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Dec 13, 2011  By LJ Staff
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Asus Transformer Prime

The Asus Eee PadTransformer Prime seems to be on every tablet-lover's wish list, including ours.

Not only is it as thin and light as a Samsung Galaxy Tab or iPad, its battery life should be comparable as well. What sets this tablet apart, however, is its NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor (swoon). It will be the first Android tablet to use such a zippy processor, so we're all pretty excited to get our hands on one when they ship, which is rumored to be in the next week or so.

Further distinguishing itself is the optional keyboard, which will turn the tablet into a sleek netbook, and extend its battery life. This second generation of Asus Transformer is a tremendous aesthetic improvement over the previous effort, and will likely be a very serious contender in the tablet arena.

Check out how far the Eee line has come since it started the netbook craze back in 2007 with a review from Shawn Powers.

Asus Transformer currently retails for $499.

The season of gift-giving is well underway, and since we're sure most of you are not finished shopping, we thought we'd give you some of our ideas for the perfect holiday gifts. Enjoy!

Gift (thumbnail) photo via Shutterstock.

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Submitted by Sedot WC (not verified) on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 09:38.

thank you very much for offering this immeasurably
Your dedication is appreciated, hopefully more successful future..

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Submitted by angela (not verified) on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 05:34.

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Submitted by Webdesign (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:00.

Thanks for post update! It's another informative linux journal you post here. I'm kinda fan of it. Keep it up though!

I think So

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Submitted by John S.J (not verified) on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 04:47.

Especially the Roku 2 HD Streaming Player , I do not received it, instead I bought it for me. :)

@Mozai I also have this dout " why we can not read the article in one site"?

nine or more pages

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Submitted by Mozai on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 21:18.

Is it possible to read this article all at once, instead of having to click and wait for eight additional pages to load? The "social networking" items that are included in each page is holding up the page rendering, causing a long pause between each of the pages, and I lost my patience before I reached the end.

I think I agree about the

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Submitted by Webmistress on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 22:14.

I think I agree about the social network stuff. They may be offed by morning. :)

Katherine Druckman is webmistress at LinuxJournal.com. You might find her on Twitter or at the Southwest Drupal Summit

Gimmick

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 18:08.

This article seems like a gimmick, allowing you to advertise the LJ DVD Archive collection. As a linux user I read your magazine, but would hate it if someone bought me the archive. Who needs to read articles posted in 94'? They are all irrelevant I'm sure.

It's actually not. It is,

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Submitted by Webmistress on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 22:12.

It's actually not. It is, however, a ploy to get people to buy me cool stuff. The archive cd is there because *we* think it's awesome.

Katherine Druckman is webmistress at LinuxJournal.com. You might find her on Twitter or at the Southwest Drupal Summit

Well

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 17:34.

Well I think you are awesome! I love the avatar. The person behind it could be a leper and I still think I would love you just as much! i love Linux chicks, they rock!

LOL! No Leprosy here,

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Submitted by Webmistress on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 17:52.

LOL! No Leprosy here, promise. :) I am sure I have plenty of other flaws to choose from though.

You can think our awesome Art Director, Garrick, for the avatar. I am quite fond of it myself.

Thanks for reading and thinking I am awesome. Now I'll have to go earn that. ;)

Katherine Druckman is webmistress at LinuxJournal.com. You might find her on Twitter or at the Southwest Drupal Summit

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