It’s not even clear if Google will get directly into the Android tablet business — although its ownership of Motorola kind of makes the point moot. Still, the latest rumour doing the rounds suggests that the maker of a $US199 Google-branded tablet will be Asus.
Asus is on a roll with its rebranded ‘Transformer Pads’ tablet line, pushing out yet another version. The Infinity series takes the Prime and runs with it, packing either a Tegra 3 or a Snapdragon S4 and a 10.1-inch full-HD screen.
We knew it was coming, and yep, Asus has announced the intriguing, form-changing phone-cum-tablet. Say hello to the Padfone, the smartphone that docks inside, and powers, a tablet. Let’s take things in turn.
When the Asus Transformer Prime launched, there was outcry from developers over the fact that its bootloader was locked. Asus eventually crumbled and announced that they would remove the restrictions. Now, almost two months later, you can download the fix.
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:
We knew it was coming, but Asus has confirmed that the Tegra 3-powered Transformer Prime Android tablet is now available.
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.
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.
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.