Asus ceo Jonney Shih at the AsiaD conference, the successor of the Eee Pad Transformer shown for the first time. The tablet has the name Transformer Prime and is 8.3 mm thick. Again, supplies Asus an optional keyboard docking station.
Shih confirmed that the Transformer Prime will make use of Nvidia’s Kal-El soc. This Tegra 3 soc contains four cores and a additional economical rekenkern for the low power mode. Furthermore, the tablet just like its predecessor, a 10.1″screen and once again, there are a hdmi output and sd card reader is present, as is seen on photos from Engadget. According to Shih the Transformer Prime for 14.5 hours on a full battery can keep. Presumably he means on the tablet combined with the dock, which itself includes a battery contains.
The Prime is 8.3 mm is a lot thinner than its predecessor which is 13mm thick. In combination with the dock the tablet out of the UX ultrabooks by Asus, and partly by the cover, which is the same ‘rings-motif’ as well as ultraportables. About the weight of the new tablet is nothing known. Presumably, the tablet launched with Android Honeycomb, all it did Shih that he for the end of the year the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich on tablets is expected. When the Transformer Prime in stores, it is not yet known, but the official announcement will be on 9 november.
Shih went even on the PadFone, a tabletbehuizing where a smartphone is inserted can be, and that Asus already at the beginning of this year unveiled. The PadFone comes out in early 2012 will be Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, run.
