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A few weeks ago there were rumblings in the tablet world. The long awaited Asus Transformer Prime was finally hitting the market. From what I have been reading, this has been causing so much excitement in the tablet world and with good reason too! Let’s face it, most of us love our tablets and want the best experience possible and with the new Transformer Prime, Asus seems to be committed to bringing us just that. But with good news there is usually bad news lurking around the corner, just to be realistic—nothing is perfect. As in the old Asian philosophy, there is a Yin and Yang to everything.
In December, consumers were disappointed with delayed shipments of the Asus Transformer Prime. Most wanted it before Christmas and were waiting to see it under their tree when they woke up on Christmas morning. Hey, who doesn’t like nice surprises like that? Even though some of us are not the kids we used to be, no judging here, I’m a grown kid myself.
Asus did assure the public that they will reach normal inventory levels this month here in the U.S. It seems they have been following through with their promises. Looking at some reviews on Amazon, Best Buy and Office Depot, people are saying they are already receiving their orders.
However, a few days ago on XDA-developer, it was found out that the boot loader had a high level encryption, 128 bit in fact. This prevents any modification of the Asus Transformer Prime’s stock firmware. This in turn made developers feel left out in the cold and left users disappointed. This is Android we’re talking about, who wants a tablet that we can’t customize or improve upon? So Asus finally gave in and announced that there will be a bootloader unlocking tool accessible to developers in the near future. ASUS also made it clear that this will void the warranty but at least now we have the option, right?
The greatest news of all, the Asus Transformer Prime will be getting Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” January 12th! We tip our hats to Asus for listening to their loyal fans & consumers and of course, a big high five to all Asus Transformer Prime owners and those who voiced their complaints about the bootloader issue—there is definitely strength in numbers. So in the end, the Asus Transformer Prime will turn out to be a great tablet and will definitely live up to its predecessor.
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Dominic M at Jan 05, 2012 12:46:00
I am not sure about it turning to be a great tablet. Especially when GPS is removed from the official specs.
Also, there is still no date on Asus transformer T101 getting ICS update. Which definitely does not sound good to previous owners.
Ayman Suleiman at Jan 05, 2012 01:29:00
Well GPS for me isn’t a big issue. I don’t see why someone would want to use it as a GPS device, its not ment for that, its a tablet!
As for the update, they didn’t say they wouldn’t bring it to the original TF. I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Everyone just needs to relax. Plus, look how crazy everyone went when they locked the bootloader and look how quickly Asus addressed it. My cousin doesn’t even know what a bootloader is but he sure knows was ICS is and you better believe people like him (who aren’t too tech savvy) will be complaining to Asus if they don’t bring ICS to the original TF. They will bring it, I am sure of it.
ppsommen at Jan 30, 2012 04:10:31
I am browsing this artice with the prime, very satisfied with the prime thusfar (2 weeks experience), Screen is perfect and browsing is very smooth. Th additional battery pack atomatically recharges the tablet giving it a very good lifespan. Th “champagne” look makes it a very sleek tablet with a lot of positive replies for colleagues. GPS works just fine,
Nick at Jan 08, 2012 11:50:36
Of course it will be a great tablet. The GPS is still on as far as I’m aware and the original, which I typed this on, is getting ICS after the prime is launched so in the next month. It was on the Asus UK facebook page
Dis at Jan 25, 2012 01:33:42
They said yesterday that a bootloader unlock would arrive in Feb. And the latest OTA did wonders for gps/wifi performance.
James at Feb 02, 2012 02:16:38
I’m typing this on my prime with keyboard dock and I have to say it has turned out to be a great tablet as well, I was a little unsure with the shaky launch but ASUS’ updates and the functionality of this tablet are great. I’m going on about 2 weeks with my Prime and very satisfied. Its been perfect for my classes as well.
Ratnok at Feb 26, 2012 11:00:17
I’m typing this on the my Transformer Prime. It is absolutely awesome.Beautiful, professional, and powerful. Just like with any device, it’s not perfect, but with the dock, there is no tablet that can beat it, including whatever they come out with on the iPad 3.
QueenAmy at Mar 25, 2012 02:15:59
As an Asus Eee Transformer Prime Tablet owner, I can only fully agree with Ratnok -
the keyboard dock makes typing really easy (and fast), plus provides additional battery power.
But it is not just that -
the Prime comes with a MicroSD card slot, which makes it possible to spice up memory to an additional 32GB, easily accessible in an instant.
Also, it has a USB slot, where you can attach a mouse as well as an external flash drive, or even the PS3 controller (gaming). I tried to play music and video files from the external flash drive and was surprised that the Prime could access and play all files without problems (recommend: PowerAmp and MX Video Player), directly from the external drive. No copy/paste required.
Needless to say, you can customize your screens, icons, drawer, etc. using different launchers,.
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I have an iPad and Prime, both, at home and use the Prime by far more often.
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