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[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
OK. because prime is:

performance: 1.4Ghz

balanced:1.2Ghz

power savings: 1Ghz

so prime is a good amount more powerful, especially with our developement support(1.8Ghz) but 300 should still be fast and provide fluid experience.

my guess is they using a lower quality/lower power tegra3 in the 300. similar to how the new HTC one X uses a newer tegra3 (AP33 or something) that allows it to be clocked higher stock. instead the 300 is a lower/economy tegra3 version where Max stock is only 1.2Ghz. I would think once its developement support comes, it'll at push 1.5Ghz tops or so.

SO PEOPLE DONT MIX IT UP, ABSOLUTE STOCK PERFORMANCE MODE TOP SPEED OF 300 IS 1.2Ghz.

ABSOLUTE TOP SPEED OF PRIME ON PERFORMANCE MODE IS 1.4Ghz.
[Transformer TF300T General] jblah:
lol that was short lived.
[Transformer TF300T General] e.mote:
From TheVerge, looks like TF300T for US will be $379 and $399 for 16GB and 32GB version, with dock at $150. The obvious sweet spot is the 32GB config. Although the dock with only half the battery capacity of the TF101/201, but carrying same price, is a worse deal.

The tactic should work, as most folks won't know battery specs of the dock, let alone know what the previous gen dock has. FYI, Prime dock battery is 22Wh (7.5V, 2.94Ah).

http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/10/2...0-online-retailer-listings-price-starting-379
[Transformer TF300T General] meluvstrings:
Dock Battery

This is my complaint: Cut the battery in the dock and then charge the same price as TFP dock. :mad:

I want the full battery the TFP has with the (hopefully) better wifi. I travel alot and cannot control wifi reception and want a huge battery!
[Transformer TF300T General] shinzz:
$400 for 32gb version? Sheesh, now I would have taken that over Prime. It makes you wonder if IPS+ & extra 100mhz is really worth $100 (most certainly not for me).

Better WIFI/GPS performance > Extra hour or two of battery life from Prime.

Oh, and Pad 300 with its varying color choices just look better.. or much more appealing to me.
[Transformer TF300T General] e.mote:
>$400 for 32gb version? Sheesh, now I would have taken that over Prime.

Depends on what you want. If considering with dock, battery life difference is substantial (4-6 hrs?). But yes, wifi would be tops on any checklist.

Anyway, most consumers won't have the choice. Prime will likely have the same limited availability, and it won't be in most stores. Getting on retail shelves costs money, and putting Prime in side-by-side competition with iPad 3 is a non-starter. Asus was spot-on when it labeled the Prime as an enthusiast device, because only Android fans would know about it and seek it out.

TF300 is well-positioned against Acer A510, being $50 cheaper, despite the slightly slower CPU and much smaller battery (22Whr vs 36Whr). Sadly, it's still fishbait against iPad 2 at same price point. I don't expect Android vendors to glut the channel with inventories that would need clearance sales as was in 2011. Still, chalk these up for BF front-page material come November. Count on big drops on these once cheapo Amazon/B&N 10" tabs show up.

This should be the theme song for Android this year:

[YOUTUBE]G3__YDgcdxI[/YOUTUBE]
[Transformer TF300T General] jblah:
don't know what you are talking about. i was looking at the ipad2 aswell but this TF300t is better than the ipad2. you get more features, functionality, and better processor than the A5. plus...the 16GB ipad2 is $399 while we are saying the 32GB TF300t is $399. why wouldn't people go for the prime over the ipad? its better.
[Transformer TF300T General] shinzz:
Well, for one.. Apple has the name recognition and brand name over Asus. Those who purchase Apple products & avg. consumers can't tell a difference between A5 and Tegra 3 SoC. Nor do the retailers at each B&M educate their customers...

Plus, the ease of iOS & it's ecosystem over Android is big appeal ....

And finally.. there are stores who sell iPad 2 for $350... such as..

http://www.microcenter.com/storefronts/apple/ipad2.html
[Transformer TF300T General] tylermaciaszek:
It's clocked at 1GHz......

I rest my case
[Transformer TF300T General] shinzz:
Yes, and Transformer Prime still stutters/lags on occasion even with Quad-core due to Android.
[Transformer TF300T General] jblah:
its 1.2 for the new one that is coming out. besides...you should know better than to say clock speed is everything. its a mixture of this and the way programs are written in it. apple always have lower clock speeds aswell.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...w_ipad_confirm_1gb_of_ram_same_cpu_speed.html

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exactly. its not the processor its the OS. OS's can be improved..but hardware can't..so go with what is better. plus once you root and rom it you find some very very very smooth roms on xda thanks to the wonderful developers. in which case there are no more lags/stutters.

tegra 3 in transformer is better than ipad 2...also its not $350 its $360 for the 16gb model. the new asus transformer prime tf300t is suppose to be $380 for 16 gb and $399 for 32 gb. ipad 2 32 gb is $499.

with apple you can't add a micro sd card slot..you can't modify your UI, you can't flash a new rom...you are stuck with what you get. so if you'r happy not messing with your tablet then the ipad is fine for you but for people like me..i like being able to control what my computer/tablet looks like.
[Transformer TF300T General] shinzz:
Did they release info. on single-core performance of Pad 300 yet? Transformer Prime is released as 1.3ghz Quad-core system, however.. for its single-core performance, it tops at 1.4ghz.

I thought Pad 300 is being released as 1.2ghz quad-core system, however, I haven't read anything about its maxed speed as single-core.

I figured it'll be something like..

Performance: 1.3ghz

Balance: 1.1ghz

Power Saving: 900mhz

For single-core performance... 100mhz below Tegra 3 of Prime. If Transformer Prime can reach 1.8ghz overclocked atm, why can't Pad 300 reach 1.7ghz (possibly even higher if Pad 300 gains steam & becomes Asus's bestseller in Tablet dept. Devs typically support gadgets that are popular....)?
[Transformer TF300T General] jblah:
according to gizmo from an earlier post:

i'm sure we will be able to get it up higher than that 1.2 later on after we root it...so we should be good.
[Transformer TF300T General] shinzz:
Even on single-core? For prime, 1.4ghz is tops at single-core, however.. it tops at 1.3ghz as quad-core....
[Transformer TF300T General] jblah:
i'm not sure if its single core or quad core.

the following link has been around for a bit:

http://hothardware.com/newsimages/Item20405/TF300T-specs.jpg
[Transformer TF300T General] shinzz:
Yea, I know. Asus is advertising Transformer Prime as 1.3ghz Quad-core while Pad 300 will be 1.2ghz Quad-core. However, when it comes to Transformer Prime (out of stock), the top speed during single-core performance is 1.4ghz.

I figured Pad 300 will be similar.. so, during single-core.. it'll top at 1.3ghz (100mhz less over Prime).
[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
It should have no trouble being overclocked. I see around 1.5-1.6Ghz Max. This isn't the same tegra3 used in prime. This is a cheaper version/low power process or whatever you call it version. So it will never get to be clocked as high as prime tegra3 is. There are different versions of tegra3. Just like the new HTC one X uses that AP33(thinks that's it) version of tegra3. Meaning it can take a higher clocked speed stock and more than likely be overclocked higher. It uses a better silicon manufacturing process. Then you have the version of tegra3 in prime. Then you have a lower cost version of tegra3 which will show up in lower end devices like the 300. It'll still perform good and can be overclocked. But it will likely never see the 1.8ghz+ speeds we are seeing now on overclocked primes. Plus people haven't even begun overclocking the AP33 tegra3 version yet. I can see the 300 hitting 1.5-1.6Ghz tops. All in all, it will never be more powerful than prime. It'll be good in its own right though for the lower end sector price point. 300 is economy transformer. PRIME and infinity pad are the Premium/High End sector tablets.
[Transformer TF300T General] jblah:
is there some way for us to tell which version of the tegra 3 will be on this one? i'm just curious to know whats on the acer iconia a510 vs the tf300 in terms of tegra 3..are they both the low end?
[Transformer TF300T General] tylermaciaszek:
I just want to put on my take at this first off earlier I said it would be clocked at 1GHz and people said no it would be 1.2 so i would like to post this link and look at it

http://androidcommunity.com/asus-transformer-pad-300-gets-a-pre-order-in-france-20120410/

right there it says 1GHz

also here:

http://www.landofdroid.com/2012/asus-tf300t-up-for-pre-order-now/

The picture you see say 1GHz

Now when the prime was advertised it was advertised as 1.4GHz as the max (on single core) now since this one is being advertised as 1GHz wouldn't that be max on single core as well.

Hence the reason it is cheaper. It is using a cheaper version of tegra 3.

My last point it this tablet is not going to be kept up to date by asus because the reason for this tablet is just to fix GPS and WiFi guarantee Asus would not have made this if the Prime didn't have issues.

What I'm saying is this tablet is like the baby brother of the prime and is useless to trade in Prime to get this I don't think the tablet will get good dev work either.
[Transformer TF300T General] Admiral2145:
1 word "victory"
[Transformer TF300T General] rlanza1054:
Hi all,

I'm looking for an app that can record text to speech.

Here is what I'm trying to do:

I want to make ringtones that are made from text that I entered and have my svox English voice speak, I want that spoken text to be recorded and then I will turn it into a ringtones.

So does anyone know if there is a recorder app that can take the spoken words from the synthesized voice.?

I know as a last resort I can play the text from my phone and have the tablet record the sound. (but I don't think it will end up sounding so good, that why I'm looking for an app).

Thanks

Rob
[Transformer TF300T General] johnjohnjohnson:
there's a one click option for method two. no need for adb

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25508554&postcount=52
[Transformer TF300T General] e.mote:
>I'm looking for an app that can record text to speech.

Try this: http://abc2mp3.com
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
Ok downgrade and root successful, now looking for a way to manually install new firmware since I'm not getting a prompt.

and i paired my ps3 controller too :D
[Transformer TF300T General] JustusIV:
Nice. Care to post down grade instruction for others?
[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
word of caution:

IF YOU MANUALLY UPDATE, you WILL LOSE ROOT. VOODOO DOESNT RESTORE ROOT AFTER A MANUAL UPDATE. VOODOO ONLY RESTORES AFTER AN OVER THE AIR UPDATE.

U GET ROOT , THEN MANUALLY UPDATE, YOU LOSE ROOT. SIMPLE as that.
[Transformer TF300T General] dcAndroidFan:
Try dooblou wifi file explorer from the market. Sets your device up as a server and you can transfer files over http.
[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
that app is really good. once i saw it posted up here, i got it earlier . it works very well. they also have a remote webcam that works in the same way also.
[Transformer TF300T General] Admiral2145:
What method did you use to downgrade?
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
I used this thread's method 2 to downgrade

Thanks for the warning, good thing I didn't have a spare sdcard to manually update :D. I'll just be patient.

I used this thread's method 2 to downgrade

Follow the instructions are your on risk. I didn't do a full wipe in order to do this, after the process of downgrading and rooting google+ apps keeps crashing from time to time. Since I don't use I just disabled it in the apps settings. Maybe this hiccup has nothing to do with with the downgrade or root. Also, the file manager app that comes with the pad doesn't work for me either. Although that app is pretty I'm using Root Explorer, which I accustomed too. Happy rooting ppl.

*EDIT*

WE NEED OUR OWN FORUMS T_T people are going to get lost in this 991 post thread lol
[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
someone posted up theres a one click method now for downgrading and rooting. sounds like that would be the easiest and less risky approach since its mostly automated.
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
Yeah I think its post #100 or something in Wolf's thread

EDIT

yep it is http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25511847&postcount=100
[Transformer TF300T General] jmattp:
Wow. I was about to come in here and complain about not being able to OTA to the latest firmware. I can't even apply it manually. I found this thread searching for that very issue, only to find that .17 is rootable and OTA Rootkeeper works as well. I guess I got lucky. The last four TF300T's I went through upgraded automatically. (I exchanged them all because of the whole light bleed situation, but every one of them had it, including the one I kept. Ultimately I decided to deal with the last one I got and maybe send it in for warranty repair when I'm the semester is over and I don't have any papers to write, or exchange it for a newer build if one ships within the next 30 days.)
[Transformer TF300T General] Admiral2145:
For our tf300?
[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
all it is is the prime method converted to a one click. it "should" work. someone came on confirming it worked. the other method is for prime anyways so this should be no different really. id rather try a one click versus having to manually push the stuff.
[Transformer TF300T General] corwest:
Can confirm that the one click works if you use the blob file from the .17 update for the 300. Seems like the ota servers are down though for updating at the moment
[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
whoever asked then edited thier post saying will this allow you to flash cwm and custom roms, answer is no. Only asus can release the bootloader unlock tool for 300. only after unlocking, which automatically voids warranty, can you begin to flash custom roms.
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
demandarin when you set Balanced to 1ghz with ezoverclocker, did cpu spy said it was at 1ghz? Mine is saying it's at 1.1ghz, but at least is less than 1.3ghz
[Transformer TF300T General] Admiral2145:
So it's the same way with the prime? I thought there are ways around that so, you can keep your warranty... Like s=on and s=off
[Transformer TF300T General] demandarin:
sorry but no way around it. as soon as someone unlocks, that device serial number is immediately sent to asus and put on a blacklist. it also puts flags on your device also, so that if they ever looked inside your device, they would be able to tell you unlocked.
[Transformer TF300T General] Admiral2145:
Wow... Asus don't play.
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
Even if you reset everything back to factory?

On another note people this post is getting ridiculously long we need to get our own forums, if you haven't already voted for new device forums please go here and +1 ASUS TF300. Thanks
[Transformer TF300T General] starfailure:
Perhaps I'm a confounded idiot, but I cannot get my brand new TF300t to power on.

It arrived today around noon. I charged until 9pm.

Nothing happens when I press the power button.

Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Or should I just return it?
[Transformer TF300T General] gchild320:
Why isn't it that way with Samsung galaxy nexus then?? Because asus provides the tool?
[Transformer TF300T General] Admiral2145:
Always fails when I try to reply.
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
It should have turned on by itself when you charged it. Maybe it fell into a sleep of death. Try holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then try turning it on. If it doesn't do anything, then I would say return it.
[Transformer TF300T General] rlanza1054:
Hi all,

I've been reading about your experience with rooting the 300.

Right now I'm OK with just being a bystander, but at some point I will want to root myself.

I'm not sure I'm interested in installing custom roms, I know I just need root.

But what is this thing about Asus blacklisting my tablet?

Do they do this if you just root? Or is it just if you attempt or install a custom rom?

And course, I read that Samsung doesn't resort to this level. Makes me wish I got a Samsung tablet.

Could you all provide more details on this policy?

I just think everyone should know what they are giving up by either rooting or installing custom roms.

Thank you.

Rob
[Transformer TF300T General] johnjohnjohnson:
agree. created a separate thread so more people can see this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25688363
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
If I'm not mistaken, the warranty gets voided if you unlock the bootloader. Look at thisarticle for the Prime. Rooting doesn't void your warranty unless you send it for repairs while its rooted. You can always unroot your device and return to factory settings.
[Transformer TF300T General] JustusIV:
Does any know what all the firmware update does.

Also I have never had it available but I check daily.

I hear dont manually but I have no other way.btw in the states
[Transformer TF300T General] makelegs:
Ummmm.....ROOT ALL THE THINGS!!!!

You're not giving up anything. AT ALL. You can root and run stock, indefinitely, if you please....kinda boring though. 3 days running stock has thoroughly tested my patience, personally. Many of us are eager for a cm9 build, or similar. More options = more better.

I can guarantee that I will be building skangs for this device as soon as possible. First we need a custom recovery, though.

BTW.....I just rooted my ****, and upgraded back to .26..... Like a bawse!!

Everyone do it NAO!!! :D
[Transformer TF300T General] Archangel:
Downgraded, rooted, saved root, then attempted to OTA update and it fails every time?
[Transformer TF300T General] Fire Mars:
Try again after reboot?
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
how quick would you guys say browsing is on this tablet? Faster or slower than laptops?

Thanks
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
Second Question, do you think the wikipad 3d Will be better than this?
[Transformer TF300T General] jblah:
the tablet itself is faster than netbooks thats for sure. i don't know about laptops. i guess it depends on the laptop.
[Transformer TF300T General] jmattp:
EDIT: The post below was written about the TF300T-A1-BL (16GB) I had. Today I returned it, went to another store and got a B2 32GB. I rooted it, updated it to the recent firmware, removed all the Asus bloatware and set System Performance to "performance" mode. Once I had Chrome Beta installed, I disabled the option to pre-load web pages and the browsing experience has been significantly better. All is well now. I got maybe one "application not responding" prompt in the past hour or two.

I've experienced laggy browsing with the stock browser, personally. Chrome Beta freezes and crashes regularly (screenshot below... it happened while writing this) but it's a known issue (if you read the FAQ on Google's support page for Chrome Beta, you'll see it addresses on there).

When downloading anything, like making music available offline on Google Music or Rdio, the entire system will freeze up from time to time. In fact, Chrome Beta froze several times (even crashed once and I lost everything I wrote) while trying to post this, it took me roughly 20 minutes to edit and upload a screenshot to imgur and paste the link here, and in the process, the gallery app froze as well.

However, 1080p and 720p video plays wonderfully and games perform well.
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
Mid range laptops?
[Transformer TF300T General] jdebay:
I upgrade flash to the latest, worked better for stock browser.

But from my Nook Color days with cm9, they suggested Opera Mobile, so I installed it and able to handle all that I can ask for in a mobile browser. Only one that let's watch mlb baseball gameday and start audio in another tab.

Have fun...
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
When you read things like this, it just all sounds awful. I want one as a kind of laptop replacement, do you think it'd be suitable? Is browser fast when it works? Thanks
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
I know this is like my 3rd question and I'm asking even before receiving a reply for the other 2, but why is this considered a good tablet if it has all these problems?
[Transformer TF300T General] Fire Mars:
Chrome didn't work very well for me, but the stock browser works flawlessly!

As for you other questions: I have a netbook, and my tf300 is so much faster. And that wikipad looks horrible to me :P.
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
Do you think it's faster than a mid range laptop?
[Transformer TF300T General] Archangel:
I have tried rebooting and doing it consecutively and it always fails to update to .26 and the android dude is laying down with a red exclamation point?
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
How are you trying to update? For manual update you need to have the update zip in an sd card, when you insert it the pad should tell theres an update file. Follow theinstructions. Well atleast thats what i read for the prime manual update

I see from other post your doing it by download. Ok, make sure you delete the blob (.17) file from internal sdcard and try again.
[Transformer TF300T General] Fire Mars:
I think so yes

Does the notification give you some kind of warning? (as in text)
[Transformer TF300T General] 6stringaddict:
Depends on the Browser as well. Fastest Browsing in my experience has been on Opera Mini, same as my phone. Firefox and Chrome Beta are laggy for some reason, but I believe the problem to be with the apps themselves since even stock browser is decent.
[Transformer TF300T General] bob_harris:
Is there any ghosting on the TF300T? Can someone who owns one try out this test?

http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/testsoftware/ghosting.html

My previous tablet has terrible ghosting so I'm looking to replace it with a TF300T.

FYI this is how bad the ghosting is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgqoc4jPwMI
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
Well is stock browser faster than mid range laptops?
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
What do you mean? aestheticALLY LOOKS horrible or in terms of specs?
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
It lloks exactly like my laptop.
[Transformer TF300T General] Archangel:
I tried deleting out the .17 blob from the internal SD card and it still fails? I would try the manual update method by downloading the update for Asus and placing it on my SD card however, I have heard that a manual update will make you loose root is that true?

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I download the OTA update fine and then I install it ok. When it reboots the android dude starts up fine for about a min while it is downloading. Then about a quarter of the way through he flips on his back with a red exclamation point over him and then reboots. When it reboots a gray screen comes up that says the update has failed and that it will return to the previous configuration? I have the .17 blob on the internal and external SD card. I tried to delete it off of the internal sd card and it still errors out. My next step is to delete it off of both and see, thank you for your help!
[Transformer TF300T General] aznmode:
Try just putting them in another folder. I don't think you have to delete it.
[Transformer TF300T General] Archangel:
thank you,,,man this is frustrating I deleted the blobs and still the update errors out?
[Transformer TF300T General] EvoXOhio:
Clear data on software update app.
[Transformer TF300T General] Fire Mars:
Just tested it, looks pretty good actually!
[Transformer TF300T General] Archangel:
How do I do that?
[Transformer TF300T General] bob_harris:
Thanks. So the TF300T's screen is pretty good in this respect.