ASUS Transformer Prime spotted at local retailers
The anticipated Quad-core ASUS Transformer Prime was spotted at one of ASUS retailers ahead of its launch on Wednesday. Last Friday ASUS Malaysia has revealed the pricing for the 32GB WiFi version with keyboard dock at RM2,199. From what we gather, most of the Transformer Prime units are either pre-booked or sold out ahead of launch. Even a reader from the comments had bought one from Lowyat Plaza yesterday. The next batch of Transformer Prime is said to be coming after Chinese New Year around February.
From the brief encounter, the Transformer Prime is currently running on the latest Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. Compared to the older Transformer, it is noticeably lighter and thinner while the metal back gives it a more upmarket feel. The keyboard dock looks pretty much the same but there’s a slight change with the keyboard layout, particularly the left shift, black slash and Enter keys. The touch pad looks different too as the button and touch surface appears to be a single piece.
We will try to get more details on stock availability and hopefully we get a proper hands-on soon.
Head after the break for more photos and some sample photos taken with its 8MP camera.
This DiGi interactive video is one kind of awesome wrapped in funny and scary
If you have the time, you should really check out this interactive video the people at DiGi have put up on YouTube. If you don’t have the time, drop whatever you’re doing and make time. It’s really worth a look.
In the video, you follow the story of J.P who has a spooky encounter with the supernatural kind, as you go through the video, you’re presented A or B choice to help J.P survive his gila scary night (Note to mobile viewers, the options will not be available on YouTube mobile. Doesn’t work on iPad as well. So you’ll need to watch the video on your computer if you want to watch the video all the way to the end).
The video is of course promoting DiGi’s Gila Internet sale but instead of the run-of-the-mill humdrum ad, DiGi opted for this really creative approach to get us to watch the video.
It’s genuinely scary, it’s funny and at the end of the video the message comes across loud and clear, as an added bonus, because the video is so entertaining some of you would want to share it with your friends, can’t ask for more from an ad really.
Thanks @841001 for the tip.
Instant Capture: Sony Xperia Ion vs Galaxy Nexus
The Galaxy Nexus offers Zero Shutter lag which lets you take repeated shots instantly as soon as you tap on it. Recently Sony has introduced Fast Capture which claims to take the very first shot within 1.5 seconds with the screen switched off. So how does the 2 compare? Check out the video above where a Galaxy Nexus is compared with a Sony Xperia Ion.
The 12MP Camera on the Xperia S is identical and it was also as quick to take the shot in our first impression. Again speed and quality are 2 different things and hopefully the shots taken with final production units will be impressive.