Is the Prime coming bundled with the keyboard dock @ $500?

[peytah]

That seems like what they're advertising for some reason. Anyone care to confirm or deny this? Would make the purchase a bit easier.

The advertised "14.5 battery life" seems hard to belief with just the eeePad alone. If not, that's crazy.

[mnguyen]

Well, the Tegra3 chip had been promising super reduced power consumption; I'm hesitant to believe it's THAT much better, but who knows?

Still, at $500 for a T3 tablet with ICS, all the ports and a good solid build, $500 isn't a bad price. OTOH, with the Kindle Fire coming in, high-end tablets will become that much tougher to sell...

Mark

[Garemlin]

Highly doubt it. The Prime is stated to be at the $499 price point by itself. Got a link or source???

[Ches111]

The 14.5 hour life is due to the new format of the Tegra 3 Proc. It has a special low power consumption core that is used while in standby/sleep/book reading/... Then when tougher more intensive tasks are required the other full power cores take over.

[Jeffrey]

I would expect to see the Prime + KB come in around $650.

[A643K]

I think the 14.5 hours is when it is dock. more or less 500 for the tab alone.

[goodintentions]

I don't get it. The TF1+dock = about $550. Why in the world would the TF2 be $500 with the dock?

[nitefox]

I don't get it. The TF1+dock = about $550. Why in the world would the TF2 be $500 with the dock?

maybe it's the missing 1.5 "battery hour" effect.

[surkins]

This won't happen. Asus made it clear that they won't undervalue the T1 by making the T2 cheaper

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[Dex99]

I'd like to know if the keyboard dock I already have will be compatible with the new Prime?