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Asus Unveils Eee Pad Transfromer Prime

Asus officially unveiled the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the world's first tablet powered by a quad-core processor, and released its full specs on Tuesday, November 8.

Announced just seven months after the launch of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, the Transformer Prime lives up to the pedigree and general design of it predecessor - A high end Android tablet with an optional keyboard and battery dock.

With a 10.1-in display and an aluminum chassis, it's both slim (0.33in, 8.33mm) and light (1.29lb, 586g), with a body that is water, oil and fingerprint resistant.

The 1280 x 800, Super IPS+ Gorilla Glass display has a 178-degree viewing angle.

Coming to its features, it makes sense to start with the one that is most outstanding - the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, which was also officially launched on Tuesday.

NVIDIA Tegra 3 Processor

The Tegra 3 uses four 1.5GHz cores to speed up processing. The processor's two additional cores should drain the battery a lot more than in the Transformer, which is powered by dual core Tegra 2 processor, but don't. That is because in Tegra 3 NVIDIA has put a fifth core to handle tasks that require less computing horsepower, and the fifth core just sips battery power.

Tegra 3's four main cores kick in for demanding tasks such a gaming and rapid fire internet browsing, but when you settle down to read a page or watch a video, or when your tablet is just idle, the spartan fifth processor runs the show. Asus Unveils Eee Pad Transfromer Prime

According to Asus, the Prime lets you to watch up to 12 hours of HD video with a single charge of its 22Wh battery. The dock adds another 6 hrs of operating time.

Tegra 3 provides up to three times the graphics performance of Tegra 2, and up to 61% lower power consumption.

Main Camera

The main camera on the prime has been upgraded from 5MP to 8MP and features a bright (f/2.4) auto-focusing lens. The back-illuminated CMOS sensor on the camera can capture full HD, 1080p video. Another nifty camera features - touch-to-focus.

There is a 1.2 MP front-facing camera, as in the Transformer.

Sensors

GPS and gyroscope.

Other Features

1GB of RAM, touchpad, USB 2.0 port, full-sized SD slot.

Price and Ship Date

The Transformer Prime will ship worldwide in December, priced at $499 with 32GB storage, and $599 with 64GB. model.

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  1. Eula RobinsNovember 13, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    I wish iPad had better keyboard just like this. But then again, the iPad would be just like any other tablet.

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