This has to be in the list of all time great Android software upgrades for any particular Android device. The Android-powered ASUS Transformer Prime will see a massive boost to its feature set, with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich being added to the system on the 12th of this month, then an unlocked bootloader download will also follow. Interestingly though, ASUS explains that the bootloader was in place to enable Google video rentals, and that users will have voided their warranty and be unable to rent videos from the service if they use the bootloader unlocker — a sure bummer, no doubt. However, the good news outweighs the bad, and users can expect the update to be rolled out soon.
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With the exact same starting price-point of the Macbook Air, the Zenbooks by ASUS are also designed to function and look like the Macbook Air, specifically in weight, thinness, and with speed. The system recovers from sleep in 2 seconds and is .11 to .67-inches in thickness and weighs 2.9 pounds (the 11.6 model weighs a feather-like 2.4) all with a brushed aluminum exterior. Now, for pricing: the first, Core i5-powered, 11.6-inch UX21 with a 128GB SSD will come up at $999, while the 13.3-inch UX31 with a Core i5-2557M processor and the same 128GB SSD drive will reach $1,099, with the only real “bummer” about these laptops being that they do not have backlit keyboards, unlike all the other Macbook Airs, and that the 11.6-inch version has no SD card slot, just like the 11.6-inch Air, whereas the 13-inch models (both the ASUS Zenbook and the Macbook Air) do have one. The new Zenbooks debut in the States tomorrow. Via: 
It’s a new high-powered gaming rig (yay!), this time built by ASUS. The ASUS G74 has two configurations available, both of which contain a quad-core Sandy Bridge Core i7-2630QM CPUs, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics with 3GB of video memory, 12GB DDR3 RAM (out of 16GB, yikes), dual 750GB speedy 7200RPM drives (!), a 1080p display, Blu-ray player, backlit keyboard and 3 USB 2.0 ports along with one USB 3.0, all of which comes down to $1,745 and is named the G74SX-A1. Not enough and want to spend a bit more? Then there’s also the $1,979 version with a 3D display, dubbed the G74SX-3DE. Either way, the above shot only displays the edges of the laptop, not the full width. Pre-order links are right next to this sentence.
About time. The all too hard-to-find ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is getting the much-needed Android Honeycomb update to make one of the best tablets out there even better. Keep in mind Android 3.1 will add resizeable widgets, better multitasking, UI improvements, bug fixes, more speed, and Movies (with rental options) via the Android Market, all rolling out to Eee Pad Transformer users starting tomorrow.
Hey, shiny new gadgets! Oh, hey reader! You may have heard (or may have not) that ASUS planned on announcing several new gadgets at this year’s Computex event in Taiwan. Which is completely true: ASUS debuted a tablet which is powered by a 4.3-inch smartphone, which ASUS dubs the Padfone, a MeeGo-based Eee PC, a 3D MeMO tablet with an IPS screen, and finally some really thin laptops. See past the jump for what ASUS is planning on releasing this year.
Another Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet from a major OEM with a decent price? Yes, please! With a 1280 x 800 IPS panel, 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, and 16GB of storage which will cost you $399, you can also snag the 32GB version which will set you back a nice iPad 2 and BlackBerry PlayBook-esque $499. The docking station which converts the Eee Pad Transformer into a laptop of sorts costs $150, and the whole show launches on April 26th in the United States at all major electronics retailers.
