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One of the things that people were hoping to get on the ASUS EEE Pad Transformer Prime was Android 4.0, but for early adopters it wasn't to be, as ASUS announced the software update will arrive after the retail debut of the quad-core tablet, on January 12th.A small surprise was that ASUS  made the update available earlier, this week at CES 2012. Mike from Tabletbite got the chance to play with it and the first impressions are extremely positive, with Ice Cream Sandwich running very smooth. ...

Among all the tablets showcased by Acer at CES 2012 there was also the Iconia A200, one cheap tablet we've been mentioned quite a few times here at AllTouchTablet.If you thought there was no reason to get one maybe the hands on at the end of this post will convince you it's a good investment, especially considering you're getting a top Android tablet (considering last year's Tegra 2 baseline) for as low as $330 (8GB version, add $20 for the 16GB model).Overall impression (and it's not ju...

Besides the Exite X10, world's thinnest tablet to date, Toshiba has showcased a lot of tablet prototypes at its CES 2012 booth, most of which lack any kind of specs besides the screen diagonal size.Toshiba wanted to show everyone the form factors it's been working on for the past year, and I can say some of the products on display looked rather impressive in terms of design, with a strong industrial build that we wouldn't mind see on the current Thrive lineup instead of the bulky rubbery cas...

Intel has promised a long time ago it's going to enter the CPU market for mobile devices like tables and smartphones, and at CES 2012 it delivered the working prototype of Lenovo K2110, a 10 inch Android 4.0 ICS tablet powered by the Atom Z2460 single-core 1.6 GHz processor, together with the GMA600 graphics chip. Battery life under normal conditions is said to be around 10 hours, so Intel might have reached the sweet spot here with the new silicone (as always, we'll have to put these claims to ...

Razer is known as a gaming peripherals manufacturer, that's why it comes as little bit of a surprise they've adventured in the tablet land with the Project Fiona gaming tablet. It's not Android, but rather Windows 8 with quite powerful hardware: Core i7 CPU (probably a low voltage variation) and an undisclosed GPU, so it's got the power to play pretty powerful games, not just lightweight iOS style titles. The screen is a 10.1 inch model with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution. Other niceties include D...

Acer Iconia TAB A510 will be company's mainstream tablet for 2012, unlike the premium Full HD Iconia TAB A700, a more expensive tablet. This one was rumored before and is now confirmed with the quad core Tegra 3 CPU and a lower resolution screen: 1280 x 800, the mainstream of last year for 10 inch Android states.The operating system, as expected, is Android 4.0 right from the start. The rest of specs are pretty much the same, including optional 3G connectivity, microSD, USB and HDMI slots so...

Viewsonic is synonym with cheap tablets, and at CES 2012 they were present with three models: ViewPad e70 (7 inch tablet), and two 10 inchers; ViewPad 10pi and 10e (which we know from last year).None of the three models impress in any way, as expected, except maybe the Viewsonic 10pi, a professional 10 inch tablet, and by professional I mean it dual boots Android 2.3 and Windows 7 on a 1.5 GHz Oak Trail z670 CPU.Dual booting is a tradition with Viewsonic, that's why is no excuse the fact...

Gigabyte was present in the tablet market since last 2010, but their products are not quite what you would call popular, mainly because the company chose to go with Windows 7 on their products, a very unpopular touch OS, which increases computing power requirements, decreases battery life, adds bulk and increases price, just to name a few of the inconveniences.At CES 2012 Gigabyte was present with three tablets: T1006M (rumored before), T1132N (also previously known) and S1081 (successor to ...

ASUS PadFone tablet-smartphone hybrid is an old acquaintance of ours, one that has raised a lot of interest, but failed to reach the market. Fortunately it seems ASUS is on track to deliver on this concept, at the sample demoed at CES 2012 was actually a working one, albeit it didn't look problem free.The biggest source for worries is the docking part, when you have to slide the smartphone inside the tablet body (a screen with an additional battery and some ports, not an actual tablet) and c...

I don't know about you, but I like the idea of a touchscreen device with a full size QWERTY keyboard. Intel thinks the same, but I'm not convinced with the whole sliding tablet-laptop hybrid (I mean durability).Lenovo might have just the thing I am looking for: IdeaPad Yoga. The name suggests a device with pretty flexible characteristics, and this 13.3 inch ultrabook migth just cut it. What's so special about a touch ultrabook? This one can swivel the screen 360 degrees thanks to not one, bu...