Earlier today, Asus announced that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich would hit its Eee Pad Transformer starting today. In Taiwan. Other countries would see it soon after. Well, luckily for you owners in the United States, the company wasn’t kidding. Asus’ Twitter account has confirmed that the Android 4.0 update for the U.S. version of [...]
Asus promised that it would deliver a bootloader unlock tool for its quad-core Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet and it has announced that it will be making good on that promise come February. The confirmation comes courtesy of the company’s Twitter account so it’s pretty safe to say that we should only be, at most, [...]
It appears that Asus is in the midst of some serious backlash from Eee Pad Transformer Prime owners as the device has been discovered to have a locked and encrypted bootloader. Needless to say, this has greatly angered the development community, so much so, that owners have begun petitioning the company to unlock the bootloader [...]
We still don’t know exactly when the quad-core powered Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is going to be hitting shelves, we do know that it is at some point in December, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon from putting the tablet up for pre-order for $492.20 for the 16GB model and $584.22 for the 32GB version. Yes, [...]
2011 has undoubtedly been the year of the tablet. From the millions of iPad 2s sold, to the fall of the HP TouchPad, to the impending rise of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, slates have dominated technology headlines throughout the course of the year. And while the growth of the tablet market is good for (some of) [...]
We absolutely love the Asus Eee Pad Transformer but one thing that has been missing is the lack of support for Netflix.As it stands, the only Honeycomb tablets with Netflix certification are the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Tablet but that doesn’t mean that a little sideloading can’t be done. Today though, an update rolled [...]
If the HP Touchpad $99 bonanza inspired your interest in a cheap tablet you were likely very disappointed when they sold out so quickly. You might get lucky and find one in the near future, as stores and people return them to HP. Or you might find that other budget tablets satisfy your longing just [...]
As a former Nook Color owner, I decided that it did not meet my needs. But I recognize it may be all the Android tablet some will ever need. In case you are not familiar, Barnes and Noble released the Nook Color as an update to their first Nook eBook reader. They added a color [...]
Many of us have a trinity of mobile devices that we use on a regular basis: often a notebook, a tablet and a smart phone. I use a couple of notebooks, one primary tablet and two smart phones, all of which make up Kevin’s Trio of Tech. Notebook Computer: 15″ Apple MacBook Pro If you [...]
When we learned that Best Buy couldn’t move the HP TouchPad we weren’t surprised, but today’s news that HP would discontinue the device and essentially pull out of the consumer slate tablet race did catch us off guard. As I began to think about it, I’m not really that surprised that the TouchPad didn’t get [...]
We really love the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and that’s why we were extremely excited when we heard that the sequel could be arriving at some point in October with a Tegra 3 quad-core processor. And now, we’re over the moon because it looks like this rumor could very well become a reality after Asus [...]
We knew that Asus was in the middle of testing the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update for the Eee Pad Transformer and that meant that a release was close. How close? Well, Asus just announced that it will be rolling out the latest version of Honeycomb to its popular tablet starting tomorrow, July 28th, and even [...]
Own an Asus Eee Pad Transformer Honeycomb tablet? A rooted one? Want to enjoy Netflix on it? If you’ve answered yes to all of these questions, you have come to the right place because there is now a way to get Netflix up and running on your rooted Eee Pad Transformer this very minute. XDA-Developers [...]
The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer with the optional MobileDock Keyboard provides amazing battery life: up to 16 hours on a single charge with the two connected. Unfortunately, while docked, the battery on the tablet drains as much as two percent an hour when the tablet is in standby mode. ASUS responded to requests for a [...]
Earlier today, Netflix released an update that brought support to several new smartphones including the Samsung Droid Charge, the HTC ThunderBolt, and hey, even the Motorola Droid Bionic. Also listed, Lenovo’s IdeaPad which is a Honeycomb tablet. Thing is, the IdeaPad isn’t the only Honeycomb tablet that is able to take advantage of the Netflix [...]
My ASUS Eee Pad Transformer just received an Over the Air update. Seeing the download in progress left me giddy with hopes that Honeycomb 3.2 was on the way to my Transformer, but upon a reboot ASUS disappointed me. When the update was complete I did find some changes including a new V5.1.50 Wi-Fi version [...]
Yesterday, the Motorola Xoom Android 3.2 Honeycomb update started trickling out as owners of other Honeycomb tablets watched in jealously. Well, at least one of those tablets will be getting the boost to Android 3.2 in the near future as ASUS has announced today that its Honeycomb tablet, the Eee Pad Transformer will be getting [...]
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I returned my Acer Iconia Tab A500 and picked up an ASUS Eee Pad Transformer instead. This saved me $50 and resulted in a better experience. When I couldn’t get the Acer update to load and didn’t get a lot of support from Acer, I chose to go in a different direction. I’m glad I [...]
It’s no secret that the Asus Eee Pad Transformer is a hit. For awhile, it was nearly impossible to find the fairly inexpensive Honeycomb tablet in stores in North America and Asus itself has said that it has shipped over 400,000 tablets in the first half of 2011. That’s better than any tablet not called [...]
According to a report from Notebook Italia, ASUS is hard at work on a Eee Pad Transformer sequel that will feature not only Android but will also hit shelves with Microsoft’s Windows 8 as well. It appears that the new model will still employ some of the same characteristics of the model that’s out right [...]
Right on cue, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer has received its upgrade to the latest version of Android Honeycomb, Android 3.1. Eee Pad owners have confirmed that the update is rolling out over the air, just as we knew it would, and that their tablet is now playing host to newfound USB support, Books and [...]
ASUS has confirmed that the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update for its Eee Pad Transformer tablet will be rolling out starting tomorrow, just as we suspected it would be. Just to recap, the Android 3.1 update includes numerous upgrades and will be bringing Movies from the Android Marketplace, re-sizable widgets, USB host support, full flash support [...]
Back on May 17th, both Asus and Acer confirmed their Android Honeycomb tablets, the Eee Pad Transformer and Iconia Tab A500, would be receiving a boost up to Android 3.1 Honeycomb at some point during the month of June. Well, it appears that Eee Pad Transformer owners won’t have to wait too long into the [...]
Plenty of you out there have been waiting to get your hands on the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and tonight might just be your chance to do that as Best Buy finally has an unknown quantity of the Honeycomb-powered tablet in stock. How long supplies will last is anyone’s guess but knowing the popularity of [...]
It’s no secret that the Honeycomb-powered ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is hard to find in the United States. It’s sold out virtually everywhere. Well, if you’ve been hankering for one, you should know that ASUS isn’t just sitting around twiddling its thumbs. In fact, in a statement, the company has made it known that the [...]
ASUS’ wildly popular Android 3.0-powered tablet, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, is apparently experiencing shipping delays because the company is only able to ship 10,000 devices per month due to hardware shortages. According to sources of the German website Netbooknews.de, the shortages are due to the Taiwanese company not having enough components to meet demand [...]
Today is launch day for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer here in the United States and unfortunately, within several hours, this thing is now proving impossible to find as it has sold out at several major retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Newegg. For those unfamiliar with the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, it’s an [...]
This past week was a big one, with iPhone tracking news and a collection of other big news. We’ve condensed the hottest topics in smartphones, tablets and notebooks into this post so you can get caught up before the weekend. Perhaps one of the biggest stories this week was the iPhone tracking story which our own Warner Crocker [...]
There was a nasty little rumor floating around yesterday that indicated that ASUS’ Android 3.0 Honeycomb powered Eee Pad Transformer tablet was delayed until June. Well, that rumor has been debunked as the Eee Pad Transformer has been confirmed for a April 26th launch. We had seen the Eee Pad Transformer pop up at Best [...]
This morning in Notebooks we have news about the U.S. release date of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, a review of Dragon Dictate 2.0 for Mac, a timeline for when you might see USB 3.0 in more notebooks and a review of the Scosche MotorMouth II Bluetooth speaker phone and streaming device. If you have been waiting for a notebook with [...]
That was quick, but then that’s how these things go. Shortly after Netbooknews.de posted that they had seen a page up for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer at Best Buy, that web page is no longer there. (yep the link at the moment is a 404). We linked to that info earlier. Certainly we’re all [...]
The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and Slate EP121 just got officially official in the UK. Pre-orders for the April 6 launch of the Transformer start today with prices starting at £379, increasing with keyboard, more storage and/or 3G (available later). The Slate EP121, which is already being advertised here, will launch April 10.
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