Rockstar has released an update for GTA 3 on Android, bringing with it a host of new features and fixes, as well as support for the Asus Transformer Prime. With the Prime’s keyboard controls, the tablet/laptop hybrid may be the best way to complete it. Read more
Just put your order in for the Asus Transformer Prime but have the patience of a saint? You might want to commence kicking yourself; Asus has announced an updated model of the laptop/tablet hybrid coming in June this year. Read more
Asus may be more deserving of HTC’s ‘Quietly Brilliant’ slogan – the Taiwanese company has a track record as an innovator that stretches back several years, has invented product categories and continues to meet its rivals with ever more ingenious solutions, but it simply doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Read more
So you want an ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime? The UK-based retailer Clove has just announced its pricing for the combination tablet-laptop, landing it in a bit of a weird place in the market. Read more
Acer has just announced that it’s going to ditch netbooks and focus on Ultrabooks, citing that making cheap tat isn’t getting it anywhere. Ultrabooks could well be its saviour, but it’s completely insane that it’s taken Intel to tell manufacturers how to make them. Read more
Still pining for an ultrabook, but put off by the prohibitively high price? Well, good news is afoot. See, major ultrabook players, including Acer, Asus and Toshiba, look set to cut costs by up to 10 per cent at the start of 2012. And that’s after they’ve slashed prices below the $1,000 mark in the US by the end of the year.
Today’s news that Lenovo is working towards a cheaper ultrabook is by and large good news. Intel’s new laptop standard, meant as a riposte to the MacBook Air and an attempt to claw back falling market share as tablets surge ahead, has had a difficult first few months on shelves. Reports emerged last week that Acer and Asus were slashing orders after global sales failed to match expectations.
Asus has since told us that its ZenBook ultrabook is in “high demand”, with an unnamed UK retailer asking for more units ahead of Christmas. It also says it’s “performing very well” on these shores. But without hard figures, it’s difficult for us to judge. Anecdotally, it seems, the ultrabook category is already doomed to failure. Here’s why.
