Exciting times are afoot if you’re coming off contract soon. Australia’s first 4G phone (the Velocity 4G) arrived yesterday, alongside the Samsung Omnia W, our first second-gen Windows Phone. Then there are upcoming phones like the HTC Titan II, Sony Xperia S, Nokia Lumia 900, and the Asus Padfone. Here’s how these upcoming beasts compare. More »
We’ve known that Kinect for Windows is coming for a while now, but The Daily got its hands on the first computers that have the technology built directly into them: More »
We knew it was coming, but Asus has confirmed that the Tegra 3-powered Transformer Prime Android tablet is now available. More »
The Transformer Prime hits Australian stores this week, loaded with Ice Cream Sandwich. But can it play Skyrim? Yes, apparently, via PC to tablet streaming using Splashtop THD — a new and improved (but not yet available) version that Asus and Nvidia teamed up to demo at CES. More »
Ready for some quad-core Tegra 3 love? According to CRN, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime hits ‘normal retail channels’ on January 18 after recently being upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.1). The downside: you’ll reportedly need to wait until April for the high-def 1080p version that Asus announced this week at CES. Pricing info after the jump. More »
There aren’t a lot of secrets left about Nvidia’s Tegra 3 quad-core mobile guts; after all, it’s already been on shelves in the Transformer Prime for weeks. In fact, the only question left has been what other devices we’ll see it in. More »
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! More »
In a word…speed. This tablet has not a dual, not a triple, but a quad-core 1.3GHz processor, plus a dedicated GPU. It is the first device to run NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor — the first quad-core Android tablet — and it simply blows the doors off of everything else. In terms of speed, anyway. More »
Nothing stirs the wrath of Android geeks more than a locked bootloader it seems. Following the revelation that Asus was planning on locking down the Transformer Prime bootloader yesterday, the company has changed tack, announcing that it is working on a bootloader unlocking tool. More »
Asus has been the target of criticism from some angry power users who are worried they won’t be able to customise the brand new Transformer Prime as much as they want to. And rightly so! More »
