Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Unveiled and Detailed

[kenyee]

Wish it had microUSB so you wouldn't need to buy the dock, but I'm glad they fixed the screen. Is it finally 24-bit (the old Transformer was 18-bit dithered)-:?

 

[Guest]

Can it boot from the microSD? For work, I'd like to carry 2 32/64GB microSD with windows and linux on it.

 

[Guest]

This tablet is so far ahead of the pack compared to what is out there. ASUS has a home run on their hands. Hopefully they will be able to keep up with the demand. Glad they don't make it in black as I am sick of looking at black cars, black gadgets, black clothing and black everything in general terms. That champagne gold looks like it has my name on one. I don't need 3g and WiFi is good enough which is available in a growing number of places including MickeyD's. The keyboard is the perfect match albeit not cheap but anything premium is never cheap by definition. I'm wondering if the Andoid geeks can figure out a way to dual boot with Windoze 8 when it comes out.

 

[mb2bm55]

I don't give a damn about SoC tablets. Its going to be several generations before I purchase one, since none have even close to the firepower and functionality I'd want and their OS's are just more toys to waste time with.

I'm waiting for the EP121 Win8 equivalent slate. The EP121 came really close to meeting all the features I'd like to see in a slate/tablet. If it had a sandy bridge instead of Lynnfield (save more power), Removable battery, some of the security features (finger print scanning?) like featured on Lenovo business tablets, and 4G connectivity for true mobility I'd jump on it right away. Windows 8 optimization for tablets is definitely going to help as well. The integrated stylus pen was a really great feature on the EP121. Also an Ivy bridge when it is released in march might make for a pretty nice tablet pc.

 

[arlandi]

will there be a War of the Lawyers between Hasbro and ASUS??

 

[case56]

I agree with mb2bm55 in some aspects, I'll be picking this up as a content consumption device and for a little work via VM into my home desktop PC (this and the keyboard are 2 of the biggest draws for me). I was also looking at the EP121 as a serious workstation device for digital painting, and will likely pick up the win8 sandybridge equivalent if/when it appears. (I hope Asus realises the popularity of the transformer's keyboard dock while designing it) however, I doubt the battery life of the the EP121 successor will come anywhere near the current efficiency of ARM based Android tablets nor the form factor for a few years at least. Personally I would like to see full wacom digitizer support on a 10" tablet, with an optional keyboard dock, which can forward the digitzer pens output to a PC via the virtual machine link. Then you can use your familiar art/photo/3d apps running on a more powerful workstation PC, using your light and power efficient tablet as the interface best of both worlds, just a thought... can already see some impressive looking native android art apps popping up, perhaps another patent hurdle is preventing companies from building more digitizer enabled tablets?

 

[eddieroolz]

That's some serious specs for a tablet there. 8MP camera on a tablet? Who would've guessed.

 

[evan_]

Ok, here are the 'drawbacks' of this tablet that keep it from reaching perfection status:

1) Older Bluetooth standard v2.1+EDR (latest is v4.0, which also offers additional power savings for mobile devices)

2) No USB/microUSB port.

3) No microSDXC support (bigger than 32GB microSD cards, not important now, but for future-proofness)

4) No NFC

 

[soo-nah-mee]

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1) Who cares! When are you using this device with bluetooth anyway? (this is actually a serious question; I myself have no plans of using a BT headset or anything; mine will have the BT radio powered off for the life of the device)
2) USB in keyboard dock
3) How much storage do you need on a tablet really? I can't imagine 64GB internal + 32GB microSD not being enough for just about everybody.
4) If you're referring to the "Android Beam" in ICS, ino my opinion it's more of a gimmick that a practical feature; at least on tablets. On a phone I can see some usability, maybe.

 

[ezerteszter]

missing the 3G very much, but I cant wait to put my hands on it!

i am already competing for one on its forum - transformerprime.info - if I don't win, then have to buy it for christmas lol

 

[evan_]

[citation][nom]soo-nah-mee[/nom]^1) Who cares! When are you using this device with bluetooth anyway? (this is actually a serious question; I myself have no plans of using a BT headset or anything; mine will have the BT radio powered off for the life of the device)2) USB in keyboard dock3) How much storage do you need on a tablet really? I can't imagine 64GB internal + 32GB microSD not being enough for just about everybody.4) If you're referring to the "Android Beam" in ICS, ino my opinion it's more of a gimmick that a practical feature; at least on tablets. On a phone I can see some usability, maybe.[/citation]

1) You could be using a bluetooth keyboard, or gaming controller, or anything else bluetooth that requires a constant connection (and thus benefit from the newer bluetooth standards).

2) I don't plan on getting the dock. I would like a miniUSB on the tablet to connect to any computer without a specialized cable. I don't care much about a USB host port on a tablet (the one the dock offers), not that this wouldn't be a great addition as well.

3) What's wrong with implementing the latest standards anyway? SDXC is not brand new, it's been around for a while. Besides the increased capacities, there's also vastly increased speeds allowed in the latest SD standards.

 

[itworldcom]

first coming of netbook killer actually... for notebook killer? We still don't think so.. ^_^

http://itworldcom.com/asus-ee-transformer-prime

warm regards,