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Owners of ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet may be having trouble with their GPS connection, in that it doesn't work at all.
We suppose there are some people whose Prime works fine, but the general GPS reception is bad.
Alas, even after so much time, ASUS has failed to come up with a software fix.
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6 April 2012
08:54 GMT |
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It's really nice to see Asus trying their best to mend things with their successful Transformer Prime Android tablet, from a software point of view. We can now announce the new firmware, reaching version 9.4.2.21.
In case you haven't received the OTA update, you can download the Asus Transformer Prime firm... |
4 April 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Remember that “awesome” update that ASUS promised for the Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet? The one that totally failed to stay secret? Well here it is.
Apparently, some users in the United States have managed to get the firmware update, and even our slates here in Europe got it.
All it takes is ... |
29 March 2012
10:27 GMT |
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ASUS US may be deliberately uncooperative, but ASUS Italy didn't mind disclosing some info about the upcoming firmware update for the Transformer Prime tablet.
We mentioned that ASUS was preparing an “awesome” update for the Prime just a few hours ago.
We didn't really have any details about... |
28 March 2012
07:43 GMT |
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It wasn't really that long ago that ASUS released a new firmware for the Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet, but the company seems ready to bring a new one out.In a recent post on its Facebook page, ASUS said that some nice features would come to the Prime soon.“Awesome new features coming in the next Transf... |
28 March 2012
04:04 GMT |
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Asus started to roll out a new firmware update for the Transformer Prime tablet that bumps the software to version 9.4.2.15.In typical Asus fashion, the update isn’t accompanied by any change log, so we don’t know what new features or fixes were introduced in this latest firmware.We’re keeping our f... |
7 March 2012
10:16 GMT |
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The first tablet to be equipped with a quad-core processor, Asus Transformer Prime has just been officially introduced in India. The slate will soon be available for purchase for a whopping price of Rs 49,999 (1,015 USD or 760 EUR).
For the time being, the tablet will be shipped along with the keyboard dock, but it... |
1 March 2012
04:29 GMT |
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The Eee Pad Transformer Prime runs Android by default, but people have wanted to install Linux on it for quite a while, a wish that has finally become possible.
Littlesteve owns the product and had prepared an Ubuntu build for it even before ASUS finished the bootloader unlock tool.
With said tool becoming availab... |
22 February 2012
08:48 GMT |
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Asus dishes out new firmware for the successful (and good looking) tablet going by the name Transformer Prime. The initial release was sent over the air (OTA) immediately after launch, but with no automatic deployment.
Users had to first learn about the new release and then manually start the update. If you own a Tr... |
20 February 2012
10:41 GMT |
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The latest firmware update to the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet has finally reached outside the borders of the United States.We wrote about the 9.4.2.14 update last week, but the fix had yet to be deployed in Europe.Now, we can safely say that it has reached out dear old continent as well and, based on what w... |
20 February 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Owners of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime have probably been frustrated with their slate to no end, even after they got the 9.4.2.13 over the air firmware upgrade.As soon as the update was carried out, the tablet turned into a device that liked to restart once every minute or so for some reason.Fortunately, there ... |
17 February 2012
11:10 GMT |
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We're offering you the latest firmware for Asus' nifty transforming tablet going by the name of Transformer Prime and codenamed TF201. The gadget went through some troubles as of late as users grew rather grumpy with the tablet rebooting every now and then, for no apparent reason. Sensible ears have heard ... |
13 February 2012
10:08 GMT |
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When we first talked about Asus’ v9.4.2.13 firmware for the Asus Transformer Prime a couple of days ago, there were quite a few users who pointed out that the update resolved the random reboot issues they were experiencing with their tablet. However, without official confirmation from Asus, we couldn’t s... |
10 February 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Working hard on improving the Transformer Prime, Asus has just started sending out a new firmware update to its users, believed to fix some bugs and improve the overall performance of the tablet. So far, information about this new software is limited, but some owners of the Asus tablet are reporting that it fixes so... |
8 February 2012
17:01 GMT |
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We all knew that Asus planned to release a new Transformer TF700 tablet this summer, but now a picture making its way from China comes to reveal that the company is also getting the TF300T ready. Apart from what we can tell from the image above, little else is known about this tablet which sports a textured rear pan... |
2 February 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Clove, the first retailer to start selling the Transformer Prime in the UK, has just announced that it decided to pull the Asus quad-core tablet from its offer, due to availability problems and an outstanding number of technical issues.
The retailer made its decision public in a post on its official blog:
“St... |
1 February 2012
19:31 GMT |
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There’s some good news for those of you living in Canada and waiting to get a Transformer Prime of your own. Best Buy has just added the 64GB model of the Asus tablet to its Wesbite, and which, according to the retailer, is shipping right from stock. As always quantities are said to be limited, but this... |
1 February 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Asus has recently published a workaround fix for those users who have been experiencing random lockups on their Transformer Prime tablets after upgrading the slate to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. This is just one of a series of two solutions to this problem that the company is working on, the second one bein... |
30 January 2012
20:11 GMT |
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Sadly, there are many companies on the IT market that make great products, but release the most ludicrous of commercials, but sometimes someone does something about it. ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer Prime is among the best tablets according to many (though not without its problems). Unfortunately, ASUS' com... |
28 January 2012
05:17 GMT |
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Asus may ship the Transformer Prime with a locked bootloader, but this hasn’t stopped hackers from running Ubuntu Linux on the 10.1-inch tablet.
As always, this Android hack came our way via the XDA Forums, where a user going by the name of Zedomax created a video demoing Ubuntu running on the Prime, together ... |
27 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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With North America and the UK covered, Asus’ Transformer Prime has now started to go on sale in other parts of the world.
The latest country to receive Asus’ quad-core tablet is Italy, Android fans living here at the moment having the chance to get their hands on the Prime after paying 599 Euros ($775 US... |
25 January 2012
11:28 GMT |
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Disappointed with that locked bootloader of the Transformer Prime? Well, Asus has just announced that it will soon release a tool for unlocking its quad-core tablet.
According to Asus’ Twitter feed, which was spotted by AndroidOS.in, the unlocker is supposed to arrive in February and will allow users to instal... |
25 January 2012
03:26 GMT |
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The Transformer Prime has received a lot of criticism in the last few months over its GPS performance, but fortunately Asus seems determined to make things better so it recently released a new GPS update for the tablet.
The update has started to be pushed out over-the-air this morning and doesn’t seem to bring... |
19 January 2012
02:37 GMT |
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Those of you living in the US might have been the first ones to get your hands on the Transformer Prime, but Android fans living in the UK don’t have any reason to be upset about this as at least their tablets won’t suffer from any WiFi issues, says Asus.“After extensive checks we can confirm that n... |
18 January 2012
16:01 GMT |
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Keenly expected by every Transformer Prime owner out there, the Android 4.0 ICS firmware update hasn’t went as smoothly as it was supposed for all TF201 users as some report that a “Serial Number – Unknown” issue prevent them from installing Ice Cream Sandwich on their tablets.Quite a number o... |
18 January 2012
06:11 GMT |
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If you expected a 3G version of the Transformer Prime to come your way this quarter, you should start looking elsewhere for your mobile broadband tablet needs. After a couple of weeks ago a website published a report that stated Asus is preparing a 3G-equipped Prime, the outfit has come out to put these rumors to res... |
16 January 2012
14:11 GMT |
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You'd think that the Eee Pad Transformer Prime was all out of tricks by now, but that does not seem to be the case, as the slate has proven it can play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Granted, that is a somewhat misleading choice of words, since the game is never actually run by the tablet's own hardware.
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16 January 2012
05:31 GMT |
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After what seemed like an eternity to some, the Asus Transformer Prime has finally gone on sale in the UK.According to Asus, the first stock of tablets will go to fulfill the pre-orders made by Android tablet fans so far, more units being scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks.After pre-orders are cleared, each reta... |
12 January 2012
11:03 GMT |
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Availability of the Transformer Prime may still be lacking, but this hasn’t stopped Asus for developing an updated version of the tablet, dubbed the TF700T, that will sport a new 1920x1200 high-resolution display and improved wireless performance.
The new Prime was presented by the Taiwanese company at this ye... |
10 January 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Keenly waiting for Android 4.0 ICS to arrive to your Transformer Prime? Well, it seems like the wait will be over soon as Asus has started rolling out this update earlier today.
Delivered over-the-air, the update has already reached some Prime owners, who notified engadget that they are already enjoying the taste of... |
10 January 2012
02:03 GMT |
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Those disappointed in ASUS' decision to not make a version of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet with 3G support can now breathe a sigh of relief.
ASUS is reported to have confirmed that it will make a 3G-capable Transformer Prime after all.
Back in November, it said it didn't intend to make one, no... |
7 January 2012
06:57 GMT |
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Despite the great multimedia performance promised by the Transformer Prime there still appear to be some rough patches left that Asus will have to address for the Prime to become the ultimate Android tablet out there.One of these was just caught on camera by the guys from Netbook News and concerns the tablet’s ... |
6 January 2012
06:11 GMT |
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If you ever wondered what’s inside Asus’ Transformer Prime now is your chance to find out as the tablet was the subject of a detailed image teardown.Published by AnandTech, the teardown goes to great length to show us the insides of the Prime, including the tablet’s quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC.Of c... |
5 January 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Since its introduction, the Transformer Prime has received a lot of complaints about its more than unimpressive GPS performance, so recently an Internet publication has started an investigation to find out what causes these problems, its conclusions showing that a design fault of the tablet is to blame.As AnandTech h... |
4 January 2012
19:41 GMT |
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If you were dying to get your hands on the Transformer Prime, Office Depot now offers you the chance to fulfill this wish as the retailer has added the Asus tablet to its online stock.Only the Amethyst Gray version with 32GB of Flash storage is available right now, which is listed at Asus’ recommended price of ... |
4 January 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Asus has just confirmed via its Facebook page that the highly anticipated Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Transformer Prime would arrive on January 12. The Taiwanese company hasn’t mentioned how quickly users might get this OTA update on their device, but we guess that most of you should be cover... |
4 January 2012
02:25 GMT |
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After all the availability issues faced by the Transformer Prime in North America, the tablet has now received a series of new complaints regarding battery life, GPS problems and the locked bootloader which were recently addressed in a statement made by Asus officials. The first complaints about battery life made th... |
3 January 2012
20:21 GMT |
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Those of you wanting to get a Transformer Prime and hack it to your heart’s desire seem to be out of luck as it was recently uncovered that the Asus tablet won’t accept any custom ROMs.This is because the Prime actually comes with a locked bootloader that is also encrypted using an AES-128 key for added p... |
3 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Asus’ recently released 8.8.3.33 software update for the highly popular Transformer Prime doesn’t spell good news for all the tablet’s users, as some have reported that the new firmware has bricked their device.The update, which seems to bring a series of GPS and touch responsiveness improvements, h... |
3 January 2012
07:11 GMT |
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The first Android-based device to feature a quad-core processor, the Asus Transformer Prime has just gone live at Office Depot.It appears that the retailer is now offering the tablet for only $500 (385 UR), which is more than $100 (75 EUR) cheaper than Amazon's price that sells the same 32GB model for as low as ... |
31 December 2011
09:05 GMT |
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Asus’s Transformer Prime is one particularly hard to track down tablet, but Amazon seems to have a few of these slates on its website for sale.Just 20 units are available at this time in two different listings, one at $618.99 and one at $669.99 (478 and 540 EUR), both however featuring 32GB of storage space and... |
30 December 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Those of you not lucky enough to place an order with Best Buy for the Transformer Prime at the end of last week, have now a new chance to get a hold of Asus’ tablet from GameStop, which has it up for pre-order right now.At GameStop, the 32GB Prime sells for $539.98 (401.6 EUR) which is about $40 more than Asus ... |
28 December 2011
12:41 GMT |
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Getting a hold of an Asus Transformer Prime continues to be a particularly daunting task a week after the first tablets have begun shipping, with Best Buy quickly depleting a new stock the past week.As Liliputing reports, on December 24, the US-based retailer listed a new stock of Transformer Prime tablets online, wh... |
27 December 2011
19:21 GMT |
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An Asus representative has revealed recently that the outfit has no plans to discontinue the production of tablets in the Transformer line, including the recently released Transformer Prime, despite the lawsuit started against the company by Hasbro.After the trademark infringement lawsuit was filed by the US-based to... |
27 December 2011
18:01 GMT |
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The Asus Transformer Prime availability saga has reached a happy finale for some lucky Canadian Android fans who have entered into the possession of their tablet after pre-ordering it a while ago.In the article posted by Mobile Syrup, which pictures one of these tablets received by the site’s users, there&rsquo... |
22 December 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Looks like the not-so-fabled Transformer Prime Sleeve, the accessory that is not really a case and not really a stand either, has shown up on Amazon.
Like the tablet it is supposed to serve, the Sleeve is not actually up for sale yet.
Still, it did get listed on Amazon, even though it is labeled “Temporarily ... |
22 December 2011
07:37 GMT |
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Irony can be a wonderful thing, until it is worn down, overused and then crushed into the ground by how the things subject to it get too many and go too far for irony to handle.
Back when the Kindle Fire tablet first got Amazon sued, the irony was easy to see, given the tradition that the IT industry has for potent... |
22 December 2011
05:26 GMT |
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The Asus Transformer Prime availability saga just got another chapter as it now seems that some users who have pre-ordered the tablet from Amazon won’t get it until the end of January 2012.Amazon’s estimate places the delivery of the tablet between January 25th and February 8th, 2012 according to an e-mai... |
21 December 2011
15:51 GMT |
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UK based retailers who have offered their clients the chance of pre-ordering the Transformer Prime will start shipping the Asus tablet on January 12.These initial orders will only cover the 32GB version of the Transformer Prime, since Clove recently confirmed that the UK launch of the 64GB model has been postponed, b... |
21 December 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Even though the 10.1-incher won’t arrive in time for Christmas in the UK, retailers across the country made available the Transformer Prime for pre-order report that demand for the Asus tablet has hugely exceeded their expectations. In fact, Currys and PC World have said that pre-orders in the UK are already se... |
21 December 2011
05:36 GMT |
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