Well I'm posting here because they haven't yet made a dedicated forum for this device at the other place. No, you aren't the only one.
I went to the store to buy a Nexus 7 today (because its actually cheaper than buying from the PlayStore which has tax and shipping, also I had a horrible experience with ordering from Google with the waiting time and with returning item to them that took over one month and many phone calls to get my refund.)
I also saw the Memo Pad 10 while at store, but thought it was just another Transformer and didn't look very careful at it. Brought home the Nexus 7, did "fastboot oem unlock". While at it, looking at the specs of this Memo pad and realized it has:
-standard microUSB with OTG capability (not proprietary crap like the rest of the Asus Transformers)
-dedicated microHDMI port, not MHL
-microSD slot
-MobileTechReview showing it work with the Xbox gamepad.
Sold! Then I did "fastboot oem lock" on the Nexus 7, returned it and picked up the Memo Pad 10. I much prefer the 7" form factor, since I primarily plan on getting a pocketable 7" to bring around. But this is the first all around tablet at this price range I've seen, Asus just hit all the spots with this one except for not being 7", it has all the standard ports and good performance. I looked at the Memo Pad 7", but the cpu spec is very poor.
Other choices I thought about, but they all lack something I wanted:
-Nexus 7 - no TV-out what so ever, no microSD
-Nexus 10 - $100 more than the Memo Pad, overkill for my needs, no microsd slot, don't want to order from Google again (seriously)
-Asus Transformer tablets: proprietary charging port
Naturally I prefer Nexus devices, but I'm willing to not get the latest updates for the ability of external storage and hdmi out at reasonable price. This basically will replace my laptop as HTPC.
My only concern now is rooting and getting CyanogenMod support. I probably will only sell this device if there will be near zero development, but all the other Asus tablets seems to get lots of developers so I'm not too worried. There isn't even TPU cases for it on eBay yet as of now.