ASUS Transformer 2 Tablet Gets Teaser Video – Quad-Core Tegra!

By Nathan Kirsch October 19, 2011

ASUS has released a teaser video today that shows the Transformer 2 tablet! This is the companies first quad-core tablet that will be running the Google Android 4.0 operating system ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ and is powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 3 ‘Kal-El’ quad-core processor.

The video doesn’t show too much, but you can get a peak at the Transformer 2 and that is more than most have been able to get up to this point. The video shows a new design pattern on the back of the tablet and you can also clearly see that a flash is now available for use with the rear-facing camera.
ASUS Transformer 2 Keyboard Dock

The docking station is still around and as you can see it has a different look to it as well. The ASUS Transformer 2 is expected to be launched this month at $499, but we aren’t certain as the tablet has been kept under lock and key.
We loved the original ASUS Transformer and you can read on review on that tablet here.

Although the tablet is only shown in snippets, theres still plenty to take away from the short video (which you can see after the cut): like before it docks into a keyboard base section, and has a rear camera now packing an LED flash. The keyboard itself has had a redesign, but still includes USB connectivity. Were guessing the memory card reader and integrated battery are still present as well. The whole thing is slimmer than the first-gen Transformer, though, a welcome change, and it seems ASUS has moved away from plastic and instead gone for a metal chassis similar to the ASUS UX-series of ultrabooks. Earlier this month, ASUS CEO Jerry Shen confirmed that the Transformer 2 would be arriving imminently, priced at $499.

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