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Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement. For now, this is the one to get — at least until the TFT comes down the line. Even the initial demonstration model that Asus showed to us displayed the now well-known "blind-screen effect". You would have also read that Asus is working hard to fix the issues that it can, and, indeed, despite our review sample coming with Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed, another update was available the moment we started testing. First impressions? This thing is thin. It's also lighter than the iPad 2, and, when combined with its champagne-gold backing, presents quite the drool-worthy device. Asus loves claiming world firsts, and in this case it's claiming the first Tegra 3 device. This quintuple-core monster uses four cores when under load, and a fifth, low-powered core to save battery when executing lower-performance tasks. This means that we should see some pretty crazy battery times out of the Prime — provided that the core switcher is smart enough. Just like the Transformer, plugging in the keyboard dock considerably extends your battery life. This is a tablet absolutely built for video, and, combined with something like MX Player, it should keep you quite happy. We can only imagine what the upcoming x, TFT version of the tablet will look like.

The Transformer Prime outclasses the competition with its svelte and stylish design, its beautiful display, and its beefy specs. Given its promised future upgrade to Android 4. The first thing that will catch your eye about the Transformer Prime is its svelte design. It measures In spite of its shallow depth, Asus manages to fit in several ports, a feat that neither Apple nor Samsung accomplished in their aforementioned models. The combination 3. The power button is at the top left edge in landscape mode, or along the top right edge in portrait mode, and it has a handy, tiny dot that glows red while the tablet is charging. The dock is also made of aluminum, and has a terrific build quality. Typing on it felt solid and natural; and the clickpad-style multitouch-gesture-capable touchpad makes a worthwhile alternative to using an external Bluetooth tablet keyboard typically, such keyboards do not include a pointing device. And it did, almost literally, in our objective and subjective tests.

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This TF201 similarities with the iPad 2 Smart Coverbut folds in an origami like fashion. Light Bleed Fixed". Panoramic photography isn't what it's cracked up to be. It was suggested in user forums that the problem is a result of the spun aluminium back panel effectively blocking GPS signals, TF201, poorly contacting Pogo pin connectors causing further signal loss, and TF201 at least some units, faulty printed circuit boards. No doubt with screen brightness turned down it would last much longer — this is a worst-case scenario. The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a tablet computer with a See full bio, TF201. By contrast, the Transformer Prime exceeded expectations with its bypixel display, TF201. Phil Nickinson from Android Central took a bit of a TF201 when he ran the Razorclaw rooting TF201 on the review unit Transformer Prime he had, but the risk paid off. Tech Computing. The normal mode optimizes for maximum processing performance; the balanced mode optimizes TF201 a more middle-of-the-road experience capped at 1. Main article: Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, TF201. Asus has made a handful of useful customizations to the stock Android Honeycomb interface. Android Police.

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• The Transformer Prime was announced by Asus on 9 November
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It is the world's first Android tablet computer with a quad-core processor, and a successor to the dual-core Asus Eee Pad Transformer. It runs Android 4. The Transformer Prime was announced by Asus on 9 November It was released in Taiwan on 1 December , [1] and in Canada and the United States during the week of 19 December The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a tablet computer with a It has an There is also a sleeve which protects the tablet when not in use. This has similarities with the iPad 2 Smart Cover , but folds in an origami like fashion. The Transformer Prime shipped with Android 3. Android 4. The tablet has been noted for its graphics performance in games optimized for the Tegra 3 , with the water in Riptide GP prompting a description of "awesome". On 22 December , toy maker Hasbro filed a lawsuit against Asus for trademark violation. Hasbro requested that Asus change the name of the Prime, claiming that the name "Transformer Prime" is using its Transformers franchise to sell tablets. Failing the name change, they are requesting that Asus not be allowed to release the Prime, and that they pay punitive damages. It was suggested in user forums that the problem is a result of the spun aluminium back panel effectively blocking GPS signals, poorly contacting Pogo pin connectors causing further signal loss, and in at least some units, faulty printed circuit boards. Asus responded by saying "The ASUS Transformer Prime is made from a metallic unibody design, so the material may affect the performance of the GPS when receiving signals from satellites" they went on to say "this product is not a professional GPS device". The front camera was boosted from 1. It has improved graphics performance with a core GPU. Contents move to sidebar hide.

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Lovely design. Asus loves claiming world firsts, and in TF201 case it's claiming the first Tegra 3 device. Ice Cream Sandwich itself is a marked improvement over Honeycomb, TF201, especially in terms of tightening up design and adding extra animation to make things appear smoother, TF201. Tech Computing, TF201. By contrast, TF201 Transformer Prime exceeded expectations with its bypixel display. Retrieved 11 TF201 Don't expect handwriting recognition, though; this is pure note taking only. Well, the Sleeve doubles as a stand so it delivers a similar functionality, but folds TF201 a different way. Categories : Asus products Tablet computers Android operating system devices Products introduced in The first thing that will catch your eye about the Transformer Prime is its svelte design, TF201. The difference in the gaming experience was visceral, and drew oohs and aahs from colleagues who gathered to TF201 what the fuss was about. During our tests, TF201, we also had no issue with Wi-Fi dropouts, TF201, with the supplied tablet performing well. It measures Android tablet computers. Asus has made a handful of useful customizations to the stock Android Honeycomb interface.