Comments on: Transformer Pad Infinity hits Oz for $999

By: PeterA

PeterA — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:42:31 +0000

You get the USB ports on the dock.

No USB ports on the main unit. You can get a USB ethernet adapter and it works perfectly! Also USB sticks for transfering files to and from it is nice. Extra battery life never goes astray. And why you would get this instead of a competitors tablet if not for the dock I don’t know! The dock is the *reason* for this tablet, not the unwanted part.

There are no USB 3G adapter drivers for it though unfortunately. (Which would instantly make it the best device ever made if there were!)

By: PeterA

PeterA — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:28:25 +0000

3g iPad 64gb was a thousand dollars at launch, it isn’t unheard of!

(though I think the cheapest macbook was in the 1400 dollar range)

By: Nich

Nich — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:49:24 +0000

The real question is, how low will it get once Surface tablets and Taichi are on the market ; )

By: Nich

Nich — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:47:54 +0000

It depends on how much below RRP the wholesale price, locally, is going to be, as far as how much room to move resellers will have. Early adaptor tax and etc, plus, who pays RRP?

By: Renai LeMay

Renai LeMay — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:43:00 +0000

It’s sad that the Android manufacturers don’t understand this yet :(

By: seven_tech

seven_tech — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:18:53 +0000

@Timothy

Precisely my point (minus the MBA….IMO they’re pretentious :P). Why pay $1000 for a cut down OS tablet when, minus the touchscreen, you could pay $100 or $200 more and get a fully fledged OS that’ll run anything you want INCLUDING Android. Yeah, you have to emulate it, but hey, better than trying to emulate Windows on Android….

By: Timothy Walters

Timothy Walters — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:06:19 +0000

Are they serious? $999 for an Android tablet?

For only $100 more I can get a MacBook Air, with even better specs and runs OS X and Windows 7/8 really well.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:13:53 +0000

+1 on buying overseas. You can pick this up from the U.S. at AUD475+post for the 32gb without a dock. I don’t need the dock and I don’t want to carry the dock and I don’t want to pay for the dock. Asus Australia’s decision to force Australian customers to buy the dock, to squeeze us for more revenue, is offensive. And from the forums it looks like they are losing a lot of sales to America where they don’t make idiot decisions like this.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:05:56 +0000

Personally, knowing the Taichi is coming I can’t justify any device purchase until I’ve seen what it can do (and at what price). Having a 1.3kg ultrabook with a Core i7 that does double-duty as a tablet (and with luck will sport a thunderbolt port for multi screen productivity) is about my ultimate device.

Despite being an Asus reseller, I’ll probably end up buying it from overseas, though… Unless Asus manages to wake up and realise how uncompetitive their pricing is here, particularly with Apple introducing price parity.

By: seven_tech

seven_tech — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:14:52 +0000

@Nich

Yes, that price includes the dock.

It’s running ICS. JB hasn’t been implemented on ANY non-Nexus devices yet.

By: Nich

Nich — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:56:03 +0000

is that price inclusiveness of the dock too, or it’s separate?

And, any word on why it’s running ICS and not JB?

Also, +1 to the nexus 7 being awesome – from an ipad3 owner.

By: seven_tech

seven_tech — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:16:31 +0000

I’d pay $700.

It’s a VERY good tablet and the keyboard is the winner for me- I HATE touchscreen typing.

But, seeing as I can get a decent Ultrabook for $1000….I don’t really see the point in paying $800-$900 for, essentially, the same thing, but without touch.

By: waterytowers

waterytowers — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:11:31 +0000

I have been very happy with my Nexus 7. For my needs it is miles ahead of the iPad any edition. To qualify my usage patterns, I read books, browse the web and occasionally watch video. For connectivity I tether to my phone or the nearest wifi connection (home and work).

To fix the lack of storage, as not many movies fit on 16GB I have rooted the device to access the OTG usb feature. It even works with an attached usb to ethernet dongle so I can troubleshoot network problems or download direct from a wired connection.

$999 or even $800 is too much for a tablet. I would pay around $500 for the features they have listed any more and I would just buy a ultrabook/notebook and get a more feature rich device.

By: seven_tech

seven_tech — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:33:31 +0000

Definitely too much. Which is exactly the reason I’m looking at a light cheap tablet like the Nexus 7 and an Ultrabook instead.

By: Renai LeMay

Renai LeMay — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:25:45 +0000

$874 is still too much. I’m only really recommending the iPad as a tablet at the moment, although I haven’t tested the Nexus 7 yet. Some of the recent prices on some Samsung tablets have also become palatable.

By: workitout

workitout — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:24:33 +0000

whirlpool is reporting AU retail prices (albeit negotiated) of just over $800. The 32GB is meant to be here next month.

By: seven_tech

seven_tech — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:23:08 +0000

Had a look at it in JB Hi Fi yesterday Renai. VERY slick and they’re selling it for $874.

Still, I’m wondering if it’s not better to go with A Nexus 7 and an Ultrabook….