Seven inch LCD screens outshipped those of a certain maker’s 9.7″ size in November. With the hot sales of the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Nobles Nook Tablet, a one month jump over Apple is not surprising. Adding to the possibilities is that Apple may be preparing for a newer screen, the upcoming quad-resolution [...]
Asus has finally posted a web page with details for it’s upcoming Slider tablet. With Honeycomb 3.1, an Nvidia Tegra2 processor, 1gb ram, and either 16gb or 32gb storage, it has specs equal to that of most other top tablets on the market. What they don’t have, though, is it’s slide out, full QWERTY keyboard. [...]
There are many cases available for the Asus Transformer, here are some of the highest-rated on Amazon. First up is the Vipertek folio case. Made of leather with a microfiber interior, it’s stand is adjustable from 45-90 degrees. It allows access to all ports while holding the tablet, however it will not accommodate the dock. Available for [...]
In no time at all Roach has managed to provide Asus Transformer users with stock devices a way to root their Asus Transformer, check out his post on tabletroms.com and show him your appreciation. He has advised me that he will be updating his Prime! ROM in the near future as well. [CLICK HERE]
Transformer owners will begin to see notifications starting 7/28/2011 of an OTA update to Honeycomb 3.2. The update will offer several enhancements to HC 3.1. Asus is stating that the touchpad on the docking station will now be able to operate the same way as the multi-touch screen. Ever download an app that worked great [...]
This week saw a couple of roms get updates, namely Borkata’s AdamBigDroid, to V 1.1, and Roach & team’s PRIME! v1.6. For Adam users, AdamBigDroid’s update has one very cool addition-Netflix working on a Froyo rom. It works in both landscape and portrait mode. Several icons-wifi, bluetooth, usb connect and others have been freshened up. [...]
Yesterday, 7/20/2011, Netflix updated their android app to support more devices. One of those is the new Lenovo Honeycomb tablets. Apparently, by enabling the app for the Lenovo tablet, it will now run on some other Honeycomb tablets. Reports are that the Xoom, Transformer, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 are capable of running the new app. [...]
I recently was at a local electronic retailer who had several tablets out for display. I decided to check out how they stack up against each other, so following is my impressions. The Toshiba Thrive, with HC 3.1, was first up. Right away, I was impressed by the screen. It seems very bright, with excellent [...]
Way back in the month of May, Android 3.1 was released and it was a huge Boost to the Android operating system. It is a treat for developers who were wanting to do something cool other than the Android UI itself. Like what? Audio accessories, Sports/Physical devices, Robotics and control. Wouldn’t it be cool to [...]
With the success of it’s Transformer tablet, Asus is leading the pack of android tablets looking to challenge Apple’s IPad. Estimates are the company has shipped around 400,000 tablets in the first half of this year. While that includes all their tablets, it’s a pretty good bet the transformer made up the bulk of those [...]
