Asus Bay Trail $349 Transformer Book T100 priced just right!

Once again Asus introduces a low cost Windows tablet. This past week at IDF (Intel Developer Forum), Asus announced the Asus Transformer Book T100, which will start at $349 for the 32GB and $399 for the 64GB version. Set to be released on October 18, running Windows 8.1.

With its new Atom Z3740 quad-core processor you will see a great increase over the current Atom Z2760 processor. The Transformer Book T100 will have a 10.1-inch IPS HD display with 178 degree viewing angles. The T100 will have 1366 x 768 resolution, would have been nice to see a little better resolution as we should see with some others.

Lets not forget that the T100 will also be packing 2GB of RAM, microSD card slot, 1.2MP front facing camera, with no rear camera, a micro USB port and headphone jack. We should expect battery life around 11 hours of web browsing, which should be enough power for most task on the road.

The Transformer Book T100 will come with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 included, this should satisfy most user that Asus is targeting the T100 at, with full version of Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint.

Currently Asus has been selling the Asus VivoTab Smart ME400C for $399, with 64GB and Windows 8. Not bad for the current line up that is available now, but looks like the T100 with the included keyboard dock will once again make Asus Transformer Book T100 best value for the price.

If you can't wait and looking for great low cost Windows 8 tablet, head over to the Microsoft Store.

Office Depot to carry the Asus VivoTab starting October 26

 

 

 

 

 

If you had your eyes set on the Microsoft Surface Tablet but just didn’t place your order in time, well your in luck as Office Depot will be selling the Asus VivoTab RT TF600T. It will set you back $599.99, that’s $100.00 more than the $499 32GB Microsoft Surface Tablet without touch cover.

The Asus VivoTab will be sold in stores at Office Depot so you can head down to your local store starting October 26. You can also Pre-Order now and make sure you get your Asus VivoTab come release date.

What you get for $599.99 is a 10.1-inch HD, 1366x768 touch screen, 2GB of RAM powered by NVidia Tegra 3 T30 processor cloaked at 1.3GHz quad-core, WiFi b/g/n, 4.0 Bluetooth, Rear 8-MP rear and 2-MP front facing camera, Micro HDMI, MicroSD card slot, Windows RT operating system, and 10 hours of battery life that should get through the day. If 10 hours is not enough, Asus has the optional keyboard that adds up to 6 additional hours of computing for a true all day solution. The keyboard dock will cost you an additional $170 depending where you order it from.

I really like the true keyboard dock solution, as I have tried the Asus Transformer Prime in the past. This would give you the best of both tablet mode and laptop mode. One thing Asus has done great job since the Asus Transformer Android tablet is the keyboard dock solution. Asus has kept the optional keyboard dock slim as possible and is very useable when you need a real keyboard to type out documents, excel sheets and for those long emails you have to type out. I really was hoping that the Asus VivoTab RT would have included a digitizer for using a stylus. I might still try to pick up the VivoTab come Friday October 26 to give it a try.

Asus Eee PC T101MT

Well looks like finally Asus Eee PC is going to be releasing the much awaited T101MT. This was shown at CES 2009 along with the T91. Then all year went by and no signs of the T101MT at all. At CES2010 the Asus Eee T101MT made a appearance again and now Asus is saying that it will be available next month for $499. The price is nice but compare it to the Lenovo S10-3t, you'll get more for your money with the S10-3t. From the specs that is available, this is what you'll get for your $499.

• 10.1 1024 x 600 capacitive screen


• 1GB RAM


• 160GB Hard drive (S10-3t gets you 250GB)


• Windows 7 Starter Edition


• 1.66GHz Atom N450 Processor


• GMA 3150


• 802.11b/g/n


• Bluetooth


• 0.3 webcam


• 3 USB ports


• SDHC Card Reader


• VGA, Mic, Headphone Jacks


• 6.5 hours of battery life

You can always configure a higher end model that has more options like bigger hard drive, more RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium, etc... but will cost you more money. The keyboard on the T101MT seems to be very good, all though the 3t to me is good as can get for a netbook. I usually use a netbook through out the day and can get by with the smaller keyboards, because usually your only typing for short periods at a time. So for now we will have to wait and see next month if indeed it will be released.