Office Depot website shows Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 in stock for $499.99

Last month, we told you that Best Buy's website had listed the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 for $599.99. That turned out to be a false alarm and Best Buy eventually removed the page from its site. Now, it is Office Depot's turn to list the device and the office products retailer's website shows the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF 700 as being in stock. The price shown is $499.99 which makes it a higher-end device than the manufacturer's most recently produced tablet, the Google Nexus 7. There are two variants of the tablet, one with LTE connectivity and the dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 S4 processor under the hood. The other is a Wi-Fi only model powered by the quad-core Tegra 3. The model listed by Office Depot is the Tegra 3, Wi-Fi only variant.

Asus has developed a loyal fan base that consider its Android based "Transformer" series of tablets to be the best available and many have patiently waited for the launch of the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700. Besides the quad-core processor, this particular version features a 10.1 inch  Super IPS+ LCD display with resolution of 1920 x 1200 and pixel density of 224ppi. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 2. 1GB of RAM and 32GB of native storage are included. Only .3 inches thick, the Transformer Pad Infinity offers a new 8MP camera on back that captures video at 1080p. A 2MP front facing camera takes self portraits and enables video chat. Android 4.0 is installed. As usual with the Asus Transformer tablets, an optional QWERTY keyboard dock is available for an extra-cost.

Hopefully this is the real thing this time. Office Depot is limiting online orders to just 2 per customer and will ship it to you for free. 

source: OfficeDepot via AndroidAuthority