Asus Ships Quad-Core Transformer Pad 300 Tablet

by Jennifer Johnson — Monday, April 23, 2012, 11:37 AM EDT

Asus is now shipping its Transformer Pad 300 tablet which features a starting price of $379.99 for the 16GB model. A 32GB version of this tablet is also available. Both models come with 8GB of Asus WebStorage.

The Transformer Pad 300 features a 10.1-inch WXGA IPS capacitive pressure-sensing multi-touch display along with a 1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad Core mobile processor and 1GB of DDR3 memory. The tablet runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

Like its predecessor, the Transformer Pad 300 tablet can connect to a mobile dock which offers a full Chiclet QWERTY keyboard and multi-touch touchpad along with a USB port and SD card slot. The dock costs an additional $150. Asus claims the Pad with the dock offers up to 15 hours of battery life.

Additional features of the Transformer Pad 300 include SonicMaster audio technology, an 8MP rear-facing camera with a large F/2.2 aperture, and a 1.2MP front-facing camera for video chat. Asus also includes a handful of applications on the tablet including Polaris Office and SuperNote.

Tags: Asus, tablet, Android 4.0, Transformer Pad 300

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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