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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime rooted

Sure, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime won’t actually ship in the US for a few more weeks, but when it does it looks like you’ll be able to root the first tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core processor on the day it arrives. Android Central’s Phil Nickinson received a review unit from Asus, […]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime launching in December?

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is the first tablet to feature a 1.4 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. It’s also thinner and lighter than the original Eee Pad Transformer and while it will ship with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, Asus plans to offer an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software update soon. But while […]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime gets an early video review

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime isn’t available for purchase yet, but YouTube user rubberotter managed to get his hands on a pre-production unit and he’s posted a brief video review. Update: The video has been removed from YouTube.  The tablet has a 1.4 Ghz NVIDA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. It will ship with Google […]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime keyboard dock up for pre-order

This week the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet went up for pre-order. Now you can also place a pre-order for the optional keyboard dock. The Transformer Prime is a 10 inch Android tablet and an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. But it’s the tablet dock that helps set the Transformer apart from most of […]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime up for pre-order for $492 and up

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is now available for pre-order from Amazon. You can place an order for a model with 32GB of storage for $492.20, while a 64GB model will cost you $584.22. Those prices cover the tablet, but not the optional keyboard docking station. That will cost another $150 or so, but […]

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Asus introduces the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, starting at $499

Asus is getting ready to release its follow-up to the popular Eee Pad Transformer tablet. The new Eee Pad Transformer Prime is thinner and lighter, offers better battery life, and faster performance than the original Transformer. It also has a sleek new design with a metallic finish that’s reminiscent of the Asus Zenbook line of high-end notebooks. […]

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NVIDIA introduces the Tegra 3 multi-core processor for tablets, phones

NVIDIA has officially introduced its next-generation mobile processor. The NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip is a 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 multi-core processor with 4 high performance CPU cores, 1 extra low power “companion” core, and 12 graphics cores. The new chips are headed to tablets and smartphones. The first Tegra 3 device will be the Asus […]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime benchmarks leaked

Asus hasn’t officially launched the Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet yet, but it looks like someone might be testing a pre-release unit. If you run the AnTuTu benchmark utility on any current Android device today, you’re likely to find that you don’t have the fastest machine around. Thats’ because the Tranformer Prime now shows up at […]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tear-down shows Kal-El chip

Last week the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime showed up at the FCC website. While most of the good stuff is still tucked away behind confidentiality requests, somehow the folks at Wireless Goodness managed to get their hands on the internal photos of the tablet ahead of schedule. There aren’t a ton of surprises, but […]