ASUS Transformer Prime to hit US market on 8th December

The long Waited Assus Eee Pad Transformer Prime will go on sale in the US from December 8, the company has confirmed, a week after Taiwanese sales begin on December 1. However, European tableteers will have to wait until January 2012 for the Tegra 3 tablet, ASUS Taiwan told NetbookNews, with exact release dates depending on each specific country.

Pricing for the Transformer Prime had already been confirmed, back when ASUS initially announced the quadcore tablet. The 32GB version is 499 USD in the US, while the 64GB model is 599USD the clever battery/keyboard dock, which adds full QWERTY input, extra ports and greater runtime to the slate section, is 149USD.