's release date.