ASUS has just confirmed what everyone was hoping for: the existence of a 3G Transformer Prime tablet, that will come in March. There’s also a version of the ASUS product roadmap out there, showing us that the company is also preparing a Windows 8 slate for this year. These devices were confirmed in a pre-CES briefing where NetbookNews was present, reporting you all.
ASUS claimed that it intends to show two new models at CES, plus two extra tablets in the second half of 2012. We have no idea what wireless the Transformer Prime will support, but the best bet is GSM/UMTS or CDMA/EVDO, with everyone wondering if we’ll have a 4G LTE version or not. The maker of the slate also promised a stronger GPS module on the device, responding to the recent concerns about its issues with location detection. CES 2012 will bring us a 7 inch ASUS tablet, a leaked model that we heard about recently and a 10 inch device with a high resolution, apparently.
The info comes from ASUS’ Samson Hu and the other two models from later 2012 are also 10 inchers with great specs. A team made of 150 people is working on a Windows 8 tablet model right now and ARM chipsets were mentioned, although last I heard the ARM build of Win 8 was coming in 2013. Everything will be cleared next week in Las Vegas, I’m sure of that…
