We recently reviewed — and rather liked — the Asus Transformer Prime. It was the best Android tablet out there. Oh, until Asus dropped its new higher-end Transformer Prime, complete with a 1080p screen and improved back panel. Joy!
The newer Transformer Prime (model numberTF700T) does not replace the older one (model number TF201), it is just a snazzier version. It’ll cost you $US100 bucks more than its cuckolded little bro (so $US600/32GB version, $US700/64GB version). For people who use their tablets for consuming the hell out of some media, the 1080p screen may be worth the upgrade. Other than that it’s essentially the same as the one we reviewed. They are, however updating the back panel, because there have been many reports of people suffering poor Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and/or GPS reception through the Prime’s aluminium back panel. When this one launches in Q2, it’ll have Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.1) already onboard.
On the other end of the spectrum there’s the 7-inch MeMO tablet: also be available this year. It’s not terribly different from other 7-inch tablets we saw in 2011: 1280×800 resolution, 1.2GHz Snapdragon dual-core processor. At half an inch thick (12.7mm), it’s a bit thicker than the Transformer Prime (.4 inches/10.4 mm). Basically, it seems like a tablet that we would have excited about at last year’s CES. The only difference is that this will have Ice Cream Sandwich when it hits the market. The upshot is that it’ll be quite a bit cheaper than the Prime, but there’s no word yet on pricing or availability.
Johnny P
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 10:23 AMThats the big problem with Asus Android Tablets. They are the HTC of tablets. There is always a new one every 2 weeks.
Jonathan
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 10:35 AMAnd still no 3G? I think I’ll wait.
Plazma
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:05 PMI am with you on that one.
Ed
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 10:36 AMI’m throwing hundred dollar bills at the screen but nothing is happening, do I have open some ports and check my TCP/IP settings?
TSH
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:18 AMphwoar nice!
<3 Samsung screens, but bigger <3 for ASUS for better innovation. Will this one fit into the Transformer Prime dock? Would be good if they stuck with one dock design and made subsequent tablets compatible…
Johnny P
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:24 AMGood point re: Docks. Be a shame to have to buy a new dock for each transformer model
vin
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:56 AMthe only problem with this is non-cloud 1080p playback…
how much HD content will you fit on a 32Gb tablet? you’d blow it out with a handful of movies…
LyndonL
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 2:34 PMI’m more interested in the new stream of 1080p screens on tablets due to the extra screen real estate. It makes viewing webpages and documents with wide and tall content a lot more easier. The low res screens is one of the biggest deterrents for me in buying a tablet, so I think with the proliferation of new high res screens, I will have to jump on board soon.