Honeycomb 3.1 Arriving For Asus Eee Pad Transformer

05/28/2011 Comments Off on Honeycomb 3.1 Arriving For Asus Eee Pad Transformer Android, Asus, Tablets & Technology Like

Early next week Honeycomb 3.1 will be available for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 tablet. Asus will be rolling out this over-the-air update possibly by Monday. Along with the OS update will come some quite useful and noticeable improvements.

For starters, a firmware update for the docking station will improve mouse tracking, USB compatibility and last but not least, typing speeds! Within the UI itself there will be improvements in regards to both overall speed and stability. This includes apps launching quicker as well as smoother transitions between menus. Users will also have the ability to resize widgets. For certain this will apply to Google widgets until more app developers begin to include this feature which will most likely happen sooner than later.

For those of you who may not have heard of the Asus Transformer and you’re looking for more information and specs then see the sections below.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Specs

Hardware

NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor
16GB or 32GB models
Unlimited ASUS Webstorage
1GB RAM
Scratch resistant glass
Internet
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n@2.4GHz
Bluetooth V2.1+EDR
Interface
1 x 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Headphone/Mic-in)
1 x mini HDMI 1.3a
1 x Card Reader (Micro SD)
Sensors
G-Sensor
Light Sensor
Gyroscope
E-Compass
GPS
Mobile Docking
Keyboard
Touch Pad
2 x USB 2.0
2 x Docking port (Host + Client)
1 x Card Reader (MMC/SD/SDHC)
1 x 24.4Wh Battery
Audio
SRS Premium Sound
Stereo Speakers
High Quality Mic
Video
Shoot and record HD video
1080p
24.4Wh Li-Polymer Battery
9.5 hours or 16 hours with dock
1.2 M Pixel Front Camera
5 M Pixel Rear Camera

Operating System

Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS (soon to be 3.1)

Dimensions

Size
271 x 171 x 12.98 mm

Weight
680 g

Screen
10.1 inches

Display

10.1″ LED Backlight WXGA
1280×800 resolution

More Asus Eee Pad Transformer Features

This tablet is quite diverse and capable of doing many tasks. It also supports the latest version of Flash. Other applications that also come bundled include ASUS Launcher, MyLibrary, MyNet and soon to be arriving MyCloud. Syncing data such as contact lists and your personal calendar with your PC is also a breeze.

Polaris Office 3.0

The Asus Transformer is great for entertainment and media consumption but it’s also a very powerful tablet for several office related tasks. It comes preloaded with Polaris Office 3.0 which allows you to view and edit files such as .ppt for presentations, .doc for documents and .xls files for spreadsheets.