14 DAY TRIAL // The Eee Pad Transformer has definitely caused what amounts to a riot as far as news coverage goes, and it looks like it will continue to be fashionably unavailable, so to speak, for a little while longer.
The one big problem plaguing Android tablets nowadays is that, for the most part, they aren't actually available for order.
There also seems to be a problem in terms of inventory for those that have been formally released, like a certain ASUS product.
Basically, the Eee Pad Transformer, named such for its ability to attach and detach a physical keyboard, is not in online stores' stock even though it should be.
The reason seems to be a mix of high demand and component shortage, and the situation has persisted for weeks.
In fact, this lack of availability is something that some have become rather vocal about, so to speak, to the point where web entities have been contacting the company for updates.
In this case, it is the folks over at Engadget that have a sort of small grain of information to pass on, although it is vague at best.
Basically, the supply concerns have not gone away and might persist for a while, in some measure, although the next few weeks should see a significant improvement.
“We are ramping production every week to address the supply concerns, including almost daily air shipments into North America. We expect the supply line to improve significantly over the coming weeks,” is what an ASUS official supposedly said.
For those that want a refresh on the product itself, it is a 10.1-inch slate powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC (system-on-chip) platform.
The Android 3.0 operating system is loaded onto it, although it is very likely that it will be updates to Android 3.1 in short order.