Asus EEE Pad Transformer When?

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Asus say the EEE Pad Transformer will be available in April. When can I get it on a Vodacom contract? I want a keyboard with my tablet as I do a lot of typing.

Thanks!
Brendon
 
Couldn't wait and went to VodaWorld en route to somewhere else. No-one could say much, but it seems that Voda does not provide Asus hardware. Spoke to MTN and Cell C this morning and they also couldn't help. Seems like I should look at a Motorola Xoom or Samsung with a bluetooth keyboard.

Does anyone have experience with this?
 
Thanks Elimentals. I want to pay in as little as possible using my cell contract rather than buying independently.

Nice specs though!
 
Anybody got any updates as to a release date? Some dealers have it in their price list, but no ETA.
 
Speak to Asus directly.
They have an Office in Sandton, JHB. It's in the Sandton Towers.

If you looking for one, now...
LandmarkPC has them on their website.
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Called the MTN shop last week and asked about the Xoom - "We are getting it in next week". Went there this morning, and they don't even know when it is arriving! :sick:

Edit: Arriving as in being available on MTN at all! I am so sick of sales droids who will say anything to get you to put a foot in the shop..

And no-one is prepared to offer me a tablet on my phone contract, because it is not a voice device. "But my phone uses data"! Nope, they aren't interested..

I may get a Samsung Tab in frustration, but think it's not a good move as I need to read a lot of text in PDFs. Back to the drawing board..
 
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brendonwp said:
Called the MTN shop last week and asked about the Xoom - "We are getting it in next week". Went there this morning, and they don't even know when it is arriving! :sick:

And no-one is prepared to offer me a tablet on my phone contract, because it is not a voice device. "But my phone uses data"! Nope, they aren't interested..

I may get a Samsung Tab in frustration, but think it's not a good move as I need to read a lot of text in PDFs. Back to the drawing board..
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I bet you the person you spoke to at MTN was thinking Android Tablet and did not get the Xoom part. I dont think they getting the Xoom at all. There is talks about MTN getting the HTC Flyer, another crap tablet in my view.

As for the other requests on ETA of Asus Eee Pad Transformer. Asus was suppose to have them today but shipment was delayed due to "world events" and is only expecting the Tablets around 16 May.

SA Pricing retail estimates (will be confirmed when they land)
16 Gb - R4500.00
32 Gb - R5500.00

Keyboard doc - R1700.00
 
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Xoom is available right now from landmarkpc.co.za

As far as the transformer goes I am the only one that thinks R1700 is a little steep for the keyboard? It's 50 pounds in the UK?...?
R4500 is fine for the tablet but it would be a lot better if it was R5000 for the tablet and keyboard.
 
It's not a keyboard, its a keyboard dock that had extra battery, hdmi, SD card reader and USB host ports.

You can just buy the cheaper keyboard if you want.
 
The one in the UK (for 50 pounds) is the asus one exactly the same as the one they selling here for R1700 so that's way more then 100% markup. Product is great but we just seem to get nailed price wise. The keyboard dock and tablet is 430 pounds in the UK!
 
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I see MTN now has the Samsung Tab, HTC Flyer and a Huawei 7 inch tablet all on 100 Top-up contracts. Maybe this means that we will be able to get non-voice enabled tablets on voice contracts? The HTC specs are much more attractive than the Tab - 1.5 GHz processor and 1GB RAM. I looked at a Tab at Vodaworld and had the guy open a < 1MB Word document on it. Just scrolling the screen was lagging badly :(
 
Galaxy tab is a joke it's ancient now. HTC Flyer is 1.5GHZ but it isn't dual core.
 
I agree, the Tab is not what I want. But I'm still looking for what I can get on contract, and that is the big question at the moment. The EEE Transformer looks great, but the price is a substantial proportion of a decent notebook.

I'm studying again, and I can't justify spending thousands on a very limited device.
 
The HTC Flyer also has 1GB of RAM instead of 512MB. Apparently Android runs a "linux" virtual machine, so more RAM is always good.
 
As far as I know all the new tablets have 1GB RAM except the iPad. I would definitely go with the galaxy tab 10.1 on contract over the HTC Flyer, I haven't heard anything good about the flyer.
 
FYI, just got news from Asus SA: Asus Transformer will be available in stores at about the 10th of June. Otherwise, keep an eye on www.nivo.co.za

Me first!!
 
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