OK, so the Transformer Prime had some trouble with the built-in GPS. It didn't work. Now there's a free dongle. Wonder how much profit that's wiped out.

A screenshot of the conversation between Jeremy Mason and "Andrea", the online assistant for NewEgg. Before you click through, guess what the figure was for the entire US. (Linked from <a href="http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/04/26/asus-eee-pad-transformer-how-to-successfully-mess-up-a-product-launch/">this page</a>.

"Apparently online retailer NCIX sold out of the Prime and after canceling multiple orders a few rumors came out that their response was ASUS had delayed the hotly anticipated tablet due to WiFi issues. Here at SlashGear we’ve already had extensive time with the Prime and you can see our in-depth review here. At no point did our unit experience any WiFi issues. After reaching out to our sources from ASUS here is what they had to say in response:"

…that it's on schedule. Suggestions that it had been delayed because of Wi-Fi issues are being squelched.

More tricks to play with sales channels, this time from Asus: "J.P. Morgan’s Mark Moskowitz’s informal survey of Best Buy and Target outletts... found that most hadn’t received any Transformer tablets yet. “All stores we spoke to had not even received the Transformer tablet,” Moskowitz says. “The general read was that supply would not reach most stores until mid-May. As a result, we ask how the Asus tablet can be sold out when it did not arrive in the first place.”