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ASUS is a well-known Taiwanese computer components manufacturer. The company stepped into the tablet industry a couple of years ago. The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is the company's latest Honeycomb tablet with a unique form factor. This tablet comes with a keyboard (purchased separately), which transforms it into a mini laptop or netbook when docked to the tablet. The tablet hasn't seen the wider market yet, with countries like India still awaiting the launch of the tablet. Now it seems like the company is already planning a successor to the tablet powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU, and apparently running Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The tablet could be launched in October or November this year. Previous rumours suggested that ASUS was planning to have a successor to the Eee Pad Transformer running on the Windows 8 platform, but this new rumour seems more likely. Also, the fact that this news comes from a supplier chain of ASUS in Taiwan, makes it seem much more plausible.

The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is a regular Honeycomb tablet with a 10.1" display. It stands out in the crowd of tablets because it comes with a keyboard (which can be bought separately), literally transforming it into a netbook. A similar feature is available with the Motorola XOOM, allowing it to be paired with a Bluetooth wireless keyboard. The Acer Iconia Tab is already available in India, and with the XOOM, Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Eee Pad Transformer launching soon, the tablet market in India could heat up in no time.

The Eee Pad Transformer runs on a 1 GHz dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU, which is seen in most Honeycomb tablets. The Tegra 3 processor codenamed Kal El is a quad core CPU capable of running each core at up to 1.5 GHz. The Kal El is said to be up to 5 times faster than the Tegra 2 processor, so we can only imagine the snappiness of that beast.