Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet hits the UK in April

Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet hits the UK in April

Coming hot on the heels of its launch in Taiwan, Asus will be unleashing the Android 3.0 Honeycomb-powered Eee Pad Transformer on the great British unwashed next month.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet hits the UK in April

The 10 inch Android 3.0 tablet goes on pre-order in the the UK today with a starting price of about £379.

That price only gets you the standalone tablet with 16GB of storage though – to start soaking up the full Transformer goodness, users will have to stump up £429 for the the option which includes the hardware keyboard.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet hits the UK in April

16 hours battery

You get a pretty interesting package for your dosh though, with the full Eee Pad Transformer experience giving you a netbook like experience, and a ton of battery life, with the integrated keyboard battery bumping up the power to a hefty 16 hours of use.

If you go for just the solo tablet option you’ll still get a reasonable 9.5 hours use.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet hits the UK in April

Some specs for you

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer comes with a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel IPS capacitive touchscreen display with Gorilla Glas, 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, and weighs in around 1.5 pounds and measures about half an inch thick.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet hits the UK in April

Eee in the Spring

The Eee Pad Transformer will be available in the UK starting April 6th, with a 3G model expected to rock up in around two months time.

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