I thought it'd be a good idea to separate the docks from the main thread. For those of us who were fortunate enough to already receive a 16GB tablet, our next step is to locate a keyboard dock
Post any information you find in here! I have my Page Monitor in chrome set to autorefresh product links from about 4 stores right now
Product Pages:
Amazon
American TV
B&H Photo/Video
Buy.com
Fry's
J&R
Neobits
Newegg
TigerDirect
Walmart
Great idea! I need me a dock!
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good idea man. I have the tablet and the sleeve on the way so all i need is the keyboard
Amen, those docks are elusive... I actually have a friend in Taiwan who's gonna look around locally for me to see if there are any US version docks over there. I'll update if I here back that there are some...
Awesome thread idea. Now which one to pre-purchase from...
Good idea! any idea on when the keyboard docks will be available?
I've had a preorder in for the dock on Amazon since they first listed it (the night of the midnight release). I preordered the dock and the tablet from them but cancelled the tablet because Bestbuy.com actually had one to sell me that night while Amazon.com was out of them before I made it through the whole order process.
I imagine Amazon's backlog of preorders for the dock is pretty huge by now.
Of course, if anyone else can actually confirm a shipping unit out to me before my Amazon preorder ships I'll cancel that as well, but I suspect the dock will be really, really difficult to find for a while, though it is kind of puzzling as to why (as cool as the dock concept is, the dock is a fairly straightforward piece of electronics compared to the tablet).
AFAIK the dock hasn't actually sold a single unit retail yet, the only copies I've heard about were the ones sent to reviewers.
Thanks for putting up this thread. Really getting frustrated with the total lack of nws from ASUS about the dock. Sure, they're out of tabs, fine, but do they really have zero keyboards to go out with the tabs they did ship to the usa? It is ridicukous. Here's hopibg we get some news and a big pile of docks very soon.
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I'll post my experience if it helps anyone. I ordered my dock from AmericanTV when they were selling it as a pre order on the 23rd. Was able to snag it for just under $140 shipped, my credit card has already been charged, but the item has not shipped yet. They sent me a confirmation email for the order that was immediately followed by another email tha said the item was out of stock and would ship once the items became available. At the time, the estimated time was about 2 weeks or so. They also sent me a paper receipt in the mail, but I haven't heard anything else since.
J&R
I had an order at JR.com for both the tablet and dock. But then my amazon order updated, so I canceled by J&R order. But when talking to J&R on the phone, they said they expect to get docks in early May. Since BestBuy website also says Dock available in May, and it is already May, I would expect them to pop up soon all over the place.
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I had an order at JR.com for both the tablet and dock. But then my amazon order updated, so I canceled by J&R order. But when talking to J&R on the phone, they said they expect to get docks in early May. Since BestBuy website also says Dock available in May, and it is already May, I would expect them to pop up soon all over the place.
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Yeah, I've had a pre-order with J&R since 4/26 for the dock as well. I am guessing 2nd week of May we start hearing about these little suckers trickling out. Hopefully I'll get mine soon since its one of the main reasons I got this tablet and am considering selling my ipad...
cloud9ine said:
I had an order at JR.com for both the tablet and dock. But then my amazon order updated, so I canceled by J&R order. But when talking to J&R on the phone, they said they expect to get docks in early May. Since BestBuy website also says Dock available in May, and it is already May, I would expect them to pop up soon all over the place.
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Yeah, I've had a pre-order with J&R since 4/26 for the dock as well. I am guessing 2nd week of May we start hearing about these little suckers trickling out. Hopefully I'll get mine soon since its one of the main reasons I got this tablet and am considering selling my ipad...
For the dutch/belgian people looking for a dock. I asked Asus Benelux and they expect the dockings in NL/BE to be available in July.
Anybody knows if they are already delivered in UK?
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Yeah, I've had a pre-order with J&R since 4/26 for the dock as well. I am guessing 2nd week of May we start hearing about these little suckers trickling out. Hopefully I'll get mine soon since its one of the main reasons I got this tablet and am considering selling my ipad...
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I also have a pre-order from J&R. Well, my pre-order consists of me walking 30 feet to J&R from work every day to check if it's in stock.
going insane waiting for the dock. but i'm really hesitant to preorder anywhere. i'd prefer best buy or amazon over anyplace else. but honestly probably going to end up preording someplace else if nothing happens at best buy/amazon in a week. can always cancel.
I just put a preorder in on B&H. Obviously no one is shipping these yet but hopefully in the next week or so we'll see some start going out. Now that I've finally got my tablet on the way, I guess it'll make waiting for the keyboard dock a little less stressful. Talk to me in a week though!
At this point I just want to get one on order, since nobody has recieved on in the US yet who do you guys think is the best bet for pre order?
~DC
There is someone on Ebay selling over 20 of the keyboard docks for $169 shippied with an ETA of May 13, that's not a bad price or delivery date. But wouldn't that indicate that availability for others should be around the same time?
I'm tempted to buy it.
~DC
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There is someone on Ebay selling over 20 of the keyboard docks for $169 shippied with an ETA of May 13, that's not a bad price or delivery date. But wouldn't that indicate that availability for others should be around the same time?
I'm tempted to buy it.
~DC
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it's actually excalliberpc. they charge $150+shipping on their real site so on ebay they're charging $170 with free shipping.
I have one preordered at fry's, lets see.
Does anyone know when Staples is getting the Iconia? I've got credit from returning my GTablet and think the Iconia is the next tablet for me.
Someone on the phandroid forum said staples is suppose to get them this week. Funny how they have the case, but not the tablet and best buy has the tablet but not the case.
I have $50 at best buy so I'm waiting for the case from them.
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Wait, staples is going to sell the iconia? I thought it is Best Buy exclusive
Staples in Sorrento Valley San Diego has a display up (dell streak and Iconia). I went at lunch looking for the folio case. Guy said they only got the tablets in but no cases. I didn't verify exactly if they were in or not because I bought mine last night.
Best Buy has an exclusive through this week and Staples will start selling them on Sunday. Most stores have stock already, but can not sell until Sunday.
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Best Buy has an exclusive through this week and Staples will start selling them on Sunday. Most stores have stock already, but can not sell until Sunday.
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Verified. Went there this morning and bought the case, it wasn't even on display yet. The tablet will be up for sale Sunday at the same price as Best Buy.
Sweet! I just checked next week's Staples Ad and it has the Acer Iconia Tab it in! Should be available Sunday as a few people have mentioned.
Just so you know target is getting it too, not just best buy and staples, thats the one i'm waiting for because i get my employee discount ^_^
This is a bit late, but I've been kicking myself since Black Friday, as I set my wife up on two machines and myself on two machines to pick up the Thrive 8GB for $199.
She managed to get one, but for me, it stalled when loading the CC page, hung and eventually let me buy it, only to see an out of stock email about 15 minutes later...
I'm trying to see how many thrives were out there? Looked on fatwallet and the ultra secret black friday sale thread jokingly said there were only 5. If so, I don't feel so bad
So if you're one of the lucky few or know of someone that was, please tell, to help my bruised ego
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Well, thank you. It is an honor to have a Senior Mod say that.
I didnt get that one...but did manage to get a Toshiba Thrive 8gb for my son for Christmas ...Black Friday at Best buy. But it was 279.00. I was kind of disappointed at the 8gb...but I felt the price was decent. I bought one for myself too!
I too missed out on the NewEgg deal, but picked one up from amazon for the same price around 5pm on BF.
Hopefully there are more of us on here.
I got one from Newegg for $199.
was trying to snag one up for my mother, I do hope there was only 5 in stock, that way i dont feel bad for not getting one.
Unfortunately I didnt. I too bought it from best buy. I was able to nab one when the workers told me that they didnt have any asus and for awhile said they had no thrives. Makes me believe they hid a few for themselves. I dont need 8gb and love the full hdmi and usb. I just use it for a media center and browsing online with some other apps. All in all i love it.
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I've got one of the Newegg 8gb models. I had my eye on the Thrive for a while - so when doing Black Friday stuff I saw it go up on fatwallet - I camped out in front of the PC for it.
Basically I made sure my newegg account was logged in, made sure my shipping/CC info was ready to go, and got ready. It was basically click-click-click-click-stupid Mastercard verification-click.
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THEY PULLED THE DEAL. ITS BACK TO $392
Alri8 guys,
All the people looking to buy 10.1" tablet this is REALLY a GOOD DEAL after long time compared to $389 which is only $10 cheaper than marked price.
Amazon got it for $ 349.99 + Free Shipping
Asus Tabs is the best out there right now in my opinion. Its not too pricey and dose all that other high end Tabs dose (except led-flash). Also it has a very nice Keyboard-Dock with battery (sold separately). And Asus really stand behind their product. Hopefully ICS for TF-101 will come pretty soon.
Anyway this is good deal on TF-101 so far.
Also The New Transformer Prime is back in stock at amazon found here.
thnx.
Nope NO MORE ON SALE !!!
they pulled it its back to $ 392 sorry !
It's only $299 for a refurb at walmart. I'd just buy one at wally world, it's cheaper...
Or...Tigerdirect.com has refurbs for $329.99 w/free shipping in stock.
For all people lurking or have a 30 day return on your tablet.
Frys has the Note 10.1 for $499 and they will give you an in-store credit for $100 after purchase.
Link: http://www.frys.com/ads/page4
Today is the last day they are doing the store credit.
Mods: if this isnt appropriate please delete.
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I did this the other day, best move yet! Just in the nick of time was able to return my asus infinity tf700 to amazon and went to frys to get this. I wish that my local best buy had it in stock though.
This is the best table on the market in my opinion, at least in terms of functionality and usability, which is majority of my decision making.