Comments on: I Try Not To Drool As the ASUS Transformer Prime Is Fondled On Video http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/11/28/i-try-not-to-drool-as-the-asus-transformer-prime-is-fondled-on-video/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ritchie’s Room Blog Teases Us With More Transformer Prime Videos | Gizmo Lovers Bloghttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/11/28/i-try-not-to-drool-as-the-asus-transformer-prime-is-fondled-on-video/comment-page-1/#comment-28646 Ritchie’s Room Blog Teases Us With More Transformer Prime Videos | Gizmo Lovers Blog Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:15:33 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=8805#comment-28646 [...] Prime Videos Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2011 by MegaZone The blog Ritchie’s Room teased us the other day with a brief video peak at the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, and they’re back with a much [...] [...] Prime Videos Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2011 by MegaZone The blog Ritchie’s Room teased us the other day with a brief video peak at the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, and they’re back with a much [...]

]]> By: MegaZonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/11/28/i-try-not-to-drool-as-the-asus-transformer-prime-is-fondled-on-video/comment-page-1/#comment-28643 MegaZone Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:38:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=8805#comment-28643 ICS is already running on the Prime so I'm not worried.  NVIDIA is showing it off and touting it.  It is political.  Google has reserved the fanfare for the Galaxy Nexus and wants it to have an exclusive window as the first shipping ICS device.  Personally I suspect ASUS has the ICS upgrade ready to go but doesn't want to sit on the Prime until they have the OK and miss all of the holiday shopping season.As for the pricing - yeah.  The Prime is just better all the way around.  Better CPU, better screen, thinner, more ports, the keyboard dock, more storage, etc.  But for many "It isn't an iPad" is all they'll notice, which is a shame. ICS is already running on the Prime so I’m not worried.  NVIDIA is showing it off and touting it.  It is political.  Google has reserved the fanfare for the Galaxy Nexus and wants it to have an exclusive window as the first shipping ICS device.  Personally I suspect ASUS has the ICS upgrade ready to go but doesn’t want to sit on the Prime until they have the OK and miss all of the holiday shopping season.

As for the pricing – yeah.  The Prime is just better all the way around.  Better CPU, better screen, thinner, more ports, the keyboard dock, more storage, etc.  But for many “It isn’t an iPad” is all they’ll notice, which is a shame.

]]> By: Fanfoothttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/11/28/i-try-not-to-drool-as-the-asus-transformer-prime-is-fondled-on-video/comment-page-1/#comment-28640 Fanfoot Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:58:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=8805#comment-28640 Excellent article and video, thanks for the link! It really does look excellent.  Nice to see some actual competition for the iPad starting to appear.   Not sure pricing it the same as the iPad will work out the best for Asus of course (even if it is 32GB and more flexible).  But hey, I guess we'll find out...I do have to say the obvious thing about Ice Cream Sandwich here--from the reviews on The Verge and other blogs it sounds like a MAJOR upgrade from Honeycomb, and just because Asus says they promise/hope/expect to have it out soon for the Prime doesn't mean its going to happen.  If its really important to you to get ICS, you might want to wait until Asus actually releases the upgrade rather than believing the hype they'll sell you until after they have your money...  Excellent article and video, thanks for the link! 

It really does look excellent.  Nice to see some actual competition for the iPad starting to appear.   Not sure pricing it the same as the iPad will work out the best for Asus of course (even if it is 32GB and more flexible).  But hey, I guess we’ll find out…

I do have to say the obvious thing about Ice Cream Sandwich here–from the reviews on The Verge and other blogs it sounds like a MAJOR upgrade from Honeycomb, and just because Asus says they promise/hope/expect to have it out soon for the Prime doesn’t mean its going to happen.  If its really important to you to get ICS, you might want to wait until Asus actually releases the upgrade rather than believing the hype they’ll sell you until after they have your money… 

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