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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 8BitVoxel:
Anyone here who doesn't think ICS will make a difference in performance is incredibly uninformed. Even running ICS 4.0.3 upgrade on my Nexus S has a substantial performance increase in screen transitions and browsing. ICS is the first Android OS to have Chrome browser code. Not to mention that nvidia is personally optimising the source code of ICS on the prime to be as optimal as possible on the tegra 3. Finally under then hood ICS handles threading far better than Honeycomb. If my dinky single core 1Ghz Nexus S is any indication, ICS will F**KING scream on the PRIME.

Haters gonna hate.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Same here on my HTC evo! Same single core 1ghz snapdragon! ICS is so much smother than gingerbread! I never want to go back!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jyan_osu:
Heh, i got the Touchpad a few months ago.. only used it a few times. My son's even gone and stolen my Transformer because he's not into the Touchpad.. I guess i just need to put CM7 on the Touchpad.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Magnesus:
Could you quote the source of that? Will the browser be closer to Chrome? Because I think right now all browser on Android are quire poor (Dolphin is the only exception for me and maybe Opera Mobile).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jyan_osu:
Here is one

http://www.conceivablytech.com/9649/products/chrome-for-android-next-week-pipelining-support-arrives

and

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Is-C...-No-It-s-Mostly-a-Branding-Thing-228262.shtml
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 8BitVoxel:
I read conflicting reports on it specifically. The only straight answer is that it is an evolved browser over then previous from both GB and HC. I'd like to remain optimistic that given all the code is open source and the fact we "know" nvidia is personally handling it, that we will get the best performance possible and 4 cores to do so.

---------- Post added at 12:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:05 AM ----------

I'd like to add, whatever it truly is the browser now on my Nexus S with ICS 4.0.3 is like night and day. aka for the better.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
That is in fact wrong. ICS is not much better in

these points

compared to HC.

Comparing it to GB doesn't even make sense here. GB uses a lot less hardware acc. than HC or ICS. So ICS will be always faster than GB.

Please read this prior to calling people uninformed.

All in all ICS is much better optimized as HC and a whole different story than GB, but by making a comparison between GB and ICS you can't tell something about the switch from HC to ICS...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
I'm sure ICS will be nice, but note that you're comparing ICS to Gingerbread, not Honeycomb.

Edit: Oops. Missed the post RIGHT above mine. What Diamondback2010 said...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djsaad1:
Just because hc came out after gingerbread doesn't mean it is any better.

My opinion is that the original galaxy tab 7 on gb runs much smoother than the galaxy tab 10.1 on hc.

There is a reason why google never released the source code for HC they were never planning on using it for long. ICS is pretty much just the final version of HC.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] intolaomair:
Well my experience has been great since I got mine yesterday.

Honey comb seems to work really fluid. Screen transitions are smooth as butter. i dont notice any lag. I am using dolphin hd browser, no issues with it what so ever.

i have an samsung galaxy tab 10.1 as well, and the lag when navagativing screens is easily visible.

my wifi seems to work just fine. i havent ran any benchmarks, i dont need to either.

the build quality is solid. the speakrs do the job well.

the screen is a finger print magnet though.

overall: best tablet ive used.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] emilaga151:
just got mines this morning and Im enjoying playing around with it. Only question i have is if i can access the tactile feedback on the keyboard somehow. It dosent seeem to work when i select it in the settings.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ChristoA1:
Are you using the ASUS keyboard, or the Android keyboard? I'm not a big fan of the ASUS one, and the Android one does have the haptic feedback.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] oluchika:
I picked mine up today from a tablet gamestop after calling about it earlier in the week. They only had two coming in (neither were pre-orders) so I was lucky that I called about it earlier as someone else had reserved the other one, and people were still calling to ask about it.

I have the original transformer which I am gifting to my mother in exchange for the prime. Comparing the screen brightness between the two relatively at the same level, the prime is much brighter. The whites on the prime also seem to be more true as well compared to the transformer. I ordered the grey and really like the color and don't mind that it really does have a purple tint to it. In fact, if I saw it without seeing the name of the color, I would call it purple.

I still have not tried out the GPS to see how it well it works. I read about people having issues with it. I also need to download a wifi analysis app to gauge the strength difference between the prime and transformer.

One issue I am having is when I bought the transformer, it synced some of my phone apps to the tablet. For some reason I cannot get all of my apps transfered to the prime through the my apps in the market. I am having to go to the transformer to find out what they were, and download them from the market to the prime. If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Prime Vs. Transformer WIFI

I find when using WiFi analyzer that the Transformer gets a solid -40dBm buries the needle while the Prime fluctuates between -40 and -50 never a solid steady signal. Both units about 6 ft from the router. Anyone else getting this kind of signal with WiFi
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Just for kicks, how about everyone who has a Prime report in with a summary of their tablet and let us know which color you have. I'm wondering if there's a correlation between issues and color (to rule out or in the possibility that this could account for the lesser availability of champagne units). I'm wondering if because they make these things in lots, perhaps there was a particular issue with runs of champagne.

And besides, it would just be interesting to know the mix in general.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jzen:
Overall I am keeping my prime.

My screen has bleed but it is only noticeable during the Asus bootimage when first turning on the device. It is not noticeable during normal operation.

My GPS does not work, tested with weather app and google maps (with wifi location off).

My Camera (when recording video) makes a constant clicking sound that is picked up on the mic, making for a pretty lame sound track (anyone else tried this out yet?). Maybe its because im testing this at night in my room which is rather dim.

Wifi seems to work good enough for me.

I would say that the current build of Honeycomb for the Prime feels like it is a beta custom rom someone created that doesnt quite work fully... Most things work fine but every once in awhile it will get a lag spike, I have also experienced two random reboots (i suspect its caused by my ICS Spectrum live wallpaper).

I'm guessing they will have a few more updates coming very soon, or better yet ICS that hopefully fixes all these software issues.

The bundled gamestop controller is a POS. The only games so far that I found it to work with are shadowgun (which is cool) and sonic cd. I would suggest just picking up a ps3 controller, it should already have drivers for it and will also work in FPSE (which runs games buttery smooth btw).

I own the amethyst grey version and to me it doesn't look purple at all, looks like a very dark gun metal color (very cool).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ryan562:
Getting the same issue. Posted some screenshots on my own thread earlier.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NZtechfreak:
Thanks for your feedback! That is the one thing I really wanted to know, because it looks super purple in some shots. Look forward to getting my purple Prime with dock in January (have a Champagne one - tab only - arriving sooner).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jzen:
NP man, i was weary also about the color before seeing it for myself. If a light is focused right on it, it does have a slight dark purple tint but overall it is dark gun metal grey :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NZtechfreak:
I think I'd probably quite like the slight purple tint, just the totally PURPLE!!!! thing that I was not so happy about!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] arcticreaver:
I find that the screen is not as responsive as I like it would to be. typing is kind of a task for me right now. need to really press down a bit more than I like.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RiPPn:
Grey Transformer

Pros

-size, love how thin this thing is

-appearance, again love how thin, but the grey looks nice as well

-guess I got lucky, no screen bleed

-camera seemed nice for the few minutes I played with it

Cons

-Screen colors are washed, compared it to my htc flyer displaying the same image and the flyer looks much more vivid, also compared it to my dell u2410 (ips) and there is no comparison

-Single speaker

--Tinny sound

--Low Volume

-No GPS reception

-build quality, 3 sides of the glass are solid while the edge where the headphone jack is gives, like it's hollow underneath

-wifi, fine in the same room as the router, drops significant when leaving the room

-slow and sluggish, an example, pull up the alice in wonderland book in either google books or my library and try rotating from horizontal to vertical then back, it takes 10 seconds to respond and another 10 to redraw, continue switching and the device will reboot (putting it on "speed mode" does not improve this)

I really wanted this to be "the tablet" but it's going back, this thing is a disaster and a lot of these issues wont be fixed by software. Luckily I bought at best buy so I can return by January 24th with no restocking fee!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wagon Mound:
32g grey.

Finally charged this puppy up. Connected to my wifi - works great so far. Haven't tested it in depth, but I get excellent connection. As soon as I connected it I had a system update that rebooted the tablet. Not sure what that update was for.

Again, it is very light and thin - looks great.

The touchscreen is visually sharp. Response is fast, but my wife's Ipad 1 is both smoother and faster. As one other poster noted, there are times when I touched something but it didn't respond, so I had to press down a little harder. I'm thinking it has something to do with the gorilla glass. But not a big deal.

Riptide is sweet, though there was a point where it paused for 2 seconds.

Netflix is awesome. Have only watched 1 minute of a movie but the browsing aspect is a huge upgrade from netflix on both the Wii and PS3. You have more options (e.g. when you preview a movie it gives you a list of similarly categorized movies).

Contrary to what others, including the previous poster, have reported, I am very impressed by the sound. Yes, it sounds like it is coming from one side of the tablet (because it is) but the volume is plenty loud and very clear. I am not an audiophile, but I am particular about my audio - this one passes the test.

Overall, I am very pleased with this tablet. I look forward to exploring it and using the keyboard with it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Version & Kernal

Can someone tell me what their about tablet says. When I powered up and hopped on wifi I didn't get any updates. Thank you and enjoy
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RiPPn:
android version

3.2.1

gps version

5.8.12

wi-fi version

5.1.2.46

bluetooth version

7.26

camera version

tf201-0x9883

kernel version

2.6.36.3-00002-ge420e80

android@mercury #1

build number

htk75.us_epad-8.8.3.29-20111202

pad ec version

tf201-pad-0213

mobile dock version

not available
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] richB7:
I loved honeycomb on the original TF, but after using ICS for over a week on my Nexus, Honeycomb now feels archaic. Really need that ICS update before I'll really like the TF201.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Hmmmm thank you my build number is 8.8.3.27 date of 11-22-2011 and it says there is no firmware for my device available.. anyone else have this version, seems wifi and GPS are the same as you listed. Thank you for the reply
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Postal76:
Honest question: what about ICS is significantly different? I see it as a big deal for phones, but I still don't understand what it's going to change for tablets that already have Honeycomb.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] richB7:
I'm talking about usability. For me, it's more polished and logical. Honeycomb, though quite an improvement over gingerbread, still felt a bit clunky.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tbns:
I don't share all your qualms, and I love the tablet, but I do agree that the Alice in Wonderland book is incredibly slow. When turning pages, the animation is pretty much a joke. Rotating the screen is a joke.

It completely and utterly boggles my mind that 'minor' aspects of the interface, like how smooth animations are when transitioning between pages or screens, don't seem to take top priority on this tablet (or in android in general?). I love android. But come on Google/ASUS. Quad-core Tegra 3, and the tablet still feels sluggish in minor tasks? That's unacceptable. Maybe this will be remedied in ICS?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nukeruss:
I just tried Alice in Wonderland on my DROIDX with ICS and it was smooth as butter. So far ICS is a huge improvement over gb for my phone and nook color. Hopefully it will have the same effect on the TP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] trancemode:
Just got 3 of my transformer prime today

I'm going to play with it and let you guys know what I think :)

I was impressed by the first transformer but then I bought a laptop and sold it

however I was able to get my hands on 3 transformer prime

but barely had enough time to play with them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jzen:
Yeah, my HP touchpad i bought for $99 to hold me over until i got my prime way out performs my prime which is kind of sad... It can even play more games than the prime.

But I will wait it out and see... This better just all be software issues or I will never buy another Asus product again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cbasse:
We're seeing lots of negative comments and first impressions from people who just got their Prime, which leads me to wonder "is anyone truly happy with their purchase"? I have one sitting under the tree (under a pile of pine needles from the dying tree), and can't wait to open it and play around a bit, but I'm not liking what I'm seeing here... Could those of you who have had no and/or minor issues but overall love the Prime please comment so I can re-new my excitement for opening this thing Christmas morning?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] oasis9389:
man.. mine is being delivered any minute now.. i went from not being able to wait to dreading opening the package.

is there anyone with an issue free prime and happy with it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] oasis9389:
ha basically the same post as mine
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ocbooger:
No way

sent from my Dark Horse Infected Thunderbolt
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] digimuzik:
I love mine!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] oasis9389:
hahahah effing ocbooger.. GTFOOH.. whats up man? you still playing madden? me and pace are still ripping madden12
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Love mine Too

Just the lag in the e reader and that I didn't get any update. But I went to the website and I am downing the latest firmware for it now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ocbooger:
Small world, LOL. I still have you guys on my FL. Been playing Hockey more than anything.

sent from my Dark Horse Infected Thunderbolt
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] oasis9389:
totally? you into android? pace and i are both big android heads now. we still play madden but just basically vs each other and some random bored ranked games.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ocbooger:
Couple years now, rooted my Thunderbolt couple months ago... Had a Incredible before that. Was going to get the Nexus myself but figured I'd wait.

sent from my Dark Horse Infected Thunderbolt
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nekromantik:
wow so many negative reports.

this puts those people now unsure in a difficult position as I am wanting to buy it from a online retailer and if they allow me to return it after its been used then it will cost a lot of money to ship it back to them.

so either I place my pre order and risk not being happy with it and returning it with a loss on postage or wait until ICS update and see what people are saying then but risk waiting a while for more stock as it will be sold out in the UK if I dont pre order.

the hardware issues like screen looking washed out and touch screen response wont be fixed by ICS of course which is what worries me. washed out screen is subjective to peoples expectations too but touch screen response is a quite a big deal on such a expensive tablet. i would never buy apple but people saying ipad 2 being faster then Prime is a worry seeing as the Prime is £30 more for the 32GB in the UK then the 32GB iPad 2!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] denverbuckeye:
Well let's put things in perspective. I imagine the overwhelming number of users that already have their Prime love it and are using it with no issues (like me). I have no issues with a washed out screen - in fact, the screen is darn right vivid and clear (as nearly every review points out). I had the original unit with WiFi problems and exchanged it yesterday and I have no such issue anymore. I find no issues with touch responsiveness whatsoever and I don't find widespread reports of this issues anywhere. The new ICS browser will likely address the sluggish page rendering.

Coming on to a tech forum to assess opinons on devices is like going to a travel site to look for reviews of vacations -- a disproportionate number of reviews are going to be from people looking for shared misery when their expectation aren't met. It doesn't account for all the people thrilled with their experience that aren't on the forums because they are happily using their tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
PC not seeing my device

I downloaded the USB drivers.. and the sync utility and still won't connect to the PC... any suggestions ? thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Nekromantik:
true i suppose

guess I will take the risk

it will be my first tablet anyway. only experience of a tablet I have had so far was the old windows based tablets of yester year and I played with the Sony S tablet when it was released which was pretty good.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Overall, I'm very impressed with my device so far. the build quality is great. everything moves very smoothly n fast. the screen quality is amazing. the colors and games pop outof the screenit seems. I think the sound is very good. most of the time us actually too loud if cut all the way up. if you kind of cup your hand over the speaker grill or cover u slightly, It makes it even louder. this is actually the best sound heard period on a phone or tablet. very big sound coming from this device. Using opera mobile browser is very fast n fluid. only thing ibe noticed is that flash Doesnt seem to play video in opera. ill hear s sound but no video. More than likelya compatibility issue with honeycomb version. Flash does work fine in stock browser. hopefully opera will release update to remedy this. the games really stand out on this device. the optimixed tegra3 games are great. alot more to these games than some added effects. graphics details are superb. what is the object of the glow ball game? LOL

I spent most of initial time with device setting it up. like adding apps, email clients, wallpaper, etc.. I have still yet to setup widgets. I come from using an iPad so I needed to refrain from setting it up like one. I don't want all my home screens filled with just apps like on iPad. I'm still getting use to this virtual keyboard as you might notice.lol I added slideIt keyboard also. device a lot easier to type in portrait mode. I can use the slide technique this way and works very well and fast. I Havent noticed any of the issues some people are reporting. I'm very satisfied and impressed with The Prime. WifI strength is fine. Ui is very fast and smooth. no lag at all. games are great up here.

I will run it through its paces some more. I have yet to test GPS. still getting a Feel for the android experience in tablet form. honeycomb performs fine for me but can't wait to see what ICS brings.

Coming from an iPad, this tablet outperforms it in Just about all categories. very satisfied with my purchase and is the best tablet I've ever used so far. I will update more soon on experience.

Onlive is great on this device!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cbasse:
Great feedback, thanks for the post!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Which color do you have?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
I know how you feel. I'm less concerned about the slow applications and poor input response this may all very well be corrected by the OS upgrade.

But the defects too concern me, though I'm betting on this being a case of faulty 1st production shipped tablets, The 2nd run tablets which retailers are saying should be arriving at the end of the 1st week of January might have all the physical defects ironed out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
the grey one. I like it but I will need a case asap. not use to tablet being so thin and don't want to scratch it up. Feels very solid though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] d1ez3:
no problems to report here, everything is nice
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Using it now it's sweet!

Other than a few stuck pixels it's perfect!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] markimar:
When I take it out of the roocase it seems so small! It is so amazingly thin. I wonder where the GPS antenna is located it takes forever to lock on. I'm uninstalling half the games gamestop installed they are so big!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] louvass:
Connecting to the PC with Prime

Has anyone been able to connect to the PC with the Prime. I tried everything, I opened a call with Asus and all they tell me is to download Asus Sync, Am I wrong by saying they took this device away from us as a mass storage device, all I show is that it is an MTP device and cant get anything over to it. Is anyone else having this trouble, I have the newest Firmware installed also. Please help. Thank you
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
The original also shows up as an MTP device. I think this is just how they're doing it now (which kind of sucks, because it's SLOW slow for copying files over).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] markimar:
I wonder if some of these issues are caused by the controller core is only clocked at 500ghz? It seems sometimes there is a hiccup like its going from the controller to the quad. It saves power but I wonder if 500 is too low to run the ui?

Maybe a dev could comment on whether the 5th core can be overclocked?