14 DAY TRIAL // When one hears that a product or another got sold out just moments, minutes or hours after being released, one first thinks that it must be a very promising sell, but things might not be so simple with a certain tablet.
It appears that the hype and excitement stirred by a recent occurrence may have been misplaced, at least from a certain point of view.
Those users eager to get an Android tablet no doubt heard of how the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer went on sale just a short while ago. In fact, not only did it start hipping, it sold out in a matter of minutes.
This, naturally, got people speculating about how convenient the slate is and was reminiscent of how well the Apple iPad sold when it was first unleashed.
Nevertheless, the excitement may turn out to have been overblown, because other factors were more prominent in the event than product appeal.
The folks over at All Things Digital say that the short supply played a larger part in the sell-out than anything else.
The company (ASUS) shipped under 100,000 tablets on the day of launch, even though it intended to deliver at least 200,000. Component shortage was the main cause invoked for this.
That said, this so-called sell-out may be inappropriately called such, especially knowing that Best Buy and Target stores haven't actually gotten even the first shipment.
True supply is only expected to come in the middle of May, so it might even be possible to say that availability hasn't really been reached at all.
“All stores we spoke to had not even received the Transformer tablet,” said J.P. Morgan’s Mark Moskowitz.
“The general read was that supply would not reach most stores until mid-May. As a result, we ask how the Asus tablet can be sold-out when it did not arrive in the first place.”