ASUS Transformer Prime Launches December 9th – Pre-Order Now!
ASUS officially announced its NVIDIA Tegra 3 powered Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet a number of weeks ago, but it has now been listed for pre-order just before the holiday shopping rush. The ASUS Transformer Prime will be the first NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core tablet to hit the market. According to GameStop theyll ship the tablet on December 9th to those who are pre-ordering it.
Gamestop has the 32GB version with a bundle for $539.98 and it includes a $60 discount on a gaming controller for tablets. The regular 32GB version is $499.99 and the optional keyboard/battery dock is $149.99. The 64GB version isn’t listed yet. The tablet is shipping with Android 3.2 ‘Honeycomb’ and will be upgradeable to Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ in the weeks to come. NVIDIA recently released a video showing Android 4.0 running on the Transformer Prime, so it doesn’t look like there will be any delay or issues upgrading this tablet to Android Prime. You can pre-order it here from GameStop or here directly from ASUS.
Featuring an ultra-slim form factor, the Transformer Prime is only 8.3mm(0.33) thin and weighs in at a mere 586g (1.29lbs without dock). This makes watching movies, surfing the web, playing games, taking photos, finishing up homework or video chatting with friends or family so easy and natural that youll wonder if the Transformer Prime was designed specifically with you in mind. Its innovative metallic swirl design is made of aluminum for a secure yet extremely comfortable grip that comes in two gorgeous colors: Amethyst Gray and Champagne Gold. The Transformer Prime is the worlds first tablet to feature NVIDIAs next-generation quad-core Tegra 3 processor. With the quad-core CPU, 12-core GeForce GPU and vSMP technology, the Transformer Prime delivers an optimum user experience featuring smoothmultitasking capabilities,lightning fast app loading,a rich and fluid web experience, full 1080P HD video for realistic mediaplayback or recording and of course, incredible gaming performance that allows you to experience games in an entirely new way.
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