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Not much in the way of ports on the 370T, but still four cores for $249.
January 9, 2012 6:28 PM PST
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I'm not complaining, if it's good i want it. Right the f*** now :D
When you realize what the production chain looks like, it is easy to see how these things are dirt cheap.
Though I think it is good that ASUS is bringing a high-end 7" tablet to the market, I wonder if this effort will blow up in their faces due to the 900 lb gorilla known as Amazon.
On the other hand, they know what an iPad is and have heard of the Kindle Fire and Nook. Maybe they have heard of the Galaxy Tab.
They need to get some buzz going or else it will continue to be a non-entity in the mainstream tablet market. Outside of the Android geek world, no one cares about this tablet right now.
Good manufature + good product + good pricing = success!!
Have you looked at the issues Asus has had with the Transformer Prime?
Delayed delivery and rollout.
64gb version in short/nearly zero supply.
WiFi connectivity weak due to aluminum case.
GPS connectivity nearly non-existent.
Asus removed "GPS" from their online spec sheet.
Debackle over locked/encrypted bootloader.
Go to ASuS North America on Facebook and look at all the disfavorable feedback they've been getting for the last month.
also how much does it weigh about? does it look good from most viewing angles?
BTW, if you feel up to it you could give us a touch more info.
It is a News website isn't this?
This definitely has my interest peaked. Apple surely has to offer the iPad 2 at $299 or less now once the iPad 3 hits. I was looking at getting a Nook Tablet, but I'm gonna wait and see how this new $249 Asus pans out, and the rest of the tablet market for that matter...
With every new product, there will be a monopoly for the first few months and then the inferiors come. After that, failures spark interest and then a success comes to change the game. Look at practically every piece of tech to come out. Remember the Atari 2600 (I wasn't alive then)? We had some knock-offs until some legitimate products came to shake the same tree.
Tough - left the table (without keyboard attached) on the top of my car, took off down the road and I hear something sliding off my roof... oops. Turn around and pick up the transformer laying facedown on wet asphalt. Snap the bezel back into place and bingo it works!! Bezels is scratched pretty bad but that is expected as it slide on the road! One small scratch on the screen.
Asus Service - My kid ripped the space bar off the keyboard. Sent it in for repair and they did it under warranty!
Will definately by ASUS again.
However, without the advertising, this will just sit on the shelf.
Advertising, advertising, advertising!
What more can they say? If this had 8 Cores and a terabyte of ram, facebook, twitter, Angry Birds, Scrabble, and Google Maps still look and perform exactly the same on it.
Everyone should just kick back and see what's going to be offered in the next quarter or two. Barring natural disasters the prices will go down while the offerings get better.
Of course going with Asus is an easy decision as the do have great products and service from my experiences anyway.
I for one am going to wait at least till after E3'12 that way i can grab a decent ics.2-3 tab and do a dual boot with win8 maybe an Android virtual machine will be out by then that way i can do seamless intergration
I would also like to see the tablet wars continue into 2013 and then start to die off towards the end of summer. Why? because at that point i expect a 10" tab to have Quad-Core 1.5Ghz cpu 2G ram 1.0Ghz dual-core gpu with 802.11ac and better bluetooth device support.
I for one I'm VERY excited about this device. This would make for a wonderful companion to my Transformer Prime. I would not mind one bit travelling on the trains with this, giving it to my preschooler to play, or having it stolen (well maybe I'd mind that a little). The Prime on theother hand is Daddy's toy ONLY.
I can't wait to see what the final product looks like.