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update coming dec 16th

While at the store a Viewsonic showed up and was asking me what I though about the unit, he assured me that Dec 16th would be a turning point for the device and joked that they rushed the unit to the market with the firmware being horrible. In fact he said it was a -2 on a scale 1-100, Lol, I agreed and told him the update was better but still not worth the 379.00, he then told me to root it or wait till Dec 16th that the update will add flash and several other features but will make the unit run optimizing both cores and currently it was only running on 1.
I am getting closer to thinking about buying it, I overall like the unit and I am not disappointed with the display it is decent.

ianandamy said:
While at the store a Viewsonic showed up and was asking me what I though about the unit, he assured me that Dec 16th would be a turning point for the device and joked that they rushed the unit to the market with the firmware being horrible. In fact he said it was a -2 on a scale 1-100, Lol, I agreed and told him the update was better but still not worth the 379.00, he then told me to root it or wait till Dec 16th that the update will add flash and several other features but will make the unit run optimizing both cores and currently it was only running on 1.
I am getting closer to thinking about buying it, I overall like the unit and I am not disappointed with the display it is decent.
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It's funny how that's the same day the Nexus S with Gingerbread will be available from Best Buy lol
I doubt this update will be 2.3 though

I hope this is true. I love this tablet, and if viewsonic keeps pace with what Google is developing it could prove to be a good investment.

This is definitely good news. Hopefully whatever software upgrade this thing gets, the screen sensitivity issue is addressed. While flash is great, it means nothing if I can barely type the web address to get to the flash-based site.
Looking forward to December 16- at least it'll be in my 30 day window for a return.

but even with an update from viewsonic the custom roms mean nothing right? ... ok say they release a update that fixes the screen touching issue and optimizes it for both cores unless your running the stock software viewsonic released it with your not going to see any of those benefits right?

gundon said:
but even with an update from viewsonic the custom roms mean nothing right? ... ok say they release a update that fixes the screen touching issue and optimizes it for both cores unless your running the stock software viewsonic released it with your not going to see any of those benefits right?
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What the hell are you talking about? The point of my post was pointing out that they should worry less about flash and more about making the touchscreen work.

gundon said:
but even with an update from viewsonic the custom roms mean nothing right? ... ok say they release a update that fixes the screen touching issue and optimizes it for both cores unless your running the stock software viewsonic released it with your not going to see any of those benefits right?
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You can return the device to stock if you wish.

Lindarose84 said:
What the hell are you talking about? The point of my post was pointing out that they should worry less about flash and more about making the touchscreen work.
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actually i wasn't posting in reference to what you said i was asking a genral question im kinda new at this i was wonder if the update was saved in a different partition of the device so that the fixes would work on custom rom i wasnt trying to counteract anyones post!! sorry if you misunderstood stood

what it will mean is that the guys who build the rom will port over the changes to the custom rom So if something addresses speed or touchscreen issues then it will make the custom roms even better

gotcha thank you so much for your replie i was seriously unclear thats all every one is a noob at some point

gundon said:
actually i wasn't posting in reference to what you said i was asking a genral question im kinda new at this i was wonder if the update was saved in a different partition of the device so that the fixes would work on custom rom i wasnt trying to counteract anyones post!! sorry if you misunderstood stood
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Sorry for the wording of my post- I really didn't know what you were talking about which is why I explained the point of my post since you referenced the touchscreen issue I brought up.

gundon said:
but even with an update from viewsonic the custom roms mean nothing right? ... ok say they release a update that fixes the screen touching issue and optimizes it for both cores unless your running the stock software viewsonic released it with your not going to see any of those benefits right?
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Not on Day One, that's correct. Day Two will be another story.
Don't worry, I'm all prepped - TnT Lite 3.0.0 one day after the firmware is released. The only issue is don't believe what a SEARS / Staples rep tells you, as they don't know any more than we do. While I'm sure Flash will be in there, we don't know what else will be added.
I hope it's blazing fast with all the major bugs fixed, but we just don't know yet.

gundon said:
gotcha thank you so much for your replie i was seriously unclear thats all every one is a noob at some point
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Please use some sort of punctuation.

ianandamy said:
While at the store a Viewsonic showed up and was asking me what I though about the unit, he assured me that Dec 16th would be a turning point for the device ....
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I assume you mean 'Viewsonic Rep'. What store was this, and did he/she give a reason for being there and soliciting feedback?

craigwillie said:
I assume you mean 'Viewsonic Rep'. What store was this, and did he/she give a reason for being there and soliciting feedback?
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He was a viewsonic rep had the viewsonic shirt on everything at the american furniture store here in fenton missouri
He was there setting up the current update on all these units so that he could train staff they according to him had not really sold well through out all the stores

ianandamy said:
He was a viewsonic rep had the viewsonic shirt on everything at the american furniture store here in fenton missouri
He was there setting up the current update on all these units so that he could train staff they according to him had not really sold well through out all the stores
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Not questioning your info, but am the rep. Why was he at a furniture store if concerned about G sales? Should he not be at Sears, Office Depot or Staples? Maybe I read your note wrong.
I would not expect a furniture store to be a critical channel partner that VS would spend money sending a rep to train staff. If they did, that could explain why the G was launched as it was

rushless said:
Not questioning your info, but am the rep. Why was he at a furniture store if concerned about G sales? Should he not be at Sears, Office Depot or Staples? Maybe I read your note wrong.
I would not expect a furniture store to be a critical channel partner that VS would spend money sending a rep to train staff. If they did, that could explain why the G was launched as it was
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XDA is no longer worth my time.

I had assumed you meant a SEARS or Staples rep, my bad then.
If this person was a VS rep, then I retract what I had written earlier - they might know more than we do. And that's a good thing.
I wish I had been there, as I would have totally picked this guy's brain. :O

No they sell electronics 2 not just furniture. I picked his brains pretty good but I still couldn't get a whole lot of info from him except he knows that everyone's not impressed with it so far

roebeet said:
I had assumed you meant a SEARS or Staples rep, my bad then.
If this person was a VS rep, then I retract what I had written earlier - they might know more than we do. And that's a good thing.
I wish I had been there, as I would have totally picked this guy's brain. :O
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I doubt a Viewsonic field tech knows more than you do roebeet

December 19

Tomorrow is the 19th.
Should we be expecting the big update...
Any idea's on what it will include in addition to flash ?

I have a feeling it's going to come and go. An their will be no updates.
Most likely they are going to wait a few days and then release a state-
ment that they are working on a major update and as soon as it's done
they will push it out.
I would say, second or third week of Jan. of 2011 for the next patch
from Viewsonic.
Looks like a wait and see ...

Today is the day!

Lnin0 said:
Today is the day!
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I'm waiting ...................

Viewsonic hasn't updated their Twitter in two days, and today is a Sunday. I will be very (happily) shocked if we see something today.
I have my device running stock right now (and FC'ing I might add) as I wait....and wait...and wait....

roebeet said:
Viewsonic hasn't updated their Twitter in two days, and today is a Sunday. I will be very (happily) shocked if we see something today.
I have my device running stock right now (and FC'ing I might add) as I wait....and wait...and wait....
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Poor Roebeet. I kinda feel like we should just buy you another tablet just to get these updates. Because running stock just sucks.

rcgabriel said:
Poor Roebeet. I kinda feel like we should just buy you another tablet just to get these updates. Because running stock just sucks.
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This awesome community already did. I just need SEARS to be kind enough to offer up an outlet device that I don't have to fly to, to pick up.
I keep hoping that someone offers a scratched up floor model on eBay, for a deep discount. That would be the perfect dev device for me.

roebeet said:
This awesome community already did. I just need SEARS to be kind enough to offer up an outlet device that I don't have to fly to, to pick up.
I keep hoping that someone offers a scratched up floor model on eBay, for a deep discount. That would be the perfect dev device for me.
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Where in PA are you? I can drive to Freehold and get that one and drive it to you if you are close to me.

I just purchased the one from Novi, MI, purchased one a week ago, and they sent it back, so I couldnt purchase it. So this time I called them right after I ordered it and made sure I get the product, and I'll tell them if its actually broken or not...

rayden25 said:
Where in PA are you? I can drive to Freehold and get that one and drive it to you if you are close to me.
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There's a Freehold one?? I'm near Trenton. (checks site)
EDIT: Nothing. I've been scanning it on and off all morning. I actually saw a Freehold one about 2 weeks back, but I wasn't looking for an extra one at the time. Too bad, because Freehold is an hour away so definitely do-able.

If there is ANY truth to the Gtablet being pulled by Viewsonic, the CS line will be shut off anytime, within days and they will not bother with the FW release. All of this stuff costs money.

roebeet said:
Viewsonic hasn't updated their Twitter in two days, and today is a Sunday. I will be very (happily) shocked if we see something today.
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I really don't expect them to release an update on a Sunday. So, we will wait and see what happens.
roebeet said:
I have my device running stock right now (and FC'ing I might add) as I wait....and wait...and wait....
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I have never had wireless or FC problems. I guess that is why I was never motivated to install a custom ROM. I just installed all the mods on the original UI.
On a related note. Since this update (supposedly) contains Flash for the g-tablet, should I remove the Flash hack first?

been checking all day.....no update...what a bummer

squirrel boy said:
been checking all day.....no update...what a bummer
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Not only is there an update, but there's a TnT Lite 3.0.0 cooking right now!

roebeet,
did you see the current post for updated GAPPS for Tegra.
Was wondering if you were considering them in your update.

gertschl said:
roebeet,
did you see the current post for updated GAPPS for Tegra.
Was wondering if you were considering them in your update.
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We already have those files (I did look at it) - I can tell by the HTC stuff and other files in there that it's the same Gapps we've been using for the last month.

Just wondering...what time did it hit? The last time i checked was 8:00 pm last night and was no joy.
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roebeet said:
There's a Freehold one?? I'm near Trenton. (checks site)
EDIT: Nothing. I've been scanning it on and off all morning. I actually saw a Freehold one about 2 weeks back, but I wasn't looking for an extra one at the time. Too bad, because Freehold is an hour away so definitely do-able.
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That first Freehold one is the one I am on now, lol! There was a second one a couple of days ago, gone now.

This is a great little tablet, Viewsonic has to know they screwed up the software. The hardware doesn't seem to be the problem in my book.

hogasswild said:
This is a great little tablet, Viewsonic has to know they screwed up the software. The hardware doesn't seem to be the problem in my book.
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It's ALWAYS been the stock fw that wasn't any good. When I first got mine, I had this crazy idea of staying stock, but the original fw would always Force Close in the news page, and then the update resulted in the weather app Force Closing on me, so I moved onto custom fw and settled on TnT lite.
I might even go back to trying stock fw if TnT ever get their act together...
Now, I understand from the 3316(IIRC) thread that flash is still not included, but their website is still claiming that flash support would be released yesterday. (Odd day, Sunday, to release a fw update...)

3.1 leaked?!

http://hothardware.com/News/Android-Honeycomb-31-Comes-To-The-Asus-Eee-Pad-Transformer/
I hope someone can get their hands on a leaked version

Nice find
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i hope this update solves my camera issue i really dont wanna return this

im told it will start rolling out first of next week, as soon as monday

I don't 100% love the transformer, but it is awesome. I do love how Asus is really putting a solid effort in. I've been pretty impressed at them staying on top of stuff.
for my 2nd gen tablet, I'll want something with a little less bezel... aka a tablet that isn't designed around a keyboard dock
Good work Asus!

yeah they been pretty good about the support I also like how they been puttting the updates on the asus website

I am not 100% impressed with honeycomb. But Google is willing to roll the dice and figure it out after release. I am sure 6 months from now we will all be very happy.

Lol that's how everything is now. Manufacturers so eager to get to the market half the time the roll off products halfway done and fix things as they go.

Must be close to done if they're sending it to the press.

chipsa964 said:
http://hothardware.com/News/Android-Honeycomb-31-Comes-To-The-Asus-Eee-Pad-Transformer/
I hope someone can get their hands on a leaked version
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I think you mean released, at least when I hear the term "dropped" it means it's been cancelled.

I thought it's canceled

Same here. I have just read the other thread in General about 3.1 and then I saw this one on Dev subforum and thought... Have they already dropped it? But if it's not still out...
Until I opened the thread and read it.
Regards.

Id love for it to come out monday but as a working man, in all reality, monday is memorial day, wtf would they release it on a holiday?

keroppilee said:
Id love for it to come out monday but as a working man, in all reality, monday is memorial day, wtf would they release it on a holiday?
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i hope does get released monday...why would they release it on a holiday...only we celebrate Memorial day...the rest of the world where it is sold does not.

They should review the fixes that were applied.
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californiarailroader said:
I think you mean released, at least when I hear the term "dropped" it means it's been cancelled.
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Dropped in the younger generation means it is released. This comes from the music industry..

i thought it was cancelled as well, but phew! im very glad to see that asus is right on the ball with the updates, worse thing is when you get a beautiful piece of hardware and then find out you have no support for it, good on ya asus!

californiarailroader said:
I think you mean released, at least when I hear the term "dropped" it means it's been cancelled.
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I thought the same, was scared for a second there!

http://forum.androidcentral.com/asus-eeepad-transformer/88744-transformer-3-1-update-here.html
Someone from androidcentral has it! Custom ROMs baby!! Lol
HTC Thunderbolt & ASUS Transformer Rooted!

andrew53517 said:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/asus-eeepad-transformer/88744-transformer-3-1-update-here.html
Someone from androidcentral has it! Custom ROMs baby!! Lol
HTC Thunderbolt & ASUS Transformer Rooted!
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That's not a custom rom, but anyways... dock firmware still 209? Seems a bit weird since its mentioned a new firmware will be out...

[Q] Honeycomb 3.2?

Did ASUS say anything on twitter/facebook about Honeycomb 3.2 yet?

I'm pretty sure honeycomb 3.2 is just 3.1 modified for 7" tablets.

3.2 is for 7 inch tablets but they also say there will be bug fixes. Its not a major update
" Honeycomb 3.2 is expected to offer a range of bug fixes , plus improved hardware acceleration and a number of apps are reported to be getting updates which include the music app, movies and widgets."

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Did ASUS say anything on twitter/facebook about Honeycomb 3.2 yet?
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I am pretty sure the Honeycomb 3.2 exsits on TF101.
But I do not know when it will be released.
My friends in Asus had tested it,
They say it is more smooth and bugs less.

Ssj237 said:
3.2 is for 7 inch tablets but they also say there will be bug fixes. Its not a major update
" Honeycomb 3.2 is expected to offer a range of bug fixes , plus improved hardware acceleration and a number of apps are reported to be getting updates which include the music app, movies and widgets."
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Hardware acceleration caught my eye... The TF101 seems to have none...

I asked on both ASUS UK and ASUS (or asus usa or something) Facebook pages when 3.2 was coming. The UK page commented on the 21st June just saying 'Nothing has been confirmed yet.'

Bumping the thread. Seems like small samples of WiFi Xooms are getting the update as per the article here, so most likely we'll get 3.2 in the following weeks.

jjsoviet said:
Bumping the thread. Seems like small samples of WiFi Xooms are getting the update as per the article here, so most likely we'll get 3.2 in the following weeks.
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Good catch. Hopefully something's on the way soon.

Update: I posted the following on the official Asus Facebook page:
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Dear Asus: Honeycomb 3.2 is arriving for Motorola Xoom owners now. Can you please tell your faithful Eee Pad Transformer owners whether this update should also be rolling out for us soon?
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/07/1...torola-xoom-rolling-out-now-in-small-batches/
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...and it was deleted within less than two minutes. Somebody's watching, but right now, they're not answering.
Edit: Turns out, it wasn't deleted, just hidden from their wall -- and they replied that 3.2 is in testing now and will be released!. Great news...
http://www.facebook.com/ASUS/posts/255601544453797

Last time it trailed by a week or two. I'm sure in a month we'll have 3.2 official and probably the kernels/roms from the mods.

One thng i like about the transformer is that it is almost vanilla honeyomb so it shouldn't be too hard for them to port it over ... hopefully sooner the better ... and i have to laugh the acer one JUST got 3.1

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Update: I posted the following on the official Asus Facebook page:
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Dear Asus: Honeycomb 3.2 is arriving for Motorola Xoom owners now. Can you please tell your faithful Eee Pad Transformer owners whether this update should also be rolling out for us soon?
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/07/1...torola-xoom-rolling-out-now-in-small-batches/
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...and it was deleted within less than two minutes. Somebody's watching, but right now, they're not answering.
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I think the deletion is automatic. Every time that I post something it is deleted within a second (as soon as I refresh the page). Unfortunately that means that someone might not be watching...

great news
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

ASUS Sweden has confirmed on their facebook page that an update will come but they have not got an ETA.

over in the xoom forums there doesn't seem to be a huge number of improvements in 3.2. Probably shouldnt get all riled up about it

keroppilee said:
over in the xoom forums there doesn't seem to be a huge number of improvements in 3.2. Probably shouldnt get all riled up about it
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Some people there also noticed Pointer speed and trackball settings for mice in 3.2
Yay!!!

knoxploration said:
Update: I posted the following on the official Asus Facebook page:
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Dear Asus: Honeycomb 3.2 is arriving for Motorola Xoom owners now. Can you please tell your faithful Eee Pad Transformer owners whether this update should also be rolling out for us soon?
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/07/1...torola-xoom-rolling-out-now-in-small-batches/
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...and it was deleted within less than two minutes. Somebody's watching, but right now, they're not answering.
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Disturbing A legitimate question that could have received a positive (but non commital ) reply,but instead,it gets deleted. So much for customer sensitivity and loyalty.

caveman999 said:
I think the deletion is automatic. Every time that I post something it is deleted within a second (as soon as I refresh the page). Unfortunately that means that someone might not be watching...
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Thanks for the info!
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ASUS Sweden has confirmed on their facebook page that an update will come but they have not got an ETA.
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That's great news. For anybody who wants to see, here's the link. The post in question is at Monday, July 11 at 3:16pm, and Asus Sweden's reply was at 3:31am.
http://www.facebook.com/asussverige?sk=wall&filter=1

Looks like keyboard lag is a symptom of a poorly built stock browser in honeycomb. (Not Asus's fault) The Xoom has the same problem with the stock keyboard.
And 3.2 doesn't fix it.
Video of Xoom with 3.2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8iBsEX4LE
And yet, Opera doesn't have this lag! WTF Google!

Rumbleweed said:
Disturbing A legitimate question that could have received a positive (but non commital ) reply,but instead,it gets deleted. So much for customer sensitivity and loyalty.
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I just checked on the Asus facebook page and found this.
"Hi guys,
We’re testing Android 3.2 on the Transformer, and hope to have it released soon! When it is released, you’ll definitely read about it on our Facebook wall =)
~Mark, ASUS"
At least that's somewhat reassuring.

[Q] Ok, I have the transformer. One question

So I love my TF101. I mean it is awesome. Well, worth it.
But will I still get Android updates even though the new TF is released?
Or do I send this back and wait for the TF2? I guess I feel that maybe bought this too late in the game

acdcking12345 said:
So I love my TF101. I mean it is awesome. Well, worth it.
But will I still get Android updates even though the new TF is released?
Or do I send this back and wait for the TF2? I guess I feel that maybe bought this too late in the game
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You've got at least 4 months before the TF2. And even then, do you really want to jump on the very first Tegra 3 device before it's been real-world tested for a little while? If there are problems, you'll be in line with every other launch-day enthusiast trying to RMA or get a repair. I've seen it before.
Anyway, yes, you'll updates as long as the device is supported, which should be at least 1-2 years more, and that's not counting the development community here and elsewhere that might keep things going even longer.

acdcking12345 said:
So I love my TF101. I mean it is awesome. Well, worth it.
But will I still get Android updates even though the new TF is released?
Or do I send this back and wait for the TF2? I guess I feel that maybe bought this too late in the game
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As soon as you buy 1 device its already too late in the game. If you want the latest and greatest you will either never own anything or need to be a millionaire. Im sure Asus will continue to update the TF when the TF2 comes out but don't expect the TF2 until Q2 of 2012 anyway