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UK tablets received it on 26 February 2012.
On 23 February 2012, the 4.0.3 update rolled out to Taiwan Transformers with US tablets to get it a day later. Īsus originally stated the Eee Pad Transformer will receive the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in mid-February 2012, but when mid-February came and no update was released, Asus said in a statement that they would delay the release until sometime in March, due to the software still having to go through approval from Google. On 23 August 2011, the Transformer received another update, adding compatibility for the Netflix application. On 2 August 2011, the Transformer received updates to Android 3.2 and various minor changes. Beside the updates of the connectivity modules of the device, this changed the splashscreen, updated various apps, disabled the auto-rotate feature when the tablet is docked and added the Nvidia TegraZone market, with specific Tegra 2 units apps and games. On 16 July 2011, another over the air software update for the Transformer was released. It had general usability and speed updates, and added the ability to change the size of compatible widgets, added a large scroll bar to the browser, and allowed scrolling the currently open application screen, allowing many applications to be switched to quickly. It also added M圜loud, a remote desktop app.Īs of early June 2011, Android 3.1 was released for the Transformer. This updated the system with extra widgets for MyZine, which is a desktop widget shop, for weather, email, calendar, gallery, etc. The first software update was released by Asus on 16 April 2011.
The tablet is bundled with MyNet, MyLibrary, M圜loud, Press Reader, MyDesktop and Polaris Office 3, for full document editing. The on-screen navigation keys (home, back, menu) have been skinned to resemble the standard Android phone keys. The Transformer originally ran a modified version of Android 3.1 Honeycomb, but has since been updated to Android 4.0.3. The Shift key and Enter key have been made smaller to accommodate two additional keys. The units marketed in Canada marked Canadian BI Lingual (CBIL) have a slightly modified keyboard layout in addition to support of accented characters. The SD card slot also supports NTFS-formatted media. The USB ports support USB memory of any kind and also NTFS-formatted media with files larger than 4 GB. It features full QWERTY keys, touchpad, two USB 2.0 ports and one SD card reader as well as an additional battery that increases overall battery life from 9.5 to 16 hours. Docking keyboard Īn optional docking keyboard was available at launch. The price at launch of the Eee Pad was £379 (£429 with dock). It has an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi module, but lacks 3G connectivity. The Eee Pad is a tablet computer with a 10.1" IPS multi-touch screen with a resolution of 1280 × 800 and an Nvidia Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip (SoC). It is the first tablet in the Asus Transformer Pad series. The Transformer design includes an optional docking keyboard. It runs the Android tablet computer and was announced at CES 2011 and launched on 30 March 2011.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 is the first 2-in-1 detachable tablet from the Asus Transformer Pad series.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer with docking keyboardġ6 or 32 GB, microSD slot (dock full size SD slot), unlimited Asus WebStorage ġ280×800 px ( aspect ratio 16:10), 10.1 in (26 cm) diagonal, 149 PPI with Gorilla Glassīack: 5 MP autofocus Front: 1.3 MP, for video callsĩ.5 hours 24.4 Wh Li-polymer battery, 16 hours with dock