Still excited, but disappointed

[huffphil]

Don't get me wrong, I am super excited about the specs for the new transformer prime. I am still planning on getting one shortly after they are available. I have been doing research on the first transformer and it seems like the feedback I read is that most people use it with the keyboard dock almost all the time. I envision using it for that purpose as well. I may wait on getting the keyboard dock right away, but if there are some good combo deals when it comes out it seems like a no-brainer for me.

I am planning to use it as a laptop type replacement to occasionally do work on, but mostly for the fun stuff. What bothered me about the specs for the prime is that the new keyboard dock only comes with one USB port and I think the original transformer dock had two. I just have never been a big fan of using the touchpad with any laptop and I always use a USB mouse to navigate - even on my work laptop. It seems like going from two USB ports to one is a step down. Of course having my portable hard drive with me always will keep that USB port busy and have all my media with me everywhere, but leaving the nano-receiver in the USB for my mouse would have been helpful.

Maybe others can weigh in on the one or two USB port discussion. Is there anyone else that uses both USB ports on the original transformer dock? I also noticed in the pics of the new dock that it looks like the USB port is not covered, I tried the original dock at Best Buy and had a hard time getting the cover to open to access the USB port.

 

[sledgie#AC]

I did use both ports, one for my USB flash drive, one for usb controller for a few games.
Here's the thing: find a good quality BT mouse.
I'm a little disappointed too (also due to the delay) that there is only 1 USB, and Micro instead of the Mini HDMI that was found on the original TF. I'm tired of buying new components. The Mini worked fine. I had a MiniHDMI for the TF, a MicroHDMI for my EVO, and soon a MHL for the SGS2. It's disturbing.
But enough about that. It will probably be a very good tablet. I'm glad they included MicroSD at least (the orignal dock has 2 USB, Full SD card slot, tablet had MicroSD, MiniHDMI). I'm a little sad because I also recently jumped on a 32GB SD card in anticipation of this (thanks, again, Asus)

So to recap buy a BT mouse. I can't even be sure that the USB wireless nano mice work (someone correct me or clue me in here if you know and what model/brand). I never used the microsoft nano USB mouse i have or the logitech one for that matter on the TF. Just a BT.

It will be excessively thin.