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ASUS Transformer TF300T Up For Pre-Order Online – $380 For 16GB Model With Tegra 3 Processor

by Chris Chavez on April 11th, 2012 No Comments

If you’ve been holding out for an affordable mid-to-high-end Android 4.0 tablet, it looks like you wont have to wait much longer. The ASUS Transformer 300 series popped up today in a Google search result, showing up at online retailers on both sides of the pond. French online retailer Tablette Store currently has the tablet [...]

Asus confirms provision of GPS dongles to Transformer Prime users

by Raveesh Bhalla on April 7th, 2012 No Comments

If your Asus Transformer Prime tablet is one of those affected by the GPS issues, we’ve got some good news for you: Asus has confirmed to AllThingsD that they will be providing users with GPS dongles to alleviate the issue. More details on the program will come in on April 16th, when the manufacturer will [...]

Rumor: Google Tablet Pushed to July in Effort to Lower Cost

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 6th, 2012 No Comments

Rumors of an affordable Google tablet have been running rampant now more than ever. They detail a plan of Google teaming up with ASUS to provide a tablet that will be powerful, yet will cost just about $250. It was due in May. Well, new rumors, courtesy of The Verge‘s sources, say otherwise. The tablet [...]

ASUS Preps GPS Hardware Add-On For Transformer Prime Owners – Arriving Mid-April?

by Chris Chavez on April 6th, 2012 No Comments

Show me a Transformer Prime, and I’ll show you an owner who has no doubt been unhappy with its GPS performance. In fact, owners of the ASUS Transformer Prime were pretty vocal about this defect which, when investigated, turned out was caused by nothing more than poor design. ASUS acknowledged, then tried to fix the [...]

ASUS PadFone up for pre-order in Taiwan, on sale April 20

by Kevin Krause on April 5th, 2012 No Comments

In the year since it was initially announced, the ASUS Padfone has gone through a few changes. But ASUS promised us it would finally for on sale in April, and sure enough retail availability is almost upon us. The PadFone is up for pre-order in Taiwan. Though it may not be indicative of its pricing [...]

Is This the Nexus Tablet by ASUS?

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 3rd, 2012 No Comments

With all the rumors we’ve been hearing about an alleged Nexus tablet by ASUS, it’s high time for visual evidence to surface. PocketNow may have procured that evidence as they have received a photo of a slate as generic as one could look. The photos make the tablet look ultra thin, something we know ASUS [...]

ClockworkMod Touch Now Available for ASUS Tablets

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 2nd, 2012 No Comments

Those of you ASUS Transformer and Transformer Prime owners who hate giving your buttons a workout while in recovery will be happy to know that a new touch-based option is now available for you. ClockworkMod Touch gives you the ability to navigate recovery mode by tapping on list items and using virtual buttons. It’s still [...]

NVIDIA CEO: $199 Tegra 3 tablets could be a reality by summer

by Kevin Krause on March 29th, 2012 No Comments

At CES NVIDIA and ASUS unveiled a 7-inch tablet with a quad-core Tegra 3 processor. The specs aren’t exactly special at this point in the game, but the pricing model was. The new slate would be hitting shelves at $250. Since then, rumors of the device becoming a Nexus-branded ASUS tablet in partnership with Google [...]

Latest ASUS Transformer Prime update now rolling out, brings face unlock and other features

by Kevin Krause on March 29th, 2012 No Comments

The “awesome” ASUS Transformer Prime update we were first teased with earlier this week is now rolling out to users. As was detailed yesterday, the new software brings about features like face unlock, new lockscreen notification controls, and the Google Play suite among other fixes and tweaks. We’ve received reports from several users in the US [...]

ASUS Transformer Prime Update Features Outed; Face Unlock, New Lock Screen Notifications, And More

by Quentyn Kennemer on March 28th, 2012 No Comments

Remember yesterday when ASUS teased an awesome new update for the Transformer Prime? Well, it seems we’ve already gotten a sneak peak into what to expect. The new information is courtesy of the ASUS Italy Facebook page. According to them, we’ll finally be getting Face Unlock, a feature that is standard in Android 4.0. There [...]

ASUS Teases Firmware Update For Transformer Prime – Says New Features Will Be “Awesome”

by Chris Chavez on March 27th, 2012 No Comments

ASUS is teasing a new firmware update for the Transformer Prime on their Facebook page today. The update is said to bring “new features” but last we heard, the latest firmware was Ice Cream Sandwich which the T-Prime was already running. Here’s what ASUS had to say: Perhaps they’re talking about Android 4.0.5 with a [...]

Judge denies Hasbro request for Transformer Prime ban

by Kevin Krause on March 27th, 2012 No Comments

When it comes to lawsuits we now expect a company like Apple to pursue endless legal action to stay ahead of competitors, but surely a toy company like Hasbro would be a little more lighthearted. Right? Wrong. The maker behind the ever-popular Transformers line has been taking ASUS to task after the tablet manufacturer chose [...]

Tegra 3 gets proper comparison to Apple’s new A5X chip, not a one-horse race

by Kevin Krause on March 19th, 2012 No Comments

Independent benchmark testing is lending a bit of clarity to Apple’s claim that the new A5X chip found in the latest iPad model far exceeds the performance of NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra 3 processor. Laptop Mag pitted the new iPad against the ASUS Transformer Prime and found that the results were’t as one-sided as Apple would have [...]

Nexus tablet a ‘done deal,’ could launch without Tegra 3 priced at $149 [RUMOR]

by Kevin Krause on March 16th, 2012 No Comments

A new report says the Google Nexus tablet is a “done deal” and will enter into production beginning in April. The rumored slate is said to be designed by ASUS  and was originally thought to be a repackaged version of the $249 Tegra 3 tablet shown off at CES. It is now being said the [...]

CONTEST: Guess NVIDIA’s Four Core Teams, Win A Transformer Prime!

by Rob Jackson on March 16th, 2012 No Comments

The NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament has just gotten underway- excited? Just like picking your next gadget, there are a lot of choices to make when filling out your bracket. What sets apart the decent teams from the perennial powerhouses? What teams will make it deep into the big dance? To help answer that question, [...]

7-Inch ASUS Nexus Tablet Could Launch In May For Between $200 and $250

by Chris Chavez on March 9th, 2012 No Comments

Digitimes is firing up the rumor mill once again, this time reporting that the Google commissioned 7-inch ASUS tablet could be in our hands as early as May and, once again, will retail between $200 and $250. Google reportedly shopped around for other Taiwanese OEM’s to manufacturer the Nexus tab but apparently, Acer lacked a [...]

The New iPad compared to ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and Huawei Mediapad 10 FHD

by Kevin Krause on March 7th, 2012 No Comments

In one announcement Apple has again turned the tablet world on its head, but have Android tablets improved enough in a year to weather the next iPad storm? The third iteration of the iPad improves on nearly every aspect of last year’s design and will no doubt sell millions in its first few weeks of [...]

ASUS confirms PadFone release to come in April

by Edgar Cervantes on March 4th, 2012 No Comments

The ASUS Padfone may have taken some time to come around, after being announced over a year ago, for the first time. The trio surely managed to still get a good impression, though, as it is one of the most unique devices we saw at Mobile World Congress. But there has been no details about [...]

ASUS might be the first to bring Android 5.0 Jelly Bean

by Edgar Cervantes on March 3rd, 2012 No Comments

ASUS is taking all the rumor glory lately. We have just reported that the manufacturer is planning to work with Google to bring a Nexus Tablet, with a Tegra 3 processor and a $200 price tag. All of this right after ASUS’ Corporate Vice President Benson Lin mentioned that there is a high chance they [...]

Rumor: Google’s Nexus tablet is in the works, and it will be manufactured by ASUS

by Edgar Cervantes on March 3rd, 2012 No Comments

We have been hearing about a possible Nexus Tablet for quite some time, but the rumors have been getting much more promising lately. The last bit came last January, when supply sources attested to the fact that Google was in the plans of releasing a 7-inch, Android 4.0 “Nexus” tablet for $200. Today, Android and [...]