If you were one of those who's been wishing that the elusive and official ASUS 7 Nexus Dock be made available for purchase in the U.S. and Europe, your wishes are about to come true, possibly in a few days.

If you're a Nexus 7 owner, you probably have been waiting to get your your hands on the ASUS Nexus 7 Dock. The dock made by ASUS, Google's design partner for the Nexus 7, has been missing in action for months after appearing on ASUS' site. It appears things are about to change for the better. ASUS has confirmed that the dock will arrive in mid-January in Europe. If you're in the US you'll be happy to know that B&H Photo who started offering pre-orders for the dock in December is now showing an expected availability date of Jan. 10 on their site.

The ASUS Nexus 7 Dock features:

• Angled for optimum viewing of movies, photos, webpages, and email
• Standard 3.5mm port for speakers
• Micro USB, which makes charging easy while using the tablet
• Polished glass exterior and rubberized interior customized for Nexus 7

The ASUS Nexus 7 Dock is built to attractively display and charge your Nexus 7 tablet. It's design features a polished glass exterior and a durable-grip rubber interior to protect your Nexus 7. It charges the Nexus 7 through the built-in pogo pins on the tablet allowing you to charge the device without inserting a microUSB cable into the charging/data port on the tablet. The dock retails for $39.99.