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dear vistor of my blog today   i am review ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-GR Eee Pad

 

Quality 
 
Fit and finish is 100%, Very solid feel.

ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-GR Eee Pad Size
Very thin, kinda difficult to hold in hand, I'd recommend purchasing a gel case
or something similar.

Gaming
Played the pre-install games and they both ran with 0 stutters and were
extremely fluid. did i purchase a a multipurpose tablet or a gaming tablet... i think the latter :)

Performance
ASUS Transformer Prime was completely fluid when changing from one screen to the next, i especially like the multi window
ASUS Transformer Prime  on the bottom left, it will allow you to select anything previously opened (and will allow you to close too)

Built in music player seemed basic and didn't appear to have the ability to download album art. I'll stick with
amazon cloud mp3 player.

Web
(subject to further testing) web browsing seemed to be a little slow, this was experienced with java enabled... with disabled performance was snappy and good
Sound
Unfortunately this is what caused me to give 4 instead of 5 stars. The audio is quite loud and clear
however only being emitted from a single speaker port does not provide the spartial/stereo sound. perhaps
blue tooth or headset will eliminate this concern.

Camera
Front facing 1.2MP camera provided acceptable image quality, however white balance should be adjusted to fully ensure quality (dont use automatic) , rear facing camera provided a good quality picture with decent focus and brightness... even in poor lighting conditions however any zoom used the image would be blurry depending upon x2 x3 etc. video mode was tested with low movement and provided a better quality .
ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-GR Eee Pad Battery life
Unable to report at this time since testing was limited to less then a full charge.

Display
Was very colorful and bright, 600 nits of brightness will make  ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-GR Eee Pad useable outside. normal amount of backlight bleeding (almost none but there's always some). back light bleed test was performed and two hot spots were identified one on bottom and other on right side. As mentioned previously the amount of light imo is quite minimal and i've seen far worse on other items. one of my apps displayed a completely white page and there was two hot spots (white slightly brigter then the rest of the page) this may be a fluke or not... i was able to duplicate the brighter pixel, its barely noticeable however is visable on default screen in other colors... not a deal breaker its about the size of a pin head with a slight glow around it, clarification you wouldn't know its there unless i told you to look for it.

WIFI Range
two apps were used to test the wifi range speedtest (same test server) and WiFi analyzer. I've only compared the two and not a laptop.. plus my house has about 800watts of electronic interference :)
12 feet away from base station
GPS
Best reception i got was 5/9 stable 4/8. Reports have been surfacing GPS isnt working or isn't working properly... When I performed the test it did find 4/8 and continued to have the searching graphic. Honestly I don't know what is normal for GPS reception with this device. Will compare against phone later.

ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-GR Eee Pad Operation & bugs

With any new device there will be patches and bug fixes, I don't assume any different with the prime.
while transferring pictures via usb , i was viewing the pictures and multiple times it froze and displayed
error resulting in restart of picture viewer. Another item was installation of a large game soft game dungeon
runners 2, I had music playing in the background and every 15 seconds or so the music would stutter for a second or two
and then continue playing. I'm sure this will be addressed with ICE and the use of 4/5 cores properly.


ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-B1-GR Eee Pad photos

ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1-Inch Tablet

ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1 is very slick in both style and design. I would compare it to the elegance of the Ipad. The device is also very light, and I have no problems holding it hours on end. Even while reading e-books and supporting it on my chest its lighter then a real book. Watching 1080p videos on this is incredible and the built-in speaker sounds pretty good too.

We also have a Plex Media server in our house. I installed the Plex Android Client on the tablet and tried streaming both 720 and 1080 content. The streaming performance was outstanding. Not one glitch even when moving from floor to floor. The other cool thing is you can do is output the tablets video through the micro-hdmi connector to your TV. Wow. We have a a TV in our basement that's not connected to cable so I decided to try it. It was just like having a blu-ray player on the TV! I also tried Netflix, Hulu and Crackle. Both performed without any issues. I can't wait to travel for work with this thing! No more boring nights in the hotel room.


When I bought ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1 I knew it didn't have cellular conductivity, but that didn't bother me since I always carry my Android phone. What you need to do if you don't have WiFi, but have a phone with data is install a tethering app on your phone. This allows your phone to function as a WiFi access point to which your tablet can connect to. I use this on my quite a bit with my laptop. The tablet works the same.

I recently got the keyboard dock and this really extends the functionality of the ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1. For one if your typing quite a bit the keyboard vs the screen is much more productive. Two, the dock also has another battery which extends the battery life to 14.5. It also contains an SD card slot and a USB port. I bought the TF201 dock which is used on the older "Prime" unit, but it does work on the "Infinity". This will save you $50 if you want the dock. Use Goggle there blowing out the old docks for $99 bucks.

Updates

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Asus recently announced that Jelly Bean is coming for

ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1

in the next few months!.
The latest firmware update from 7-28-12 fixed the slow usb transfer speeds. ver: 9.4.5.26

Pros of ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1

Super fast performance.
Love the IPS screen mode when using the tablet outside.
Touch is very accurate.
Screen size is perfect for reading a full size html website and ebooks.
Outstanding Video performance.
Front and rear cameras. Quality seems pretty good, but not as good as standalone camera.
GPS performance is great, even inside my house. I use the CoPilot app.
Side button placement does not interfere with your hand placement irregardless of the tablets orientation. The buttons also take a good amount of pressure to engage, thus when its sitting on something (like your lap) the button wont accidentally get pressed.
WiFi conductivity is excellent. No problems connecting and maintaining connections. Signal strength is great.

Cons of ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1

No 5Ghz wireless N support. Only 2.4 Ghz is supported.
Not running the latest Android OS (Jelly Bean).
Internal speaker is on the back of unit. Sound is muffled if its laying down on ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1

ASUS TF700T-B1-GR 10.1-Inch Tablet photos

ASUS MeMO Pad 7 ME176CX-A1-BK 7-Inch Tablet review

The Memo Pad 7 is an extraordinary plan when you contrast the cost and what you get for it. Firstly, this 2014 model of the Asus Memo Pad 7 has some minor contrasts structure its antecedents, particularly from the 2013 model. The main change is the back material utilized for the tablet, past Memo Pads utilized a smooth lustrous sort material yet this model accompanies a matte sort yet smooth plastic material. The Polaroid is additionally a venture down with this model emphasizing a 2mp back Polaroid versus a 5mp Polaroid in the past model.

Outline

The gadget is wonderfully composed and is exceptionally ergonomic. The tablet feels exceptionally pleasant to hold and does not get to be uncomfortable in the wake of holding for amplified times of time. It is light weight yet doesn't feel modest whatsoever, it is scarcely shy of feeling like a premium form. The edges are smooth and the fringes are thin and gadget has an extremely modern look to it. I dislike the false silver trim around the external edge of the gadget, these have a tendency to rub off before long from scraped area and consistent touching leaving a monstrous appearance. On a general all premise, the gadget doubtlessly resembles a tablet from 2014 and dissimilar to some different tabs that have 2014 inner parts yet antiquated plans. My just complain is that I am not a fanatic of the colored models. The white and dark are decent contrary energies of the shade range yet dark front and red or yellow backs models are outright appalling to me.

Equipment

It runs and Intel Atom Bay Trail processor. This is something that got me truly energized, and for good reason. Asus made an enormous win by doing this. In the event that you scorn moderate gadgets then this is the tablet for you. This tablet is most importantly as the quickest I have ever possessed and/or utilized. Some enormous negatives are is extremely poor Polaroid quality and the absence of an encompassing light sensor. The Polaroids are grainy in something besides flawless lighting conditions, this is not a major ordeal with respect to most individuals their tablet is not proposed to be their primary Polaroid. The absence of an encompassing light sensor is a bit irritating however as I always need to conform the screen brilliance. This is something has been underestimated in the past until you don't have it.

Programming

Android 4.4 Kitkat has presented a great deal of execution enhancements and matches well with Asus on top Zen UI. The Zen UI this time around has been enhanced in the way it looks and feels. The Do It Later gimmick and What's Next are pleasant augmentations, they do things that numerous different applications as of now do however its decent to have them included. I for one like the What's Next peculiarity to see my calendar initially.

Asus Shady Business Practices

I am an enormous fanatic of Asus as an engineering organization, as I do own numerous Asus items anyway I have recognized numerous unobtrusive demonstrations of trickiness on their part in the showcasing of this tablet specifically.

1. On their site, Asus records the authority specs for the Polaroid as "2 MP Front Camera/ 5 MP Rear Camera with Auto center( 1080p Video Recording )", however Amazon's posting states "Back : 2mp; Front : 0.3mp". Seeing this I believed that Amazon most likely made and lapse as I questioned and longed that Asus would not uses such a low determination Polaroid from what is viewed as standard today.

2. Asus asserts that the tablet accompanies "over $270 worth of substance and administrations", to be specific emusic, Zinio and ASUS Webstorage. I was hoping to open the case and see coupons for these, however none were incorporated. So I checked the applications as I accepted that the offers would as of now be accessible, that turned out to not be so either. After some burrowing I understood that the offers for emusic and Zinio are offers that are interested in all clients of the application and are not the slightest bit select or a piece of any concurrence with Asus. It was all a shrewd advertising trap to make clients think they are getting more than what they pay for

 It's not hard to compare this to the Nexus 7 from Google (7-Inch, 16 GB, Black) by ASUS (2013) Tablet because they are exactly identical to each other more or less. In some ways it would be unfair to do so because the Nexus 7 is a Google device that was built according to their specs however this tablet was entirely designed by ASUS from the ground up and I will detail those designs one by one. In doing so, I will compare to Nexus 7 when necessary.

ASUS MeMO Pad 7 ME176CX-A1-BK 7-Inch Tablet photos