Asus has announced that their top of the line pair of NVIDIA Tegra 3 powered tablets, the Transformer Prime and Transformer Pad Infinity, will be upgraded to the latest and greatest that Android has to offer. Yes, you read it correctly, Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean is coming “soon” according to the company’s Facebook fan page. On their status update they posted, “Hooray!.
There is no doubt that throughout North America, fans of the ASUS Transformer Prime have been experiencing panic attacks as uncertainty over the availability of the world’s first tablet to run NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor grows more each day. A few days ago we reported that TigerDirect Canada started shipping the tablet out to those who pre-ordered.
The mystery of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime continues. As we mentioned in our last article, the Transformer Prime is supposedly en route to Canada from the US. Our question is, if it’s coming from south of the border, then why aren’t they stocked or haven’t reached customers who have pre-ordered the tablet?
After many reports of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime being delayed, it looks like those who pre-ordered the Tegra 3 quad-core tablet from Tiger Direct Canada are the few lucky ones to get their shipment. According to the image above, the Android 2.3 Honeycomb-based Transformer Prime is en route to Canada from south of the border and should arrive by days end on December 21st.
It looks like Canada and US are not the only countries to experience the delay of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. On ASUS’ Italy Facebook page they posted that the Transformer Prime will not make it in time for the Christmas holiday season and it will arrive at the end of January. At this point we’re not entirely sure why ASUS is delaying the launch of the Transformer Prime.
Over the weekend we reported that Canadian retailer, NCIX, sent out an email to its customers who pre-ordered the highly anticipated ASUS Eee Transformer Prime saying that the tablet was delayed due to WiFi not meeting standards: “Unfortunately, we just received word that the ASUS Transformer Prime has been delayed worldwide and will most likely not be available before Christmas. ASUS.
The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime is highly anticipated tablet but also mythical in the sense that it has yet to be seen in any retail stores across the nation. The quad-core boasting, 10.1-inch device is release date has been shifted a couple times already at Best Buy, Staples and Future Shop. The latest launch date is for
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime should be rolling out in the US next week, but as for our friends over in Europe, it’s not clear as to when the tablet will hit its shores. One UK reseller, Clove, is offering the quad-core powered Android tablet on pre-order, although I don’t expect them to carry any stock until the new year.
