Asus Transformer Pad 300 Sell Start from $359, May Be Best For Win 8

We first heard of the all-plastic brother of the Asus Transformer Prime, the Transformer Pad 300, back at MWC 2012 at the end of February. If you are fond of the Transformer Prime but don’t get enough budget, then Transformer Pad 300 would be a perfect alternative.

Thanks to the new information on Amazon, the Transformer Pad 300 is said to start selling at around $359 in the United States (the 16 GB model). And if you like, you can pay an extra $149 to get the keyboard dock. Once connected with Transformer Pad 300, you turned it to a super netbook, that’s what transformer means. Instead of the finger navigation on the touch screens, it would be much easier to type in words on the keyboard, if you’re taking notes at class or conference.

Because the 10-inch device is powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and feature a 1280 x 800 pixels resolution IPS display, as well as 1 GB of RAM, you have enough reason to expect a PC-like performance when your watch HD movies like the latest Titanic 3D. Camera is another essential that people care a lot, the 8MP rear-facing shooter has the ability to take wonder pictures and record high definition movies at 30 fps. And the 2 MP front-facing camera makes video calling and online chatting possible.

Asus’ Transformer lines of tablets seem great and innovative, but according to survey, Transformer Tablets are not favored by the customers. Instead, they rushed into Apple Store around the world. Like usual, Android devices focus their attentions on the hardware upgrade, like the quad-core processor, large or huge screen and high pixels cameras. Apple iPad 3 (the new iPad) is still running on dual-core A5X processor and equipped with 5 MP camera, but no hurdle to its mass success.

Another good example may be Samsung Galaxy Note, which has a 5.7-inch screen, just a little smaller than the 7-inch Amazon Kindle Fire. However, Galaxy Note is a great success, sold more than 5 million in the past 6 months after release.

I think the transformer idea (with a keyboard dock) is brilliant but it seems that Asus go a head of the times. The rising needs to create, edit and view Office documents on tablets make it Asus Transformer Pad 300 even more appealing. But due to the compatibility of Microsoft Office, it may be a perfect match if Transformer Pad 300 and Windows 8 would be together.