Apparently, all the chatter regarding the immediate sell-out of a certain ASUS tablet became wild and intense enough that the company itself, reports say, had to step in and offer some clarification.
Users looking for a tablet will likely have learned of all the speculation regarding the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and how it hasn't been the most readily available of Android tablets.
Being a fairly-well-rounded model, some were, understandably, aiming to get their hands on it, while its maker hoped to see nice demand.
Then came the day of availability, when the newcomer somehow
sold out in a matter of minutes, prompting a quick speculation escalation.
While the idea that the product was just that popular did arise, and probably held true to some extent, others eventually settled on
short supply as the main cause.
In fact, some reports even went as far as to say that there is a
serious component issue that prevented ASUS from reaching its target shipment level.
More specifically, the rumor said that, instead of the 300,000 monthly shipment target, only about 10,000 was attained.
Now, Netbook News
reports that ASUS itself stepped into the spotlight to clarify things, at least somewhat.
It said that strong demand is the main cause of delays, not shortages, and that the outfit is doing its best to deliver at 100,000 this month and 200,000 in June.
"If the demand continues to increase substantially, then we will have to continue to ramp up production in order to fulfill our customers' demand," ASUSTek Spokesperson David Chang is stated to have said. “We will see a significant alleviation in the month of June”.
For those that want a reminder, the Transformer uses the NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform, runs the Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS (operating system) and costs roughly $400.
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