Taiwanese company Asus has given confirmation that the newest Eee Pad on the block is hitting good old Great Britain in January 2012. The 10.1” tablet/netbook hybrid is powered by the awesome Tegra 3 quad core processor, so blazing speeds are a given, and the Prime is expetionaly good looking too as well as incredibly slim; at about 586 grams, it is a good 100 grams lighter than the original Asus Eee Pad Transformer, and at 8.3 mm thick, it is almost a third slimmer than its predecessor (as well as being slimmer than both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Apple iPad 2).
In addition to the power of the Tegra 3 processor, the Prime has a 12 core GPU and comes with Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing (vSMP), a 1GB RAM complements in-built storage of 32GB or 64GB, whilst an SD card slot is available to add further storage (up to 32GB).
The Prime comes toting Android Honeycomb (3.2), but Asus have stressed the Prime will be given an “over-the-air” upgrade to Android Ice cream Sandwich (4.0) soon after it is released.
So, what else is there? Well, you see that glorious 10.1-inch display? That's the Super IPS+ Gorilla Glass display and it delivers a resolution of 1280×800 pixels, offering a 178 degree viewing angle.
On the front and back of the device, are a front-facing 1.2 megapixel webcam for video chatting and an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with auto-focus and LED flash, which can also record 1080P HD video.
But we knew all that before, what we're really stoked about, is that when the Prime hits UK stores next month, it comes at a very generous £499 (around $770 to all Americans reading) for the 32GB WiFI-only version -- but that's not all, it also comes packed with the keyboard dock (which itself is a good £100+), extremely good value.
