The great headlines is Asus’ new tablet is cheaper than a iPad. The bad headlines is Asus’ alternative tablet is approach more expensive than a iPad—it’ll set you behind $1000. Confused? Don’t be.

The cheaper variant which retails the mere $399 is the more compress Eee Pad EP101TC which hits stores upon March 2011. The costly a single is a 12-inch Eee Pad EP121 that comes with the Windows 7 OS as well as the absolute Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor.

To serve spice up their upcoming register, Asus CEO Jerry Shen has hinted during a third Eee Pad whose specs embody the 10-inch hold scrceen, the Windows OS (the EP121 uses Android 3.0) as well as ARM processors.

Additionally, an additional pleasing brand-new tablet will be nearing most earlier and costs only $300. The monochrome Eee Tablet runs on the Linux Android as well as includes the touchscreen, has audio as well as video recording capabilities, WiFi, and a 10 hour battery lifespan.

Don’t design any of these models shortly yet, we’ve all review about how notorious Asus is during behind tablets.

via slashgear