The First Ultratablet

[Wired]

• Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
• Tablets & E-Book Readers
• · $500 for 32GB, $600 for 64GB, $150 for Keyboard Dock
• · Asus

As the tablet space grows increasingly crowded, it’s high time somebody switched up the formula and offered some hardware we can really get excited about.

Cue the entrance of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the first quad-core tablet on the market and the first running Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. …

To really test it, I took a look at the first bunch of games built to exploit the Tegra 3’s power. PlayingShadowgun: Deadzone, I noticed the amazing, fresh details of characters and environments, and I realized how much I was missing in the previous versions of the game. I added a wireless controller, effectively turning the tablet to a console. Action is rendered with outstanding console-quality fluidity, and I was impressed by the tablet’s realistic Stereoscopic 3D effects while playing Guerrilla Bob THD. I particularly enjoyed the dynamic lighting effects inside Pinball HD and Glow Ball, and I was surprised by the detailed motion blurring and advanced water effects hitting the screen while playing the jet-ski-racing game Riptide GP. …

Read the full story here: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/01/asus-transformer-prime/