ASUS Eee Pad Tablet Confirmed The Same Day Apple Tablet Debuts

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Not sure about you guys, but I was thinking that no other company would even dare to make any official announcements today, as Apple is all geared up to bring some amazing news that will take the tech world by a storm. However, it looks like ASUS don’t care much about the whole hype around the Verizon iPhone release date, the iPhone 4.0 OS or the highly rumored Apple Tablet, and today, Vice-president Eric Chen, has confirmed the company’s plans to start manufacturing the ASUS Eee Pad tablet.

What’s even more interesting is that the company exec didn’t bring much to the table except for the obvious ARM-based processor, 3G connectivity and the fact that ASUS is paying particular attention to the user interface, comparing it with the iPhone. “You look at the iPhone, for example. The reason the iPhone is so successful – and call quality is really not that good – is the UI function, I think, is just the best. So this is also the way that we need to improve,” he mentioned.

Other than the above, the Nvidia Tegra 2-powered Eee Pad is also going “to play video or something, when you like”; and can we speculate it’s going to be 720p quality, and not 1080p?

For now there’s nothing official regarding availability and pricing, but does anyone care, knowing that in 1 hour mark, Steve will be on the stage?