IPad2 is cheap because of the volume that they can sell. Apple do huge bulk purchase for the components they use and they can get really good price with that. In term of spec, the only thing IPad2 have less is RAM ( mainly effect multi tasking ) and their GPU is about twice faster than Tegra2.

asus singapore special launching transformer starting 3rd May 2011 with SGD799 16gb+docking station!!

Huh??? I thought they already launch the transformer last week or so at sgd 699 if not mistaken

tat one is announced i think. can start buying on 3rd may

This is for first 100 sets - all takenup already

that only for 1st 100 customer,

and they have latest promotion which is 799 SGD (tablet with dock)

799sgd= almost 2k ringgit,

if u have fren in US can get the tablet for 399 USD= 1,2k,and docking for 149 USD=450 ringgit,overall =1650 ringgit
or if u have fren from UK can get dock at 50 GBP= 250 ringgit,

much cheaper

Oic, so for the first 100 customer is not consider official launch la??? Wonder when malaysia launch got this kinda thing or not haha

Wow the dock so cheap in uk!!

Thanks for the informational post!!

google convert:
799 Singapore dollars = 1 936.06714 Malaysian ringgits ?
LYN seller offer here is RM1749+RM500=RM2249 !!!
when is the asus official launch in malaysia?
got official promotion from asus in malaysia also?

I wonder if a friend in the US can somehow grab one with the keyboard dock by mid-May.

I'm not sure how many units Asus have for the launching date but all the stores in the US are out of stock... with all the promotion plus huge list of resellers, I thought it would be easy to get stock. But now all those resellers are either preorder, or just out of stock.

Which is why I'm also asking another friend in Singapore to help get for me one if he's free. If I end up with both I'd just sell one off.

Don't understand every andriod tab so expensive? Like this better get ipad2.

Yeah, the worst thing is some of them actually sell cheaper than ipad2 at US, it is like the vendor doesn't really care about the market here.

I would just say choosing a tablet just purely based on pricing alone is the worst criteria. One need to understand the differences among all the various tablets - on Android OS alone each brand has its unique features. iOS is a completely different OS and using it to compare with Android OS one needs to study both OS pro and cons and decision made based on which OS features meet your needs better.

Ya, I understand that. but since android tablets prices are much more cheaper than ipad2 in US but it is in another way in Malaysia/Singapore. That makes us felt that psychological imbalance somehow.

A very informative video review:

official accessories coming soon to transformer






Source

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1860022

price reference. use caution when dealing, as always.

http://www.netbooknews.de/39604/engpasse-a...ro-monat-bauen/ (needs google translate)

Seems like the Asus EEE Transformer production line has been crippled by lack of parts. Could it be Apple hoarding all the IPS screen production? Possible.

2k for tablet + dock quite nice... but the warranty part kinda worries me... If i not mistaken some asus laptop have 2 year warranty (correct me if i'm wrong)... I wonder if it apply to tablet also...