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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UmbraeSoulsbane:
I run a local Android Users Group. Although the Prime is my first tablet, I have played with tons of them (and even some iPads although I had to wash my hands thoroughly afterward). The Prime is awesome hands down. I love the screen and the responsiveness of the whole tab. Kinda hard to use my old Nexus One now. :(

I got this for my Wife mainly to work with my 7 year old Austistic son and build his language/communication skills. So what I needed was a strong, sturdy device, and I am not disappointed. The whole family is totally digging the thing and my wife has all but abandoned her laptop. I was trying to avoid setting up her email and stuff on a "community" device, but I don't think I can put it off any longer.

Now I just have to figure out a way to justify getting a 2nd one. :)

I can understand people being upset at some of the problems, but I get a lot of first run devices and it just happens. That doesn't help the pain of paying so much for the device and the hassle of actually getting one, but I am sure some people were not prepared. For me the device works great and the few problems I have had (charging touchscreen drift) are supposed to be fixed. I usually turn GPS off anyway, so its not like I am missing out there.

Personally I think ASUS has been pretty responsive to issues (although the encrypted bootloader still grabs my goat) they just don't seem to have a consistent channel to communicate. You pretty much need to watch the news in Taiwan or follow them on Facebook. Not to mention their website does not work in the Android browser and the Transformers are not listed as a product on their support pages. Beyond that I think they have been very quick to update firmware, attack issues and - hell - get us ICS!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wroche:
I am loving mine, weak GPS but not a big issue for me. As an Amazon prime subscriber, I have really enjoyed streaming free Amazon Instant Video and reading my Kindle books. The Amazon Appstore's free app of the day is nice too. However, The funniest thing so far is my household is an Apple stronghold. Wife and daughter both have iPad2s and iPod touchs. Last night I was sitting on the couch with my wife, she on her iPad2 and me on my TFP. I was just messing around with various apps and things. She kept getting distracted and looking over at my Prime and saying things like "how did you do that?, what app is that?, wow that's cool!" I might convert her to Android yet!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UmbraeSoulsbane:
LOL. Good on you!

I have a stiff rule: No Apple or Sony products in my house. So if anyone in the family wants one they have to move out. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Raptor124:
My Positive Prime Experience

After pre-ordering this and reading all the scare stories here i was un-decided whether to cancel the order or not and decided I would take the plunge and let it arrive

Pre-Ordered: 30/11/2011 - Best Buy 32 Gb Amethest Grey

Picked Up From DHL: 3 hours ago

Condition on arrival: no apparent dents or scratches

On first power up - looks like a scratch on top left corner - only visible when tablet is powered on - see screenshot - don't know what it is - anyone have any ideas

Updates: All went through with no issues

Root: Had an issue but got there in the end

Wi-Fi: Perfect no problems so far

GPS: haven't tried yet, not too worried about it as I never use on my phone either

this been my first tablet i am very happy with it, no lag or touchscreen problems, very quick to boot up,

except for the scratch?? - i will keep it for now and may exchange it later with Asus UK when they arrive there. to much hassle to send from Ireland back to Best Buy

I am now installing all my apps and so far no problems
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slugbug2010:
I really love mine (as I've already stated) and want to stay away from the negative threads so am hoping someone here might able to answer a question for me because I don't think it's a problem, just something I don't understand - checkerboarding in the browser. What causes it and how do I get it to stop? It didn't do it with the stock browser, it does using dolphin. Yea yea, I know - use stock :p

I am hoping the ics update will speed up the stock browser, I've done the tweaks mentioned in other threads, find that dolphin is a more friendly experience.

Thank you
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AMoosa:
I've had a xoom, and a galaxy tab 10.1. I was disappointed with both to be honest. I now have a prime (from PC world) and I must say, it is AMAZING. This is what an android tablet should be. I thought I was gonna miss ice cream sandwich as I'm so used to it on my gnex, but I really don't. Although it can only make this monster even more amazing. The keyboard dock revolutionises the use of the tablet. It's actually usable in meetings for taking notes without looking like a tw#t. Mine is flawless so far. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slugbug2010:
ugh......that makes me sick to my stomach to look at. I don't know what that is. It looks like a scratch but since it's not there unless the power is on......could it be a crack in the glass that is "invisible" until it is back-lit?

I would call Asus, get the issue "on record" and send them a email of the picture. That would be hard to explain on the phone, or they may know right away.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Sokonomi:
Mine seems to be covered in an invisible coating that makes it extremely sticky,

ever since I took it out of the box it seems to have permanently adhered itself to my hand.

I cant put it down, is this normal? :o
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UmbraeSoulsbane:
If it is only visible when the screen is on then it is probably a flaw in the lcd. If I remember correctly touchscreens have layers of glass to handle input, so it might be a crack in the lower levels of the glass screen and only visible when hit by the back light.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
actually the one to use is opera mobile. provides the fastest browsing experience and I never see checkerboarding on it. stock browser is on the slower side but claims have been made that ICS has the best stock browser.

also if you don't like the stock keyboards, I'd really recommend Thumb Keyboard. it works very well and allows you to type very fast just using your thumbs while holding device with two hands. can even type faster than swyping or sliding. if you like those sylwyping or slider types, SliderIT is a great one also.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] keitht:
I installed Opera Mobile on mine yesterday (already have it on my Xoom) but can't get Opera Link (syncs bookmarks) to work. When I enter my account info, I get an error that the authentication server is not available. This has been going on for two days. Anyone else?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I'm not sure as i never used that bookmark feature before. I would say go into Manage applications in settings. then clear the cache and data. then Force close the app and try it again that way. or it could just be that particular server for opera is down at the moment or undergoing maintainance or something.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] keitht:
Thanks. Yes, I tried that an uninstall/reinstall. I do not understand why it is so hard to sync bookmarks. The stock browser also does not work with that. Crazy.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] atgmartin:
Another very happy Prime user here. I have had it since Dec 21 and use it just about constantly. Battery life is really great, and I got lucky, getting a very early prime with zero issues and perfect build quality. For what it's worth, the gps locks onto satellites when outside with 30ft accuracy, but I haven't tested on a drive. Seems almost as good as my Desire HD. The wifi is certainly better than my DHD. I'll be hanging onto this thing for sure. The only source of frustration so far has been sourcing a dock for it! Have one on order from cdw.ca but they say end of the month. For now, I'm digging the SwiftKey Tablet x keyboard.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] keitht:
If I could get what you have with the GPS I would be happy. I do not need it for actual navigation from point a to b. Just want a quick lock (30 seconds or less) with best accuracy possible to update google maps or any other app that wants my current position without Wifi.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
check out thebest buy dock thread. everyone been hopping on it and getting a dock within days or a week. I'll be doing the same soon also.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] holycrap8:
Very happy owner of a 64gb grey from Amazon
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] colbyb25:
Loving mine as will. No light bleeding or lose screen. Wifi works fine but GPS doesn't, although I have never used the GPS on a tablet...that is what my Galaxy Nexus is for.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] atgmartin:
I'm in Canada, so wouldn't order from bb.com but I was on their Canadian site and noticed they show in stock. So I asked my brother to look out for one since he was going anyway, and they had them. He'll be bringing it over tomorrow!!! :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ORam78:
Anyone know how to change the default folder in the camera app to save photos to the micosd instead of the internal storage? My guess is it can't be done without root and doing a change in the build prop.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
good question. there isn't an option within the camera app itself once memory card inserted? I'm going to get a memory card also n want to do the same. As those pictures n HD movies take alot of rom once they start building up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Flip35:
i loooove my prime, i dont know whats the issue but i have no issues what so ever not even the gps, im so in love with this thing my is getting jelious...i bought a gnex before i got the prime and is all i played with but since i got my prime i havent touch the phone at all...one of the best peaces of tech ive ever had
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
im the same way man. my phone is lonely. im thinkin the next phone i get might be a blackberry or something similar. might as well get something that is really good at being just a phone since im rarely without my prime and 7" galaxy tab.

:)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] crpeck:
Here's another happy Prime owner, I finally got my hands on it Tuesday, I have barely set it down since. Battery life is great, screen, responsiveness, wifi all fine. GPS - meh - but - I haven't really put that through the grind - I have GPS on my Bionic, and, in my car, so I dont't really care about that too much.

I did have to apply the update via the SDCARD route (my serial number is 'known' in the About section). As long as I can get ICS on it next week somehow I'll be real happy.

Funny thing, I haven't rooted it yet, I don't think I've owned any Android device this long without rooting it - just don't have a need to at this point. Maybe after ICS is out, and, I've put it through it's paces...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] detta123:
Happy prime owner! No screen bleed, nothing is wrong. Wifi is perfect, GPS locks on within 2-3 seconds in maps, amazing. There are good primes out there! I got mine from Best Buy. No returns, first prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Flip35:
man the battery life of this beast is awesome specially with the dock
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hyrulejedi86:
I am glad to see so many positive reviews. I have now had mine going on a five days and it's been great. I've purposely drained it all the way to give the battery a good stretching and in five days I've only charged twice. I love it overall. I downloaded N64oid and can play LOZ games, mario, goldeneye all the favorites! Can't wait for ICS and see how much better it becomes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Lets keep this thread near the top so people know how great of a device this is. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jonboyuk:
Perhaps the Prime is receiving the classic case of all the negativity occurring within one zone (ie XDA). Lets face it, how many people find a forum to praise a piece of tech as opposed to those who want help or want to whinge? :)

Lets face it, it will only be a matter of time before someone makes a DIY guide on how to fix the dodgy GPS. Be it - a window in the back or just software updates. Viva la Prime!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] diecast17:
I love the design. I am coming for an Original Transformer, and now I can't even touch that one.

I like how the power button is now on the top left, and how the buttons feels. I also like the sound, it is much better then the Original Transformer. I love this Prime!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] prenedo:
Just got mine last night. Been playing with it all day. Still have 50 percent battery, gps locked within seconds at both work and home. Wifi signal is okay but not great ( still want to run some tests). No light bleed, no dead pixels, no 'lag'.... freakin love this thing. Very happy with my purchase/gift. And to think, the thought actually crossed my mind that I should've kept the ipad I got for christmas (after reading all the crap on here)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benefit14snake:
Got mine yesterday. Great so far. I do have one dead pixel so I will exchange it when they are in stock. Overall a very nice device. Can't wait until ICS!!!

32GB GREY
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jjdevega:
That's good news for me as I am awaiting my Prime from OD and hope that mine will have no defects. The one I was going to return to GS after factory reset fixed all my issues and is quite perfect now although lost all my GS games and no way of getting back. I'm going to sell it to cover the cost of the Prime from OD and get a dock with it as well.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] russbustah:
Battery Life is awesome. With Dice Player this will play anything you throw at it. HDMI mirroring is great. Performance is great, dock works great. No issues for me, havent tried gps because i would never need it on tab. Really like the design and all the ports. I used to have a galaxy tab 10.1 and this is way better. In fact this is everything i hoped the tab would be, plus the keyboard which is wonderful. Very happy with it, excited for ICS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Semantics:
Hoping I will be able to join this thread on Monday. I am getting mine from Best Buy on the 9th, and I really hope I do not have the serial number issue, or others. I really do not want to return/RMA it, because BB does not have them in stock yet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rose4uKY:
I'm getting mine from BB on the 10th or 11th. I can not wait and am glad I found this thread. I previously had an Archos 10.1 but watching movies the screen wasn't so good. I sold it and my laptop for this. I have an EVO 3D and if I need GPS I use my phone. But will most of my apps on my phone work on here like Words With Friends and hanging With Friends. And I use this Flex T9 swyping keyboard that I got off Amazon one day it was the free app and it works good but speaking your text and emails it's awesome. I want my speakto it assistant on the tablet also. I don't really know what light bleeding is or how to tell if there is a dead pixel but I hope I don't have any problems with mine.

I can't wait to get it and show it off especially to my few coworkers who have the Ipad2. I'll post back once I get mine but I love reading everyone's positive results. The free app of the day yesterday was splashtop remote where you can control your desktop from your phone or tablet anyone tried it on this tablet yet? Would love to be able to watch my movies from my computer. I do wish this had a USB but I'll put movies on the micro SD I guess. I do want a 16 or 32 card. I have an 8 now extra cause I put a 16 in my phone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mike infinity:
Splashtop works amazingly well. I stream live TV from my htpc as well as bluray... everything.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rand4ll:
Splashtop is built into the Asus mycloud app, launch the app and choose mydesktop, no need for a separate app.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] guthrien:
I am sort of surprised by all the negativity for this device, though I'm certainly not one to pretend a device doesn't have problems it has. Its wifi and GPS are obviously weaker than normal, but neither impacts my needs. I'm always around decent signals or else it would have had to be 3G. The GPS pulls my weather, ie my needs are met. My tablet is a relative to the iPhone I carry which is both more convenient and needs good GPS.

This is a beautiful tablet. Its almost a little intimidating carrying a big slab of glass like this with such a vibrant screen. I'm used to the iPad and this is just as thin, feels lighter and has better views. Its almost like your carrying a small window. Its zippy as hell even running Honeycomb which I don't love, and I can't wait for the quick upgrade to ICS. It runs smoothly without a crappy manufacture overlay and crushes the ****ty Tegra 2 for video. Battery lasts a long time. Has a card reader. Next day or two I'll have the included dock which is adding an entirely new dimension to what is already one of the best tablets I've ever touched.

I have a lot of experience with tablets, I'm totally addicted to this form of computing. I've got several which are fun to mess with but not cutting edge. I've owned a Xoom which is decent but has an ugly screen, heavy design and crap support. I have a Galaxy Tab 8.9 which is the nicest looking/feeling but is handicapped by Samsungs lack of ports and the aformentioned busted Tegra 2. I normally carry an iPad 2 which is great and has the best mobile apps available but still isn't jailbroken and I keep bumping up against Apples walls when I want to accomplish certain tasks.

I think the Prime is the first Android tablet I could imagine carrying all the time. ICS is only going to make things better and its coming just around the corner rather than being rumored. It has arguably the best accessory available in the keyboard dock. No, I wouldn't recommend it if you need solid GPS or are always chasing a weak wifi signal, but I wouldn't recommend most other Android tablets if you want to watch a wide range of vieo, or replace a laptop, etc. Everything has tradeoffs and a better version next week but the Prime is comparable to most things coming out of CES and more capable than most anything else you might have gotten for Xmas.

I feel pretty damn positive about it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rose4uKY:
How do you stream live TV? All I care about is this I have Tivo and Tivo desktop app which lets you download shows to your PC. Sometimes there too big of files if it's in HD to transfer to another device. I usually strip the tivo wrapper if I am going to transfer it somewhere and sometimes I have to convert it but usally it plays as is once tivo wrapper is stripped. So with splashtop I can just see the show in my Tivo recorded folder which BTW is on an external 1TB drive hooked up to my PC. So with this app I can watch those shows. I'll be able to click on my computer and go to my external drive all from this tablet? I can't wait to get it already.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Easy answer YES! this is one of the best remote desktop apps out for Android and it comes with the Prime so you don't have to pay extra for Splashtop HD. you can access any and everything from your computer. very simple and easy set up also. Once connected, your Prime is virtually your PC. you can control, open, watch, etc...anything on your PC from your prime. it'll exactly mirror your PC screen n everything and make it seem like the Prime is the actual PC how fast n flawless it works. So if you streaming live t.v. to your PC, then it can be watched or accessed from the prime. As for your hardrive, if you get the USB adapter kit or the keyboard dock, then its plug n play no setup needed and can access and watch movies/shows off your external hardrive just directly plugged into the prime or keulyboaed dock. its that simple. plus Prime will play whatever movie format or codex you throw at it. And do it flawlessly ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rose4uKY:
Wow it all sounds so great and eventually I may get the dock cause having a USB would be nice to plug in my flash drive which I keep some movies on it. But I have an external USB hard drive plugged into my PC drive letter K cause my drive C is almost full. So I can't just see my desktop click my computer from the tablet and access that drive letter and go to my mpvies folder there? Your saying I have to have the dock and use USB? Sorry that part confused me. And I can't do live TV on PC but just being able to watch a Tivo Hi Def recorded show from PC on tablet is gonna be awesome. Never mind I just rereads your post you said I can plug my USB external into my primes dock if I had it. I gotcha now. But I meant if I was at work and wanted to watch one of my Tivo recorded shows which is on my external can I do that by clicking my computer than the drive letter then the folder but i am guessing yes. Ok I got it now. Sorry it's late and I am tired. Thanks!

But I'll figure it all out once I get it. Thanks for answering me. I ordered this moko case http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006BU4TQY/ref=ox_ya_os_product

And now I found the same company makes a purple one for 7 bucks cheaper and I am not sure the difference yet but I may cancel the black one and order this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006FIDTIG/ref=ox_ya_os_product

But Ok Off to bed. I paid for expedited shipping from BB and they told me the 10th or 11th but it hasn't even shipped yet. :-( I am off Tues and was so hoping to get it by then but I doubt it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tyvar1:
There is so many negative comments about this tablet and i was really happy to get one but now its feels just boring, today i pre-ordered it and it will come out in stores around 23 january here in sweden. i know you often just do topics about bad stuff and not so much about good stuff, so i wonder if i am going to be happy with my tablet? or is it just crap that every1 say it is, i dont care about gps because i never use it, and i dont care about bluetoth+wifi sucks togheter because i never use bluetoth. so is this a tablet for me?

That is my order that i am going to get in like 15-20 days. should i keep it or cancel my pre-order?

plz tell me this is a good tablet because its not helping me that i see like 10 new thread on this forum about how bad this tablet is :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jake.hybrid:
+1 :)

I am on my prime right now and I love it. I haven't had any issues what so ever, but all this negativity kind of tries to persuade me to try and return it and wait like 5 months for a better tablet. I got this originally for college, and everything is looking to be very beneficial. I have my textbooks, supernote, and soon to have a stylus to write with. I also have the dock, which is amazing.

Thank you guys for posting this. Makes me feel a lot better about my Christmas present. :)