ColdFusion - The Story Of The Asus Transformer Prime [ColdFustion]

Episode Date: July 12, 2026

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The AIS Transformer Prime, probably one of the most hotly anticipated products of 2011-slash early 2012. It promised five times faster graphics, three times faster web browsing than the original transformer, or Tebra 2 processor. Long before the Transformer Prime came into existence, all we knew was the processor, named Project Kalev by Nvidia. There were about a million demos of the game called Shadowgun, which promised near-consul quality graphics. This was unheard of at the time. The processor was rumored to be a four-core processor that would arrive in tablets by mid-August. Rumors began to circulate in early 2011 that Aces was working closely with NVIDIA to release a new tablet using this new quad-core processor.

Not much was known about this new processor, other than it was going to be extremely fast and I wanted it. It was to blow all the other competition out of the water at the time, yes, including the iPad 2. It was also rumoured that this new tablet could be 3D. Needless to say, I waited and waited for this new computer. tablet, but nothing ever adventuated. New benchmark scores appeared later on in the year showing that it eclips the Core 2 Duo processor in PCs. This Tegra 3 process was something to be reckoned with, but there was problems behind the scenes. There were numerous delays

since the first announcement of the chip. Investors were becoming impatient and Viti had to do something fast, so they moved the 28mm process back to a 40mm process. Adding to the midst of confusion, Windows 8 was announced to be compatible with armed processors. TeGRA 3 was the first of these, Rumors then began to circulate that ASIS is working on two versions of the new transformer. One would be running Android's unannounced system, and the other would be running Windows 8. It was almost reaching towards the end of 2011, and nothing had actually adventuated. It was almost seeming that this new tablet was going to be vaporware. And then...

The trailer. A video was posted by ASIS on YouTube, showing the first glimpse of the ASIS Transformer Prime. It showed the spun metallic back, which proved to be one of its biggest. design flaws. The video also showed many other features that were rumoured but never confirmed. Apart from this video, the ASIS Transformer Prime was facially marketed. No ads to be seen on TV, no one knew about the product, no release date ever confirmed, nothing. The reason for no release date was because ASIS themselves didn't really know when it was actually going to be released. This was one of the worst product releases by any company ever.

It leads one to believe that ASS wasn't confident about their product. Why wouldn't they be confident about their product? Because it was rushed and wasn't entirely finished. Rumors began to surface that Wi-Fi issues were holding back the Prime's release. This was not good. The release was shrouded in mystery. Aces kept denying the Wi-Fi issues while rumors kept persistent. Aces just couldn't catch a break.

The device was eventually released to Honeycomb, which was a bad decision because earlier reviewers gave it a lower score just because of the software. Hasbro attempted to sue because of the potential... My name is Peter Parker, but I'm also... Spider-Man. This July, we're faced with a threat. That can be anyone. The world may have forgotten Peter Parker. I'm just a neighbor, friendly neighbor.

But he hasn't forgotten them. Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing. That's my responsibility. Dr. Banner? I didn't know you could get that big. Spider-Man, brand-new day. In theaters, July 31st. Into a copyright infringement of the Transformer trademark.

Oversshadowing all of this was a supply issue. The Transformer Prime wasn't very short supply. Pre-orders had to be canceled, and people just couldn't get their hands on the design. But when people actually got their hands on the device, things just got even worse. XDA absolutely exploded with people having issues ranging from weak Wi-Fi, Keywords not working, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi interference, backlight bleeding, dead pixels, and to top it all off, the GPS was almost non-existed in most devices.

There was talk of lawsuits against ASIS, spamming, just anything to get the crimes fixed. People wanted refunds. It was absolutely disastrous. Never in my life ever seen a launch become mangled so badly. To top it all off, AISISU, decided to move the GPS from the official spec sheet. This sparked an outrage across XDA. A flame war also started between people with working and non-working devices. After an investigation by XDA volunteers it was discovered that the prime's primary Wi-Fi module was not even connected. This was a major design

floor that managed to skip through all the levels of ASS's quality control. Things are looking very bleak at this point and ASS needed to do something. The forum was littered with negative reviews of the prime. Some people that got their primes off to get repaired came back with horror stories. So despite all of this, ASIS just went ahead and decided to make a new model and fix everything. Of course the people over at XDA just exploded. But a savior came in the form of Greg. Greg was an ASIS employee that actually came over to XDA and personally tried to help everyone's problems.

This was a good start. This is the turning point for ASIS. So that leaves us where we are now. Two new models of the Transformer have been announced, the TF300 and the TF 700. Despite all of this, I have a transformer prime and I have to say, It is one of the best devices I have ever had. What's the review to find out why? Don't forget to write, comment and subscribe. Thanks guys.