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When Qualcomm reported their fiscal second quarter 2012 financial results last month, they not only announced a record breaking quarter, but they also told investors that they would increase “operating expenses to facilitate additional 28 nanometer supply”. That’s a fancy way of saying “shortage” without actually freaking people out. According to a recent tweet from…
Asus’ Padfone and two new tablets, Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) and Transformer Pad 300 series, have all been priced in Italy. That’s the good news; the bad news is that all of them are pretty expensive, which is kinda expected for new products (with prices usually going down after few weeks or months). Starting from…
Yep, we’ve told you Asus will offer a free GPS dongle for Transformer Prime to fix positioning issues some users had with the tablet. The company has started sending out the following email to its customers: Although the TF201 is not a professional GPS device, as part of our unwavering commitment to our customers we…
Thanks to the Google Shopping search, we know that US retailer J&R will soon launch the Asus Transformer Pad 300. It is said that the cheaper 16GB model will be priced at $379, with the keyboard dock selling for another $149, which is kinda steep. Then again, this is still preliminary (i.e. not official) and…
You’ve probably heard folks have problems with GPS on their Asus Transformer Prime tablet turned netbook. Moreover, you probably already know the Taiwanese company acknowledged the problem and has tried fixing it with software updates. That, however, hasn’t solved the issue and now they’re going for the hardware fix in a form of the GPS-improving…
ASUS Padfone is now available in the company’s own backyard with retailers selling the device in three versions: the phone only, phone + tablet + Bluetooth headset/stylus, and all-in-one package that also includes the ever useful keyboard dock. The first option costs NT$17,990 (about US$610), the second – NT$24,980 (US$850), and the third – NT$28,901…
Asus released a small bug-fixing update for the original Transformer tablet (turned netbook). Unfortunately, software version 9.2.1.17-20120312 doesn’t bring many goods to the tablet with users complaining some of the bugs they expected to be squashed still annoying them. That said, we’re not saying you shouldn’t update your beloved tablet — quite the contrary, it’s…
According to a test conducted by CNET, the new third-generation iPad’s battery life does not seem to falter from the iPad 2 despite the addition of a much more power-hogging display. It even bests the Asus Transformer Prime, which is one of the best Android tablets in terms of battery longevity. CNET tests all tablet battery…
In case you haven’t noticed, Apple’s third generation iPad came out today. Judging by the early reviews, it’s already set the benchmark for what a tablet should be. Now when Apple announced the new iPad last week they said that their A5X chip is 4x faster than NVIDIA’s Tegra 3. That’s a bold claim, and…
[Update: Our winner for the two Transformer Primes have been chosen. Please check your emails and respond to me within 48 hours or you will forfeit your prize and new winners will be chosen. Once these two winners respond with their mailing information, this contest will officially be over.] For the majority of the Android…