A new report from industry insider DigiTimes has confirmed our fears that Asus tablet sales are cannibalizing demand for its Eee PC line. Thanks to better than expected Eee Pad Transformer sales, shipments of the slate should reach “700,000-800,000 units in the third quarter and two million units in 2011”. The report also mentions a new quad-core Eee Pad Transformer, alongside the 7-inch Eee Pad MeMO 3D and Padfone due out in the fourth quarter.
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The Asus Eee Pad Transformer passed through our review with flying colours and even sold out in the UK but some owners have been plagued with power problems. The issue is around the keyboard dock which in some cases just isn’t charging the tablet.
But fear not, Asus says it’s got to the bottom of the problem and has promised a solution. What’s more, it’s getting ready to upgrade the mophing tablet machine to Android Honeycomb 3.2. Read on for all of Asus’ promises in full…
Whether the iPad 2, Galaxy Tab 10.1 or any of two dozen Android tablets is to blame in anyone’s guess. What we do know is that the Motorola Xoom is far from the success many had expected. Reports have surfaced this morning showing the Wi-Fi only 32GB model is due for a price cut, down from $599 to $499 in the US. Is a similar cut coming to the UK?
Originally scheduled to launch in May, the Asus Eee Pad Slider has quickly become one of the most highly anticipated Android Honeycomb tablets to date. Thanks to an almost a cult-like following, the sliding slate seems destined to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer.
Over on Amazon Germany, the Eee Pad Slider is now listed as coming soon. Release date and pricing information remains a mystery, but a listing on Amazon is always a good sign. Word on the street is the slate will retail for a price somewhere in the range of $500-$800 (£304-£486).
Good news if you’ve grabbed an Asus Eee Pad Transformer – your Android 3.1 update should be arriving over the air any minute now. Catching up with US Motorola Xoom owners, it turns your Asus slate into an Android games console…
The iPad has been available for less than two years, but at least one analyst from J.P. Morgan believes an “increasing risk of a bubble burst” to the tablet market awaits in the second half of 2011. Based on exaggerated build plans from tablet makers and a lack of a high-volume tablet competitor to the iPad, the firm has slashes its tablet sales forecasts for 2011 by 20 percent to a 65 million unit estimate. Are we sitting on a tablet bubble, ready to burst later this year?
As the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer flies off retail shelves, the question in desperate need of an answer is when will our transforming tablet receive its Android 3.1 Honeycomb update. According to Acer, the update is headed our way in as little as two weeks. It looks like summer isn’t the only cause for celebration this June.
Jump start the work week with the best in tech news, a little diddy we call the US Update. Breaking cover on the other side of the pond this morning is a lawsuit filed by Apple which threatens Samsung smartphones and tablets. We take a look at the Xperia Arc availability on O2 and then give you an update on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer inventory situation. This and more on today’s US Update.