The much anticipated tablet is finally available for pre-order, at least via Amazon. Asus' new Transformer Prime, the first quad-core tablet on the market, will sell for $500 for its base 32GB model. Here are the full specs (AandM): Nvidia Quad-Core Tegra 3 Processor Additional 5th core to reduce power consumption when 2 or 4 cores are not needed 10.1″ IPS+ display with ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by SuckRaven:I will be looking to buy this before the end of the year. Have been looking for a true ultraportable, and this with dock weighs just 2.8 pounds. The battery life is said to be outstanding, as well.
OM goodness...... Tablets are becoming so powerful. You might say they're.......they're almost catching up with laptops.
I get it. It's a convenience thing. At least that's what people have been convinced that they should tell themselves.
But why o why, when tablets are becoming so powerful, would you cripple yourself with all of the other limitations imposed.
Sure.....you need 4 cores to read the newspaper, and to play Angry Birds.
I think the more tablets evolve and advance, they have a good chance of phasing themselves out of the market, because even the most naive people will soon realize, Shit !, this is almost a laptop.
Just look at the way other things have become integrated into smart phones, such as GPS. Sure it's still good to have a dedicated device for most things, but it seems that "touch" is the only real differentiator here, and that's not that hard to implement just about everywhere.
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