Asus’ super-powerful silver bullet Android tablet had one big problem: its GPS sucked. So instead of issuing replacement hardware that didn’t suck, Asus is handing out fat, ugly dongle attachments. Oh, and they block the tablet’s dock connector, too. Sweet!
Last year it was announced that Hasbro was going to sue Asus over the branding of the Transformer Prime; apparently, people all over the planet were confusing a tablet with shape-shifting robots. Now the case has been settled — Hasbro lost — but the court ruling is quite hilarious.
The new iPad runs a little warmer than the old one, but is it actually “hot” by comparison to other tech gear we use every day? The answer would seem to be no, although nobody can quite agree by how much.
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.
That super-powered quad core dream machine known as Transformer Prime? It’s available with Ice Cream Sandwich starting today.
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!
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.
