Hello Asus Transformer, R.I.P. Motorola Sales

My apologies for not keeping up with blogging every three seconds: I've been drooling on my Thunderbolt (making sure to avoid all of the water sensors in the process), but I've just got some hot new gossip.  I've been long-awaiting the arrival of the Asus EEE Transformer and according to some reliable sources it will be available in the US April 4th.  This tablet is comparably priced to the Xoom, so I'm seeing either a price drop (either in tablet price or Motorola stock price).  This tablet has an amazing and dare I say better than the Xoom.  It has already made its debut in Taiwan.

There my beauty goes.  The Asus EEE Transformer is something like a hybrid laptop/tablet that is just quite frankly amazing.  For those who don't want all the weight of a computer, detach the keyboard and for those who miss the feeling of typing on actual keys rather than virtual can just slap it on its keyboard dock.  Not only is this dock going to be a keyboard it will also have other ports on it, like USBs, HDMI ports, headphone jacks,etc AND act as an extended battery (bringing the 8 hours of battery life to a whopping 16 hours).  This tablet will be running Google's latest OS (HoneyComb 3.0), 1 Ghz dual-core processor, and sporting dual cameras.  The 16 GB version with the keyboard (that can expand memory with its MicroSd port) can run you a little under $700.  Do I think it's worth it? Of course, it's like your next-next laptop and with the ever-expanding Android market quickly bridging the gap between tablet and PC I'm sure the difference will be unnoticeable.

Welcome to the future

Til Later,

B.C.