Just a short time after its Wi-Fi was released to the public, the 4G LTE enabled version of the Asus Transformer Pad 300 has cleared the government’s hands at the FCC which means its release should have just gotten a little closer. The filing, first dug up by Liliputing, reveals the device as the Asus [...]
Ahead of Google’s summer I/O developer conference this year, we’re hearing more about Google’s efforts on the hardware side surrounding its Nexus franchise. On the tablet front, we’re getting a clearer picture of the rumored Google Nexus Tablet that’s been speculated to be made by Asus. The device has been rumored to come in at [...]
A new report pegs the upcoming Google Nexus tablet, which said to be made by Asus, as shipping in June with a release to consumers coming in July. According to DigiTimes who cites a supply chain source, the tablet, which was originally rumored to be coming out in May, is now slated to hit the [...]
ASUS has released a bootloader unlock tool for the ASUS Transformer Pad 300, one of its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablets. First discovered by Android Police, the bootloader unlock tool is currently available for download on ASUS’ website. And because it’s an .apk file, Transformer Pad 300 owners should have no trouble unlocking the [...]
In February, ASUS announced two new Transformer Pad tablets. The Transformer Pad 300 which launched last month and the Transformer Pad Infinity which has yet to launch in the U.S. However, it now looks like the Transformer Pad Infinity has finally moved closer to release as the device has passed through the FCC with flying [...]
Asus has announced that its Eee Pad Slider Android tablet has begun to receive the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Owners in the United States should see the update which is Android 4.0.3. The company took to Twitter to make the announcement saying that the software is rolling out to owners of the device [...]
It looks like Asus’ transforming Padfone smartphone-tablet-netbook device has missed its April debut date in Taiwan and the manufacturer of the device cites Qualcomm’s shortage of the Snapdragon S4 processor as the reason. Initially, the Padfone would have debuted in Taiwan in April and the company would launch the device in more markets shortly after, [...]
The upcoming Asus Transformer Pad 300 has shown up on Amazon’s website today and those that pre-order it can expect to receive the new tablet by April 22nd. The Transformer Pad 300 is one of Asus’ new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablets, originally announced back at Mobile World Congress in February. Asus’s Transformer Pad [...]
ASUS brought a few of its Android devices to Milan Design Week 2012 to show them off and to announce pricing and availability in Europe. At the event ASUS talked about the upcoming Padfone, Transformer Pad Infinity 700, and Pad Transformer TF300. According to Notebook Italia, ASUS announced the Padfone will be available in Italy [...]
Problems plagued the launched of the ASUS Transformer Prime after users discovered that the GPS signal in the device was weak. ASUS promised a fix, and will soon launch a dongle for the Android tablet that should fix those GPS problems. Land of Droid managed to get ahold of one of these dongles before ASUS started sending [...]
Originally thought to be coming out within the next two months, Google’s first branded tablet apparently won’t be arriving until July. At the earliest. According to The Verge, the device was actually ready to go for a May release until Google decided to push the launch back in order to make some changes. It’s unclear [...]
To appease users and early adopters of its quad-core Tegra 3-powered Transformer Prime tablet, Asus is offering a free GPS hardware dongle for owners of the slates. It was discovered after the Transformer Prime had hit the market that the device’s metal construction had resulted in diminished GPS reception from the location chipset that Asus [...]
We have been waiting for an image of Google’s rumored Nexus tablet and today an image has surfaced depicting a device that is being dubbed the Galaxy Nexus tablet. The device doesn’t carry any manufacturer branding and the image also includes an extremely bare bones version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s latest and [...]
A report today from the Wall Street Journal states that Google has plans to start selling tablets directly to consumers at some point this year and that at least some of them will be branded with Google’s name. This seems to confirm earlier reports about a Nexus tablet hitting shelves at some point during 2012, [...]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. When it comes to customer support for Android devices, Asus is, in my mind, is alone at the top. It listens to its customers. It corrects mistakes when and where it needs to. And it’s extremely forthright about software updates for its products, something that is [...]
In an interview with the New York Times, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang may have hinted and confirmed the $150-$250 rumored Google-branded Nexus Tablet that’s speculated to be made by Asus. Huang played up NVIDIA’s strengths about the cost-effectiveness of Tegra 3 stating that Android tablets launching this summer could dip into the $200 range. “We [...]
Yesterday, Asus announced that it was going to be bringing “new awesome features” to its quad-core tablet, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, through an upcoming firmware update. Asus is top-notch when it comes to support for their devices so we were inclined to be believe them. Right now, it seems like we made the right [...]
In a new post on Facebook, Asus has promised owners of its Tegra 3 quad-core tablet, the Transformer Prime, “awesome new features” when the next firmware for the device rolls out. Sadly, Asus did not specify what those features might be or when the update is going to start rolling out to owners. The company [...]
I had a little time off yesterday. After mowing the grass for the first time this season I decided I’d do some shopping. I took care of some essentials for the house and then stopped by the local Best Buy just to take a look. (It’s always dangerous when you have money burning a hole [...]
We just told you about a rumor regarding the Google Nexus tablet, a rumor that states that the tablet is a done deal and that Asus is going to be the company that builds it for Google. Well, inside that rumor was another rumor that has Asus scrapping the Eee Pad MeMO, a device that [...]
Just a short time ago, we heard that Google had chosen Asus to manufacturer the company’s upcoming “Nexus” tablet, a tablet that is said to sport a 7-inch screen and could be released as soon as May. And now, we may have some information on its pricing. Android and Me is reporting that the tablet [...]
While much of the talk about Windows 8 tablets in recent days has centered around Nokia, who has confirmed that it is in fact building a tablet device, it appears that another manufacturer could be first to the market with a Windows 8 slate. According to a source of The Verge, Lenovo may be the [...]
Earlier in the week, there was talk that Google may have solicited Android hardware-maker Asus to develop its next Google experience Nexus-branded tablet, much in the same way that the Android software-maker has asked HTC and Samsung in the past to build Nexus smartphones. Now, according to a new leak from DigiTimes publication, we’re hearing [...]
Taylor Wimberly of AndroidAndMe dropped some tasty tidbits into the swirl of rumors around Google’s supposed Nexus Tablet. He claims that two anonymous but trusted sources informed him that ASUS will make the tablet — must be why they’re so confident they’ll be able to bring Jelly Bean 5.0 earlier than others — and that [...]
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has only been out for a couple of months and already there is talk of the next version of Android, presumed to be called Android 5.0 Jelly Bean. Not one to waste any time, Asus, in a statement made to TechRadar, said that it hopes to be the one of, [...]
At Mobile World Congress, Corning announced that consumers can expect to find devices–both tablets and smartphones–with the company’s Gorilla Glass 2 glass screens starting in the April or May timeline. The company highlighted that both smartphone- and tablet-manufacturers Acer and Asus have announced products or roadmaps for devices in the future that will launch with [...]
Asus has been busy at this year’s Mobile World Congress first introducing its long-awaited phone and tablet hybrid, the PadFone, and then announcing two new tablets in the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Series and the Transformer Pad 300 Series. Both tablets have powerful processors, 4G LTE, and Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich right out [...]
Asus first announced the Padfone way back in May 2011. At that point the smartphone and tablet combination seemed like nothing more than a prototype. In October Asus reiterated that it planned to bring the Padfone to market with Ice Cream Sandwich. Now Asus has announce the device along with a few new accessories and [...]
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 has released a teaser video on YouTube with little information about what the company may be announcing at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of the month. The video depicts a series of Russian Matryoshka nesting dolls with the phrase ‘Divided we stand. Together we rock.’ The tags for the YouTube video [...]
Asus promised a bootloader unlock tool for the Asus Transformer Prime tablet and the company has delivered on that promise today as the company has made the tool available to those using its Tegra 3 quad-core powered tablet. If you own the tablet and you’re looking to free it from its chains, you can go [...]
Apple is presumed to be launching its next iPad sometime in March. While the company has yet to send out invitations to a press event, March 7th is the day that many have circled on their calendar as launch day. If you’re currently an iPad or iPad 2 owner or if you’re just thinking about [...]
While not a lot of information is known still about the leaked Asus Transformer TF300T, it is now known that the device will be sporting a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 applications processor. Thanks to NenaMark2 benchmarking service, it appears that Asus or someone in possession of the TF300T has benchmarked the tablet, and we do [...]
As Acer had announced that its Iconia Tab A500 will be getting an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in mid-April, rival Asus has announced that the original Eee Pad Transformer slate will be getting its upgrade in March. The Eee Pad Transformer, launched at the Consumer Electronics Show a year ago, debuted to [...]
UK retailer Clove is now no longer selling the Asus Transformer Prime, which is the world’s first quad-core tablet. The slate debuted NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor. It’s unclear what the specific reasoning is behind Clove’s decision, but the online retailer noted that the tablet did not meet its expectations and that units that are shipping [...]
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