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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pileot:
This is because apple restricts the tablet market to only show games / apps that are designed for the tablet, where on the android market you can access ALL apps that are compatable. There are apps (like tablet market) that ONLY show apps designed for tablets and have a higher resolution.

Again, check the tablet market. there are TONNES of apps that work at higher resolutions, you just need to find them

could be because the glue has yet to fully cure. if the unit had sat on the shelf a month before you bought it chances are that wouldnt happen.

How many of what apps were running in the background? I went to demo my prime to a buddy and noticed it was lagging slightly, opened my taskmanager and there were 50 apps running! that can also have very negitive effects on your battery.

then use a differen browser? the stock browsers usually suck, reguardless what android device you use, thats the beauty of android you can change the browser if you want, the same on a PC you can use windows explorer, chrome, opera, firefox, whatever.

Dude, a lot of the application arguments your making now were made by people about the iphone compared to early androids. No market, bad display quality, poor app quality. And know what i have to say?

Shadowgun THD has phenominal graphics. nothing ipad can touch that. Soulcraft has amazing graphics, again ipad what? Fruit Ninja THD, hell pretty much any of the THD apps are MADE for tegra HD devices, like the prime.

If your launcher is slow then use a different one. I for one cant stand stock launcher its crap. there are soo many other that offer more options than the ipad will ever do.

So many choices and yours aparently has been made. Enjoy your iPad, please dont bother coming back here to complain anymore, we got enough people complaining as it is. Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
As i said u decide what you need and what's best for you ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hardrock121:
I am in the same boat.. I had a prime.. returned in 2 weeks.. the lag/flickering screen sometimes.. wifi issues drove me nuts.. I am a techie guy but I dont want to spend half my time debugging stuff.. I have an android phone and wife a iphone and i love the flexibility of android.. but tablets are new realm i feel.. they need to come off age.. lot of stuff is new.. disorganized..

why do they have to release something without testing gps?? is beyond me.. these are the things that really irritate me.. asus doesnt have to bother about bad marketting.. atleast they dont seem so... apple atleast thinks about twice is what i feel.

FYI.. I am a hardcore android enthusiast.. and apple hater until i had prime..2 units infact.. and completely lost faith in asus.. still like samsung but if only they release something with amoled screens.. I would be ready to jump on it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] GuenChan:
If ASUS would beta test their products instead of abusing their clients as paying beta testers we would not need to talk about this again and again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] phat_11:
I totally agree man :)

In time, we'll get there. Plus I'm still not convinced about a bigger resolution for this screen size (maybe 1377x768 might still be usable but beyond that...). Thr only thing to make the Prime over the new ipad is the graphics chip. And again I'd rather keep the prime and buy myself a ps vita :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bluewr:
They did, those with problem are a small minority in stat provided by source, and in vote that occured here.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kingsrook14:
IMHO.. you want to shift from one overpriced tab to another... seems like a choice of taste than real drawbacks...

The way these things are put on market, no one single product dominates so as to make the consumer keep buying the next supposeddly great one!

Apple products have been seriously over priced for years.

Android market is growing at a faster rate, which is a clear indication to the future for this segment.

All the best.

Sent from SGS II

Press thanks if this helped :d
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] conner:
Great post and thanks for sharing your opinion and decision. I'm not far behind you in ditching the Prime but I will not be replacing it with an iPad. I don't feel the opposition (applesition) are much better.

I feel like I got burnt with the Prime and am gutted with Asus but have clung on in the hope that Asus make up their short falls and reward those of us that have remained loyal but I don't see anything positive or fair happening now and fear that I will be left with a shoddy device of poor build quality and glitchy software.

It's hard to get your point across on forums because any criticism of the Prime is greeted with phrases like 'buy a professional navigation device','you shouldn't expect this or that to work on a tablet' and plenty of anti Apple statements so thanks for posting and remaining objective.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marv_in_lbc:
another two-cent opinion thrown in for no good reason:

imo op, had you just given your reasoning and rationale behind your decision to not keep your prime, that would have been cool--you're entitled to your own opinion.

BUT... you intentionally added to your statement that the ipad is what your replacement is (probably) going to be.

as others have stated, what did you expect the replies would be? it's like you're baiting us then calling us out when negative responses are given. you set up your post and the accompanying poll to elicit negative responses--even if that wasn't you intention.

personally, i give props where props are due--apple makes (some) good stuff... just not for me. my wife is a proud owner of an ipad. i don't touch it. matter of fact, she's had the majority of her problems ever since going with ios5! so much for apple's product "just working." i just like the android experience and what it offers ME.

as said in my first post, it's your money. spend it how you please and be happy with your purchase--whatever the brand.

peace out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gunner1937:
I just returned my Prime, built February 2012.

Yes, I am disappointed by the lack of GPS and the weakness of Wi_Fi.

Those issues were not a dealbreaker in my mind.

Asus attitude for not offering a solution (repair,exchange,recall) is the reason, imho, of the customers distrust and loss of confidence.

Granted, it seems the issues concern a minority of owners. At $500.00 a piece I understand their frustration.

I returned my Tablet because of the above but mainly because the Customer Service did not answer - or even acknowledge - a very simple and basic question. For me, it speaks volume.

Sure, I thought of buying the new iPad. I like it but not to the point to buy it.

I like very much the Android system. It is an open system (that is why, among other things, I prefer Ubuntu over Windows which I use!).

I do intend to give a try to the next version ( or successor) of the Prime or even the next Galaxy.

After all, a tablet for me is a gadget, a toy for which I do not need a keyboard. I have enough with two laptops.

In any forum when members disagree they can agree on that fact.

Civility is not a show of weakness. I am sure that opened minds will understand me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skygunner27:
Fair enough.

I own both. The new iPad is awesome. The 2048x1536 screen is amazing. Having a Prime with poor wifi really ruins the experience. While using the new iPad, I missed the Prime's netbook feel/setup. Next week I plan on swapping my C1 Prime for a C2. I really hope I can get a Prime with good wifi(only problem it has) so I can just move on and actually enjoy it to the fullest.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bluewr:
Asus did respond, you can either RMA it to get it to meet their testing standard by replacing wifi hardware or send it back for full refund and other for accessory that you purchased.

And they have one of their employee Gary Key on this forum doing follow up, responding to PM and giving update information, and assisting customer in getting a refund, RMA or replacement unit.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gunner1937:
Thanks for the information which I appreciate very much.

I should have expressed myself in a better way.

My simple, basic question to the Technical support had nothing to do with hardware, gps, wi fi, or software. I am still waiting (not really) for a reply since March 10.

I am aware, of course, of the job performed by Gary Key.

Nevertheless I returned my Prime yesterday. RMA would not have improved the GPS, Wi Fi and.................Customer Service issues.

As I said I will wait for a better Prime or 700T, whatever is the new name, because I still believe that ASUS is capable of delivering. Maybe:D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MysteriousDiary:
I would miss too much on the iPad I love on the Prime and iOS (beside the fact that I wouldn't do any investment in such a closed system like the Apple world).

- brightness:

One place where I like to use a tablet is the garden but when I it comes to using it in the sunlight the Prime still is way better than the new iPad since the iPS+ Display is so much brighter

iPad 2: 364 cd/m2

new iPad 396 cd/m2

Asus Transformer Prime 578 cd/m2

- weight:

The Prime has a good formfactor and weight - I don't want any device which is more heavy

- multitasking:

Being productive on a tablet requires good multitasking and that's way better on Android. Just the overskreen browser app is already a huge deal for me. And when it gets to real multitaksing like using two apps side by side at the same time I guess we can expect that first on Android - Apple's iOS hasn't changed much in the last months/years. It feels like iOS is stuck since a long time and it feels lilke a stripped down phone OS on a tablet. In my opinion Android OS is way better than iOS since ICS and their progress in improvements is way faster than the one of iOS.

- keyboard dock:

It's just awesome...especially with the integrated battery

- resolution:

Actually I see more downsides on those gigantic resolutions. People who own an iPad 2 and the new one reported that some games who already make use of retina resolution are bit slower on the new devices which is excactly what many expected because of the high resolution. But my biggest problem with such resolution is the size of apps. They're 2-3x times bigger than before now. 1200x800 is in most cases more than enough on such a device and it's viewing distance - that's what we've been happy with for so many years on our laptops. The only improvement would be for reading books, but there e-ink is still the king because e-Ink doesn't has any backlight which hurts eyes after hours of reading. And a kindle is so much more lightweight and it's battery lasts for days....no tabet can beat that so far when it comes down to a great reading experience.

- battery:

7hours of charging, over 20 hours while using for the new iPad? That's horrible compared to the 2 hours charging time of the prime and I'm a bit afraid that next Android tablets with such a high resolution might suffer from the same problems Apple has with the new iPad now.

- form factor:

I don't like the form factor of the iPad - especially for watching movies it's pretty bad. reminds on old TVs

They only thing I pretty much miss and still want is a 7" Tablet which would fit in my jacket pocket to carry it always with me - but not to replace the prime with. That's why I'm personally looking forward to the new rumored 149$ Google Nexus tablet.

Will there be a new Android Tablet getting the resolultion of the new iPad or even higher? I'm sure - Samsungs rumored 11,6" tablet with even higher resolution would make sense. I just expect the same downsides the new Apple iPad now has. The new iPad wasn't much more than a small upgrade to the iPad 2 and the most important changes are from Samsung (display and SoC).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bluewr:
There's two option

The TF 300 - Prime with less HD, no IPS+ and plastic back and weaker batter, also Tegra is clocked 100mhz slower and DDR3 ram

TF Infinity - Formelly the TF700, Higher resolution screen, Metal back+Plastic strip at top, Comes in 2 variation of CPU, Tegra 3 and a snap dragon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gunner1937:
TF Infinity will be my choice. Maybe;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Coderedpl:
MysteriousDiary - great comparison! Really good points there.

I feel like I can keep my prime now, use it, and when the infinity drops, see the reviews from users, and then decide on selling the prime. There is always someone looking for one. Worst comes to worst, I'll be left with it, will I regret it? I doubt it.

I still think the prime is a great product. Get SquareTrade warranty and you're set for whatever happens.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] smoothone:
This is such a troll thread. You should have posted your happiness for your iPad in the iPad forums instead of trolling here.

The iPad is good at being a big toy which is what you seem to use it for. As far as productivity goes it's plain garbage. My wife wanted an iPad so bad so I got her one. She took it to school and she wanted to download a powerpoint file and open it to edit. Ooh wait, you can't download files with mobile Safari and then you can't see your files because it has no file manager unless you jail break it and add one. Whoops you cant open that powerpoint app and edit it. Then she tried to navigate to a school website to get some assignments but the browser was not recognized. She tried to spoof it by installing a different browser and changing the user agent but NOTHING worked. Oh oh then she couldn't transfer the music from her Android phone to her iPad because you need a computer with iTunes on it! Needless to say her iPad love faded after two miserable weeks with it. I even jail broke it to try and add more functionality to it but that failed miserably.

I got her a used Transformer. She installed Incognito browser and spoofed her school website by changing the user agent. Worked flawlessly. She then download and edited her powerpoint project with Polaris. She then turned on DLNA sharing on her Android phone and the tablet and transferred her music without a hiccup. So yes the iPad is an excellent toy if that's what you want it for but if you need any kind of productivity then forget it. It really is just a giant iPod.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
These are good points, and do NOT constitute "fanboy" bashing. They're simply realistic concerns with iOS. I have a number of coworkers with iPads, and they gave up on using them in the office for just these sorts of reasons. Cognitive dissonance is a *****, of course, so they still swear that they love their iPads, but they don't use them for work (which for a few was their primary justification for buying them).

I'm an avid ebook reader, and so I'm tempted by that screen. But I _do_ use my Prime at work, for all sorts of things, and from what I can tell an iPad would be a real step down in terms of productivity. So, I'll stick with my 1280X800 screen for now and see how the TF700 looks (and performs) in a few months. My wife will kill me if I decide to "trade up" (e.g., sell on eBay, then buy the TF700), but that's nothing new. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hardrock121:
Whats the release date of infinity?/ they dont seem to have anything announced yet
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Hyflex:
Apple products are more "simple" with a lot less features, a lot less ability to customize and are for the "simple" minded consumers, aka stupid.

Asus & Android are for the more tech savvy users, much more powerful and customizable with a lot more features
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bluewr:
Most estimate are June or July
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tbns:
It definitely depends on what you do for a living as to whether the iPad would work for productivity.

One of the big reasons behind me selling my prime (besides screen defects) was because it was not very good for doing any type of productive science/academic/research related work. Mainly because of the complete lack of quality applications for it. PDF annotation software is light years ahead on iOS. PDF viewing/scrolling/etc. is much quicker in iOS. Reference software, citation software, etc. are non-existent, or are very close to garbage for Android tablets. Also, taking notes on the TFP was really painful - using my finger, the lag and inaccuracy of the screen was pretty bad. None of the styluses worked very well. Yes, I loved ASUS's built-in note-taking software. Great interface - that's the type of apps that Android should have more of. The problem was that the screen was just not responsive enough to be better than writing on paper. Then I tried out an iPad 2, and realized that for whatever reason, both finger note taking and stylus ability is leaps and bounds better than what I experienced with the TFP. Much quicker responsitivity, and with a stylus, even small text could be written out.

I'm not spewing this out of no where, I've experienced both. And I can tell you that though the iPad does indeed work VERY well as a big toy, it is also very good for productivity.

For every situation you can muster up about Android tablets being better for 'productivity', there's an equal situation where iOS would be better suited. If anything, Apple products cater very well to people who work outside of the tech industry, and aren't gadget-geeks like us.

What doctor/nurse/lawyer/academic is going to want to change their user agent, set up DLNA, shuffle through a file system, change their stock browser for one that works better/scrolls smoother/etc. etc. Yes, because Apple isn't willing to implement some of these features, there are things you can't do with iOS. But most things you can do, and when you do them, they are easy and intuitive.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spokker:
I'm not ready to give up on the Prime, but man have there been issues. I'm used to the intricities of Android, but my main gripe with the Prime has been the display. I was able to get over the one dead pixel, but the colors are just completely washed out and I fear it may be something related to the hardware and cannot be fixed in an update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Orion66:
Yes - hard not to agree. But like I said. One thing kills android tablets. The lack of games/apps designed specially for tablet resolutions. After having 2 android tablets now I say - enough! I want to use my tablet not to wait another year for new apps/games!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Unfortunately, the only thing that will solve this problem is having more tablets in the field. Now, personally, I would have thought that 5-10 million Honeycomb/ICS tablets would be enough to warrant some developer interest, but then maybe all the bad press has had an impact as well.

I think 2012 will change that. There are just too many Android tablets being released, at too many price points, for there NOT to be a significant increase in units. And, a $149 or $199 Google Nexus tablet should help... Once developers know there are 10 million + Android tablets, they'll start optimizing their apps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Eh, I think Google needs to convince its Android Tablet user base to spend money. Not only that, but GOOGLE themselves need to invest & time in developing unique tablet Apps to provide "data" to 3rd parties that it can be successful & earn money.

Smartphone market shows that.. although there are more "android" phones are out in the wild, iPhone users outspend Android base... by a great margin. Until this trend changes, I doubt you'll see dedicated tablet apps to the degree of Apple App store.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] photogf4:
iFad

I just can't understand anyone wanting to use any kind of iCrap if they have used the prime, or rooted the tf101. Yeah apple stuff works ok and the apps are cute, but if you are more than a Starbucks yuppie poser, you need more than that. Honestly if you brought a rooted tf201 to a Starbucks, you would draw a crowd when you could tell the Sig strength of the networks around, could connect to your work network and do anything easily (2x client), could swipe your typing instead of having to press every key, can use everything out there on the web, can overclock, disable bloatware just from The os, and stop all the constant uploads of location and marketing info... ?? Apple purposely shows their stuff down with every ios release, their peripheral base is nonexistent - and they are always getting caught taking advantage of their users in class action lawsuits. Don't go away mad, just go away!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] smoothone:
Ok Mr "I'm not spewing this out of nowhere". I'm not spewing either as me and my wife both had a chance to use the iPad for three weeks before we returned it. I will agree with you that Apple makes some very good specific apps designed for the iPad but the HUGE problem with the vast MAJORITY of these great apps is that they DO NOT work together. They do not share information with each other. They are great at "just being a great app" but most cannot even communicate with each other. Once you want to switch to another app to multi-task then that's it, your out of luck.

I know a teacher that uses "a great app" to write music on her iPad. Then she has to transfer it to her Macbook because there is no way to share it with others.

Funny but my wife is doing her clinicals for her RN in nursing and I got her the iPad because of certain educational apps that are designed to be used in the medical field and were only available for the iPad. She quickly found those apps of little to no use after she used them and hence the iPad became of little or no use unless she wanted to play some music or Angry Birds. I don't hate Apple. I really wanted to like the iPad so when I decided to watch a few movies that I had ripped I used the "fill the screen" option and the movies where stretched and grossly cut off because of the iPads aspect ratio. I couldn't stand it any longer. I was done with the big toy. I can't imagine a doctor or lawyer or nurse as you put it being completely satisfied with a product that isn't really good at doing EVERYTHING that they want or to do.

The iPad might be good at doing one thing at a time and that's about it. If it works for you and the OP which has clearly stated he wants to play games on it then good luck with your giant iPod :-)

PS: Give it some time and these scientific/research related apps will come out for Android but the way Apple is going they will NEVER have apps that work well or multi-task with each other. I can't imagine a doctor or lawyer visiting a website that does not need the user agent changed because there are many sites especially ones that deal with the government or medical field that DO NOT support mobile Safari!