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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The 10.1-inch tablet sports the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the newest NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core mobile processor. Prices within.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201, world's first tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core mobile processor.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is housed in an ultra slim 8.3mm metallic spun finish chassis that weighs only 586g.
Super IPS+ screen for vivid wide-angle viewing.
The Eee Pad Transformer already boasts a wide 178° viewing angle IPS display, with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass.
Now the Transformer Prime goes further, upgraded with a brighter Super IPS+ screen that enhances the brightness of the screen for a better outdoor reading experience.
It has a 1.2 megapixel front camera for video conferencing and an 8 megapixel rear auto-focus camera with LED flash.
Asus Transformer Prime in Amethyst Gray colour.
The rear-camera boasts a large aperture of F/2.4 and a back-illuminated CMOS sensor, touch-to-focus depth of field and low light noise reduction.
A first for any tablet, the 8 megapixel camera also has the ability to take full 1080p HD video.
Battery life of the pad alone is 12 hours, with an additional six hours when combined with the mobile dock.
The tablet itself has a micro SD card slot, 3.5mm combo audio jack and micro HDMI port for sharing.
The docking station comes with keyboard and touchpad, additional ports and 6 more hours of battery life.
The S$199 mobile dock contains a keyboard and touchpad, as well as a USB port and SD card slot.
The other available colour is Champagne Gold.
The preinstalled SuperNote application is able to take, draw or record notes.
Polaris Office gives users the ability to read and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint (MS Office 97-2007 version compatible) files.
In addition, ASUS is offering 8GB of free cloud storage for life via ASUS WebStorage, so users have access to their files via the cloud no matter where they are.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime was launched yesterday evening and goes on sale today.
The usual prices for the tablet with and without the dock is S$1,098 and S$899 respectively; although the introductory prices are S$899 and S$759 respectively.
All prices include GST.
The main technical specifications for the Transformer Prime is tabulated below.
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The world’s first Android 4.0 tablet has been launched in Singapore. The 10.1-inch slate is also the first in the world to sport the new NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime was launched in Singapore on 11 January 2012.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime comes in Amethyst Gray or Champagne Gold and the 32GB version will be available from tomorrow at introductory prices at S$899 (with dock) and S$759 (without dock). All prices include GST.
The predecessor of the Transformer Prime in Germany and the Czech Republic.
Attending the launch event for the Transformer Prime brought back pleasant memories of our family holiday in Germany last year, when we had the opportunity to bring along the newly-launched Transformer.
The predecessor to the Transformer Prime was already a powerful performer and proved really useful for the parents and entertaining for the kids during our two-week drive down the castle route from Frankfurt in Germany to Prague in the Czech Republic.
Singapore is the third destination after Taiwan and Hong Kong to launch the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, which has been nominated as a CES 2012 Innovations Honoree.
The new tablet boasts the latest operating system, an extremely powerful processor, highly spec-ed camera and quality music.
The 10.1" tablet comes with a mobile dock with keyboad and touch pad, additional ports and 6 more hours of battery life.
100 units of the tablet were put up for pre-order on Facebook last week and all were snapped up within two hours on 4 January.
The Transformer Prime is the world's first Android 4.0 tablet.
Another 200 units will be put up for sale on-the-spot today after the launch.
These pre-launch units come with Android 3.2 Honeycomb but will be upgraded over the air to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tomorrow.
NVIDIA claims that the new Tegra 3 processor is up to five times as fast as its predecessor, the Tegra 2.
Although the Tegra 3 is named a quad-core processor, NVIDIA says there are actually five processors.
The pad is 8.3mm thin while the mobile dock is 10.4mm thin.
A companion processor handles most of the work until additional processing power is needed, at which time the remaining four processors begin kicking in one at a time.
The Transformer Prime is the world's first tablet to run on Tegra 3 Quad-core mobile processor.
A demo showed how the increased processing power of the Tegra 3 and its 12-core GeForce GPU rendered a smoother and better quality output when playing videos and graphics intensive games, when compared with competing tablets.
The Transformer Prime also boasts enhanced audio performance that is powered by ASUS SonicMaster technology, which is known for its crisp and acoustically accurate audio reproduction.
Check out the technical specifications here.
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
Newstead Technologies has opened a new multi-brand IT concept store in Funan DigitaLife Mall today. “Digital Style” is organised into six thematic zones, based on the needs of the modern IT consumer.
This is in keeping with the times – since consumers today have different purchasing habits and approaches.
This is the first of a chain of such stores. Eventually, there will likely be four to five such stores geographically distributed around Singapore, according to Evelyn Chua, Business Development and Marketing Manager of Newstead Technologies.
The 2,647 square feet store is located at #03-32 of the mall and opens from 11 am to 8 pm from Tuesdays to Sundays, and 11 am to 7 pm on Mondays.
The six themes are Entertainment & Media, Gaming, Home Computing, Mobile Communications, Office & Professional, and Ultra Mobile & Business.
The focus is on allowing shoppers to try out, for themselves, different products in the themes they are interested in.
For instance, in the gaming kiosk, the whole spectrum of gaming related gadgets and peripherals – from consoles, laptops, speakers and controllers – are displayed, for shoppers to mix-and-match and plug-and-play the various components together at one-stop.
Across the various themes, products are featured from all the major brands, including Acer, Asus, BlackBerry, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, HTC, Lenovo, Logitech, Microsoft, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba and others.
Apple related products are absent, so you’ll have to visit authorised Apple resellers, such as Nubox, which is also under Newstead Technologies.
I noticed that digital cameras and video cameras are not sold at the shop.
Update (24 February, 2012): Newstead Technologies has opened its second and bigger Digital Style store in Jurong Point. The next will be at The Star Vista towards the end of 2012.
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
We had the chance to bring the freshly launched 10.1-inch Asus tablet with us to Germany and the Czech Republic.
It proved to be the favourite gadget for the kids, and a very useful gadget for the adults.
The kids on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer whilst taking a break from sight-seeing.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 was launched in Singapore at the end of April. Here’s the nifty little device in action along the castle route from Frankfurt in Germany to Prague in the Czech Republic and back.
Using an Asus EeePad Transformer tablet instead of paper to do museum sketches
Erin loves visiting museums, and usually she sketches some of the exhibits that interests her on a paper notepad. This time, she was delighted to use the sketching app (Kids Doodle – Movie Kids Paint by Bejoy Mobile) on the Andoid tablet to do her sketches – in colour.
The app was in colour and could even reproduce the neon lighting effect of this exhibit!
How do you keep the kids occupied while waiting for tea to arrive? You guessed it, let them at the tablet. Erin used it to write her journal of what she’d seen while Justin plays the games on it.
Erin dressing up her electronic doll in a girly app (Maidens Avatar Creator by Magicsoft) while waiting for tea to be served.
We don’t allow games and books during meals, so waiting for the meal to arrive is often the time to catch a breather and relax.
Afternoon tea at the Cafe in the cellar of Heidelberg Castle.
They love those quiz apps from the Android Market.
Anyone for maths quiz before pizza and kebab lunch at Weinheim?
As I said mealtimes are reserved for relishing the food, conversation and company.
Pizza and kebab anyone?
At the Frankfurt Zoo, Erin used the camera on the tablet to snap photos and record videos, which she then uploaded to the Internet, back at the hotel, to share with her friends. We also used it to surf the net check maps and to read up on the sights we planned to visit the next day.
The Frankfurt Zoo has a fabulous collection of primates.
Back at the hotel, the kids also used the tablet to read ebooks and worksheets in pdf format. It was a long vacation and we didn’t want the kids to totally lay off homework.
Almost every town we visited in Germany had an H&M. But the clothes just didn't suit us and we fell back on brands like Espirit and Benetton.
And finally shopping. No prizes for guessing how the Justin occupied himself while the rest of the family was busy shopping away.
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Friday, July 1st, 2011
What has Jay Chou, Asus, Intel and Bang & Olufsen have in common? The answer is a new limited edition N-series notebook computer from ASUS.
Jay Chou, renowned artist and songwriter, was appointed by ASUS as the Chief Designer of the N3, which features 2nd generation Intel Core processors and Sandy Bridge architecture that enhance both graphics and multitasking performance.
The notebook also comes with the SonicMaster audio technology which was co-developed last year by a dedicated ASUS team and leading sound experts from Bang & Olufsen ICEpower.
Jay Chou collects his honorary staff pass from ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih.
The notebook was launched in a media conference in Taipei by Jay Chou and ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih. Hoping to blend technology with art, Shih believes that “this strong partnership <with Jay Chou> will continue to bring more exciting products to our customers”.
The notebook is estimated to be available in Singapore by the first half of July 2011 and will retail for S$1298 (GST included).
Unique design inspired by traditional and modern motifs
ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih and celebrity Jay Chou launches the limited edition N series notebook.
Jay Chou transformed his passion and devotion for music into innovative notebook design by using music notes, sheet music, piano concepts and other musical icons as inspiration for a truly unique notebook. The combination of modern “J-style” text-wrapping with a classical Chinese blue and white porcelain finish infuses the notebook with strong and diverse Asian aesthetics.
“It has been a tremendous pleasure to work with the ASUS Design Center. They were able to translate and transform my musical inspirations onto the N series notebook product design and functionality. Every detail on the N series perfectly portrays my personal taste and multimedia lifestyle,” said Jay Chou.
Enhanced sight and sound
The Intel chips in the N3 upgrade graphics and boost flexible multitasking performance while optimizing power consumption. SonicMaster incorporates grand, theater-like acoustics with the constrained physical dimensions of a notebook PC.
The audio technology delivers the clear treble and resonant bass on any portable PC. SonicMaster also enables wide-reaching and powerful surround-sound effects, creating theater-grade and highly lifelike audio.
Below are the main specifications of this collector’s item.
| Model: |
N43SL |
| Processor: |
Intel Core i5-2410M (2.3GHz) |
| Operating system: |
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) |
| Chipset: |
Mobile Intel HM65 Express chipsets |
| RAM: |
4GB DDR3 RAM |
| HDD: |
640GB SATA HDD (5400rpm) |
| Display: |
14.0” LED-Backlit (1366×768) |
| VGA: |
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M with 2GB dedicated VRAM |
| ODD: |
SuperMulti Double Layer |
| WLAN: |
Integrated 802.11b/g/n + Bluetooth |
| Audio: |
Audio by Bang & Olufsen ICEpower & SonicMaster technology |
| Weight: |
2.4Kg (with 6-cell battery) |
| Dimension: |
35.0(W) x 24.0(D) x 3.30 ~ 3.70 (H) cm |
| RSP: |
$1,298 (GST Included) |
| Availability: |
Estimated 1st – 2nd week July 2011 |
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Rest and recuperation – and more ice-cream in this relatively bigger city.
Our 5 weeks-old hotel in Heilbronn. Photo from www.hotelbb.de.
The hotel we were staying in was only 5 weeks old. Though it was named B&B Heilbronn, it was really not a bed & breakfast establishment at all! It was a new branch of the B&B chain of hotels with more than 210 hotels in Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and France.
The historical astronomical clock at the City Hall was an amazing mechanical clock that could tell time, AND day of the week, the month and the moonphase. Taken with an Olympus E450.
The family room we were in comprised one double bed and a double-decker bed for the kids. I had remembered how excited the kids had been with the bunkerbeds we had had in Kurashiki – Japan and thought I would give them the same treat. It was like having a playground right in the bedroom, with the kids clamouring up and down the ladder.
The dim lighting within Saint Killian's Church was a test for the low light capability of the Olympus E5 which passed with flying colours. This handheld snapshot had little noise or grain.
Everything was still so new and the hot water shower was just as shiok as that in the previous hotel – it was real hot and there was no lack in water pressure.
Another impressive low-light shot of a vase of roses in the church. Very little noise and grain even at ISO 1600. Taken handheld with an Olympus E5.
Self-service on-the-spot room booking and checking-in kiosk at the entrance of the hotel.
The hotel had an interesting concept, no physical keys were used for the rooms. Instead a number code was issued upon check-in for the electronic combination lock on the door of each room. The code was also used to enter the hotel lobby after hours at night. The cleaners came every morning but there was no need for check-out – you would just disappear since there was no key to return.
If you were a walk-in guest, and the receptionist had already left, there was a computer terminal between the external and internal (locked) door of the hotel lobby for you to check for room availability, pay using a credit card and receive a number code for a room. Everything was automated and self-helped.
While we were there, someone actually used the self-service kiosk to book himself a room at the hotel.
For in-room Wi-Fi, simply connect to the hotel’s network and register with your mobile number on the log-in page and the password is sent to you as an sms in an instant – even for an international number.
As it was a public holiday – what they call a bank holiday – everything was closed except for the church, the train station and the eateries. We walked around town and along the river, and then came upon this ice-cream parlour that was doing business like there was no tomorrow. The queue for people buying ice-cream cones for take away snaked more than twenty metres, while the seats in the parlour and al fresco were full. This Eiscafe Dellarte must be a famous and popular outlet. The banana splits and strawberry bowls looked really delectable. As expected, we stuffed ourselves silly.
Mouth-watering concoctions had people downing ice-cream dishes despite a chilly temperature.
Long queue at the Eiscafe Dellarte for take-away ice-cream cones. The cafe is open from 1100 til midnight.
With free Wi-Fi in the room, Erin logged on using the Asus tablet to clock some maths practice on problemsums.com. This vacation spans more than half the June school holidays and the kids really can’t afford to go totally without practice during this period. This was a day for rest and recuperation before we get on the road again and head for the next hotel in Schonach, to the north of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
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Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Mannheim is the start of the castle route that originally extended to Kulmbach but it’s now been extended all the way to Prague. We also visited Schwetzingen and Heidelberg.
Wasserturm (Water Tower) at Friedrichsplatz in Mannheim. Taken with an Olympus E5 DSLR.
Mannheim was a small fishing hamlet as early as 766 AD. In the eleventh century, a fortress was built at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Neckar. The fishing hamlet grew into a trading settlement and eventually into a town.
The Kunsthalle museum in Mannheim. Taken with an Olympus E5.
The sleepy town is the second largest town in the region, with a Baroque palace replacing the former fortress in the eighteenth century. We visited the Wasserturm (Water Tower) and the Kunsthalle museum in Friedrichsplatz. The former is a symbol of Mannheim while the small museum featured many quirky installation art. One involved a room full of junk and fake logs to extoll the need to save the planet from environmental pollution.
Using an Asus EeePad Transformer tablet instead of paper to do museum sketches
The centrepiece for the day was a group of artists positioned around various paraphernalia of daily life. Before we could figure out what it was all about, we had to shuffle the kids out when one of the young nubile artists began to undress herself fully.
Using an Asus EeePad Transformer tablet instead of paper to do museum sketches
There were many German school children visiting, holding paper sketch pads to sketch the paintings and exhibits on display. Erin used her Asus EeePad Transformer tablet instead drawing curious looks from the locals. She was trying out this Android app called “Kids Doodle”.
Schloss Schwetzingen. Olympus E450 with Pop-Art effect.
We decided to give the Baroque palace in Mannheim a miss since we were visiting the more reputed Schloss Schwetzingen. Located between Mannheim and Heidelberg in Schwetzingen, the Baroque-Renaissance palace was built as a summer residence on the site of a medieval castle. The original hunting lodge was converted into the main building with two curved side wings added. The palace garden was originally modeled after Versailles palace but converted into an English style garden.
It was a pleasant park visit and we had our picnic lunch by the lake.
Partially scaffolded Heidelberg Castle overlooking the Neckar river.
After Schwetzingen, we headed for Heidelberg. Sitting right by the river Neckar, it is one of Germany’s most beautiful towns. Germany’s first university was established here in 1386, while the ruins of the castle sits on a hill overlooking the town. Originally a Gothic castle, it repeatedly extended between the 13th and 17th century. It was remodelled in the 16th century into a beautiful Renaissance residence, before being destroyed in the 17th century as a result of the Thirty Years’ Was and the 1689 war with France.
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
Spanking new notebooks were auctioned off on last evening with proceeds going to the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF).
Another 13 notebooks will be auctioned off tonight at the Funan DigitaLife Mall. These are part of a two-week campaign by the consumer electronics retailer, Newstead Technologies, and its partners.
FM91.3 DJ Jeremy Ratnam as one of two host auctioneers.
Day 1 of the “Bid to Give” charity auction was held on Thursday evening. With starting bids of only S$199, all 14 notebooks were snapped up within the hour by warm-hearted contributors who attended the charity drive at the Main Atrium of Funan DigitaLife Mall.
Partners of Newstead Technologies who sponsored the notebooks include Microsoft Singapore, Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba, AMD, Blackberry, Brightpoint, ECS, HTC, Huawei, Ingram Micro and Jos Distribution.
There will be another 13 notebooks up for auction tonight at 6pm at the same venue so you can still show up and contribute your share for charity.
Tay Hong Kuan with his Panasonic notebook with the night's highest bid of S$1,349.
The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund is an annual community project that provides pocket money to children from low-income families to help them through school. The children can use this money to buy a meal during recess, pay for their bus fares or use it to meet their other schooling needs.
In addition to Bid to Give, Newstead Technologies will also be donating $10 for every notebook sold and another $5 for every Microsoft Office 2010 purchased at its roadshow from May 5 to May 8 and at Newstead Technologies’ outlets at IMM #02-06, City Square Mall #04-20, Suntec City (e-life) #02-002/A and nex Mall #04-55 from May 9 to May 15. Newstead Technologies hopes to raise a total of $17,000 from the charity auction and sale of notebooks during this period.
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Friday, April 29th, 2011
The latest 10.1 inch Android 3.0 tablet from Asus arrived in Singapore today at the launch event at Zirca in Clarke Quay. The 16GB Wi-Fi only version (Eee Pad + Docking keyboard) is priced at S$898.
But as part of its launch promotion, you can get a S$99 discount at S$799. If you choose to purchase only the pad and not the docking station, you can get the 16GB Wi-Fi only version at the launch promotion price of S$699.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 arrived in Singapore on April 29, 2011
What are the biggest grouses of tablet users today? No Flash, short battery life, no keyboard, no USB ports and card readers. Asus tries to address all these shortcomings in the Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101.
The optional docking station provides a full QWERTY keyboard for work involving intensive typing. It costs S$199 if you purchase it separately, but purchased together with the pad, you need only top up S$100 for it. The docking station makes available an additional 24.4 Wh battery that extends the pad’s 9.5 hours battery life to 16 hours instead.
A card reader (MMC/SD/SDHC) and two USB 2.0 ports are also available on the keyboard. The keyboard also props up the docked pad as a stand.
And finally, Adobe Flash 10.2 is supported, so you can visit all those glitzy sites running Flash animations and video.
The docking station is a full QWERTY keyboard that doubles up as a stand and contains an extra battery to extend the 9.5 hours battery life of the pad to 16 hours. It also contains USB ports and a card reader.
I played with the Eee Pad on display and found the IPS (In-plane switching) LED backlight screen brilliant and sharp at with 1280×800 pixels packed into the 10.1 inch panel, offering a wide viewing angle of 178 degrees – I could still view the screen display from the side.
The touch screen senses up to 10 fingers for multi-touch - seen here with the Piano app from Android Market.
The pad feels slightly heavier than the iPad 2 but comfortable to hold. The book reader app included with the pad was standard fare – offering animated page turning, highlighting and bookmarking etc.
Photos and videos taken with the camera was clear even though the ambient lighting was dark.
Prices and configurations
The 16GB Wi-Fi only tablet is the only configuration available at the moment. Together with the docking station (keyboard), it sells for S$898 at the major retailers in Singapore – Challenger, Best Denki, Harvey Norman etc.
During this launch period, the promotional price for the 16GB Wi-Fi only Transformer sells for S$799 (Eee Pad + Docking station) and S$699 (Eee Pad only). Currently, the docking stations are out of stock and will only be available from the week of May 9 onwards.
The 32GB Wi-Fi only version will also only be available later in May.
“The 3G version is being tested now and will likely be launched in the second or third week of June,” Bernard Wen, Business Operation Manager of Asus Technology told me. “In the meantime, we’ve tested the Pad with USB dongles from SingTel, Starhub and M1 and found that they are all compatible,” he added.
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Another tablet arrives in Singapore tomorrow – this time from Asus, the Taiwanese company that created the netbook niche. This Android-based tablet tries to redefine the tablet experience by packaging it with a docking keyboard cum extra battery.
Will update on the actual use and feel after the launch event tomorrow.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer has a 10.1″ LED backlight WXGA (1280×800) screen and a docking QWERTY keyboard which also serves as a tablet stand, provides USB ports and contains an extra 24.4 Wh battery that extends the 9.5 hours battery life of the tablet to 16 hours.
The screen is IPS (In-plane switching) Panel which typically has a wider view angle than a traditional LCD screen – Asus boast a wide view angle of 178° for this screen. Apple’s iPad also uses an IPS panel.
There is a 1.2M pixel front Camera and a 5M pixel rear Camera. The standard range of sensors are included: G-Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, E-Compass, GPS.
The Transformer is based on the Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS and supports Adobe Flash 10.2. It has an NVIDIA Tegra 2 1.0GHz dual-core CPU which provides multitasking and 1080p video playback.
Memory-wise, it has 1 GB RAM and comes in either 16 or 32 GB versions for permanent storage. Unlimited ASUS Webstorage is included free for a year.
Network-wise, it is fairly standard with WLAN 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4GHz and Bluetooth V2.1+EDR. What is conspicuously missing is a 3G version so you’ll probably need a mobile broadband USB dongle or a Wi-Fi network to access the Internet.
The docking keyboard comes with two USB 2.0 ports, one card reader (MMC/SD/SDHC) and a touch pad. It can be purchased in the UK for an additional £50 and in the US for an additional US$149 over the base price of the tablet alone.
The tablet itself contains one 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Headphone/Mic-in), one Micro SD Card Reader, and one mini HDMI 1.3a for outputting the display onto an external HD screen. Stereo speakers are built in.
Physically, the tablet measures 271 x 171 x 12.98 mm and weighs 680 g.
The Transformer was first launched in Taiwan on March 25, then in the UK on March 30, and two days ago in the US on April 26. Prices in the US are $100 less than the “equivalent” iPad model.
US Prices
- 16 GB: US$399
- 32 GB: US$499
- Keyboard: US$149
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