Got my Transformer Prime! It's Awesome!

[Georgetoon]

Maybe you can rig up a makeshift tripod for your phone to steady it and free your hands. I'll be watching for it, whatever you do!

Yeah, I'm thinking about how I can do this.  It certainly will be unconventional, but if it works...)

[ruel24]

Would have been nice if they hadn't locked it down, though.

There is good news for you, as long as they make good on their promise:

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/277111/20120105/asus-transformer-prime-bootloader-unlocked-soon-ice.htm

[Crow]

All the hacked gadgets in this house where hacked after the guarantee expired and/or they were not funny anymore 

[rm]

Yes, by all means, enjoy the product, which i am sure is quite nice.  I'm just hopping to have a KDE tablet one day.  Come to think of it, someone is probably going to figure out how to install KDE on this device.  When they do, I think I may pick one up myself.

[Georgetoon]

Yes, by all means, enjoy the product, which i am sure is quite nice.  I'm just hopping to have a KDE tablet one day.  Come to think of it, someone is probably going to figure out how to install KDE on this device.  When they do, I think I may pick one up myself.

I like Android, but yeah, KDE would be cool and I'd have KMyMoney.  I wish I had that app on the Android tablet for sure.

[rm]

Yes, by all means, enjoy the product, which i am sure is quite nice.  I'm just hopping to have a KDE tablet one day.  Come to think of it, someone is probably going to figure out how to install KDE on this device.  When they do, I think I may pick one up myself.

I like Android, but yeah, KDE would be cool and I'd have KMyMoney.  I wish I had that app on the Android tablet for sure.

The KDE guys have been doing a lot of work on making KDE tablet compliant.  Qt itself has a lot of touch specific optimizations.  I have a feeling there is a KDE tablet in my future.  Maybe even a PCLinuxOS one.

[ruel24]

Yes, by all means, enjoy the product, which i am sure is quite nice.  I'm just hopping to have a KDE tablet one day.  Come to think of it, someone is probably going to figure out how to install KDE on this device.  When they do, I think I may pick one up myself.

I believe Mer is currently working on that right now.

http://dot.kde.org/2011/10/24/plasma-active-arm

I'm with you on this. I love my iPhone, but I'd much rather have KDE running on my device.

[Georgetoon]

Okay, I shot a quick video.

TabletReview.3g2

I'm going to attach it to a blog post for the coming week.  then again, I may not.  Please let me know what you think.  I did this with a cell phone camera and on the first take.  I figured out how o set up so I could hold the tablet with both hands. 

I may reshoot or...maybe i need a decent camera?

Anyhow, give it a look and let me know.

[smileeb]

Good presentation.

[The Chief]

Would have been nice if they hadn't locked it down, though.

There is good news for you, as long as they make good on their promise:

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/277111/20120105/asus-transformer-prime-bootloader-unlocked-soon-ice.htm

Well, that may interest George, but I don't have one.  I'm holding out for a Nook Tablet.  At least that's my choice so far.

[parnote]

Well, that may interest George, but I don't have one.  I'm holding out for a Nook Tablet.  At least that's my choice so far.

You may wanna wait until the Google Nexus tablet is released. It's supposed to come out sometime in the first 1/2 of 2012, possibly as early as April. It is slated to cost $199, and may be the Apple-killer with Google behind it.

parnote

[Georgetoon]

Good presentation.

Thanks. I guess I'll post it on the blog this week.

[Georgetoon]

Perhaps this helps
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=100896.0

Transformer is actually an MTP device, so you need to install from Synaptic mtpfs

Open Terminal, go su, copy & paste the following:


1.

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mkdir /media/transformer
2. 

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chmod 775 /media/transformer
3. 

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mtpfs -o allow_other /media/transformer
Type exit.

Still in Terminal:

 

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cd /media/transformer

than ls and you should see something like this:

Alarms/
Android/
asus/
BeyondPod/
bluetooth/
burstlyImageCache/
burstlyVideoCache/
com.appyet.feedplus/
data/
DCIM/
demo epub.epub*
demo epub.epub.png*
Download/
droidreader/
Gorillaz Vs. The Cure_ Lullaby for Gorillaz.mp4*
gReader/
Jane_s Addiction _Jane Says.mp4*
kindle/
layar/
LOST.DIR/
Meecal/
Movies/
Music/
myalbum/
My documents/
Notifications/
opera/
Pictures/

--snip--

Now open your file manager and go to /media/transformer:




You can drag & drop...


To remove device-open Terminal, go su, copy & paste:

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umount mtpfs
HTH

I FINALLY sat down and ud ou method.  BINGO!  Asus Transformer now being read on my PCLinuxOS system!!  I'm gonna copy the directions so I can do this at work with laptop.  Many thanks!:)

[The Chief]

Maybe you can rig up a makeshift tripod for your phone !

Duct tape and a kitchen chair...

[Crow]

Maybe you can rig up a makeshift tripod for your phone !

Duct tape and a kitchen chair...