There’s some very, very big news for owners and lovers of the original Asus Eee Transformer tablet today, as Asus has just announced the completion and initial availability of the Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” update for the fantastic tablet.
The significant “downside” for us at the moment is that the 4.0 update is being released first for users in Taiwan, with Asus saying it’ll hit other regions “soon after.” Here’s the thing from Asus:
Many of our Eee Pad Transformer TF101 users have waited patiently for the promised Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update and we are delighted to announce that the first wave of FOTA updates for TF101 firmware v.9.2.1.11 started today in Taiwan. The update will FOTA in other regions soon after.
Although we will announce several new innovations at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, we take great pride in delivering on-going enhancements and support for products that are well into their life cycle.
But it’s so near you can smell the warm plastic, basically.
Read the full thing about it over on the Asus Facebook page if you are excited by this development and need to see the original source.
Thanks to reader Sinno for the tip.
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A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
MarkG
/ February 23, 2012” support for products that are well into their life cycle.”
Well into their life cycle? The Transformer is less than a year old…..
Gary_C
/ February 23, 2012One gadget year is 50 human years these days