Pick your teams in the first annual Android Bowl to win a Transformer Prime

With Super Bowl XLVI less than a week away, we thought we’d spark up our own little competition: The Android Bowl. This week, leading up to Sunday, we’re asking you to update your And Me Account with your current carrier and manufacturer allegiances. Joining a team is easy, just visit the Edit page and use the carrier and manufacturer dropdowns.

We’ve paired with @NVIDIAtegra to give you three chances to win a Transformer Prime. Along with the quad-core tablet, we’re tossing in the keyboard dock for some serious couch commando-ing.

At the end of the week, we’re going to tally all the user choices and post a breakdown of the current Android ballgame. We’ll name a top carrier and a top manufacturer based on your votes and user scores, and, probably most importantly, we’ll announce three winners who score a free Prime and dock from @NVIDIAtegra.

To participate in the Android Bowl is very simple. First, if you don’t already have one, you’ll need to register for an And Me Account. It’s free and takes about 15 seconds. Once you’ve logged in, hit the Edit Account page and select a carrier and manufacturer. For now, we’re only allowing one choice for each field. We know the hardcore among us may have multiple carriers or allegiances to lots of manufacturers, but for now we just want your primary choices.

Also, just like in real life, once you chose a carrier, you’ll be locked into that choice for a certain period of time. To keep things level, we’ve done the same for manufacturers. Eventually on the site we hope to use these settings to filter you guys into groups, so we don’t want everyone switching them around all willy nilly. Once you make a choice, you’ll have a grace period of a few minutes to revert, otherwise that choice will be locked in for about a month. Choose wisely!

In the screenshot above you’ll notice a pair of timers, which display how long you need to wait before you’ll be allowed to update your choices. If you play games, these regen timers might look familiar to you. Once it counts all the way down (displayed in proprietary And Me units of time, of course), you’ll again be able to change your choices.

To enter to win today, you’ll need to have at least your carrier set on your And Me Account. Once you’ve set your carrier, come back and leave a comment on this post to be entered to win. If you haven’t set a carrier yet, you won’t be allowed to comment on this post.

After you’ve set your choices, come back here and leave comment backing your team. Or head on Twitter and mouth off a bit. Half the fun of sports lay in a good rivalry, something Android has no shortage of. If tweeting’s your bag, we’ve included a preloaded Tweetbox below for your convenience.

Of course, come back after the Super Bowl and we’ll have the results of the first annual Android Bowl waiting for you. Break!

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Grand Theft Auto III Gets Updated To 1.3, Brings Support To Transformer Prime & Ability To Install Game On SD Card

Grand Theft Auto III for Android has been updated to version 1.3 and it looks to enhance the overall experience for those playing the game. In addition to the game tailoring your visual experience with new video display settings, you can expect the following:

Added support for Medion Lifetab and the Asus Transformer PrimeIntegrated with Immersion Haptic Vibration FeedbackImproved controls for supported gamepadsImproved controls for Xperia PlayGame can now be installed to an SD cardGamestop Wireless Game Controller fully supportedAdditional technical fixes

We’re sure you all will especially appreciate the idea of installing the game to an SD card and improved support for gamepads. If you own the game already, be sure to get the update ASAP— especially if you want to take advantage of the new features.

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[via Rockstar Games by Droid Gamers] 

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Transformer Prime GPS Performance Actually Worse Off After Software Update?

It’s been a real sad state of affairs hearing all of the negative news surrounding the Transformer Prime lately.  Who would have thought the follow up device would have undergone so many fails in such a short time?  This week it’s being reported by a number of Prime owners that their already lacking GPS functionality has gotten significantly worse since the last update.  Quite a number of members over at XDA have reported that their already weak signal is now no longer present since downloading the second Android 4.0 update.  One of the members even reported leaving their TP on the window sill for over 25 minutes and it still didn’t latch on to a satellite.  Asus went on record stating that the “metallic uni-body design” is responsible for the weak GPS signal in that it ultimately interferes with the signal’s ability to reach the device’s sensors.  The company states that the new TF700 device is supposed to effectively fix the issue however.  Lets hope reports about ASUS charging their customers to fix the issue isn’t true.  Did you fork out for a Prime?  What do you think?  Feel free to rant all you want in the comments below.

[via Electronista]

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SHADOWGUN 3D Multi-Player Face-off Demoed on ASUS Transformer Prime with Nvidia Tegra 3

Posted Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at 12:28 pm by Antonio Wells Comments

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How awesome is this… The third person-shooter 3D game, SHADOWGUN, was demoed by Nvidia on an ASUS Transformer Prime at CES. Played as a multi-player over Wi-Fi, it supports up to eight simultaneous players. The game has sweet console quality graphics, displaying at 60 frames per second without hitch thanks to the Tegra 3 processor under the hood. That laptop you see in the video is actually a tablet with dock that supports gaming controllers and mirrors its screen to televisions via HDMI.

If you have a Tegra device we implore you to download this game now!

SHADOWGUN $4.99description: One of the best-looking mobile games ever created – ign.com ? Version for Tegra 2, Mali-400, Adreno and PowerVR devices released !! ? The year is 2350, and corrupt intergalactic corporations are the rule of law, hiring bounty hunters and mercs to do their bidding. The best of the best are known as SHADOWGUNS.Share Android App ReviewUpdating...

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Gaming on the quad-core Tegra 3 powered Transformer Prime

We were in attendance for the NVIDIA press conference at CES last week and while the $249 Asus MeMO stole the show a bit at the end, it was the capabilities of the Tegra 3 processor powering the MeMO and of course the Transformer Prime that were highlighted for the majority of the presentation.

If you missed the livestream of the presentation you can watch the videos now on NVIDIAs Youtube account.

While some other apps were covered, along with the new DirectTouch capabilities tied to that 5th “Ninja core,” there was a big focus on gaming which along with media consumption still seems to fall high on the list of priorities for tablet owners.

The first demo was of Shadowgun’s multiplayer streaming over WiFi and it looked really solid. (The game did anyway, the guys that happened to be playing were completely unable to find, let alone kill one another.) I’ll be interested to see how it does in a less controlled setting, over 4G for example, but it bodes well for multiplayer mobile gaming on Android coming into its own this year.

Splashtop Remote Desktop HD is a Tegra optimized version of the standard Splashtop screen sharing app that is generally available in the Market. What exactly the optimizations entail wasn’t clear and probably isn’t a huge concern to most users, but the basic claim was that running the app on a computer with any NVIDIA processor paired with the mobile app on a Tegra based device would result in superior performance.

Huang demonstrated the basic screen sharing capabilities before offering up the ultimate test of playing Skyrim and as you’ll see it seems to handle it with ease. (How many times did he say “it just works?”) Now everyone isn’t probably going to have a setup capable of running Skyrim so that specific application is a little more niche, but it’s fun to see what’s possible.

For the time being NVIDIA remains just a scrappy upstart in the mobile market, but they appear to be making the right moves to turn that around. Based on your reactions here Tegra 3 devices are at least hovering at the top of your lists. Based on the demonstrations at CES, we can’t wait to see how they perform in the real world.

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GPS issues? ASUS will refund your Transformer Prime or give you an extended warranty, if you live in the UK

Since its release, the ASUS Transformer Prime TF201 has been met with its fair share of praises and criticism. Its been called the fastest, smoothest Android tablet to date, but user reports of WiFi and GPS issues are all over the web. When ASUS announced an upgraded Prime TF700, complaints reached a fever pitch, with disgruntled TF201 owners claiming the upgrade was to skirt around the issues present in the TF201, leaving original Prime owners stuck with a broken device.

Well ASUS has heard the complaints, and has issued a statement on what they plan to do about it. If you live in the UK that is.

On the official company blog, ASUS has come out and said that due to an overwhelming amount of customers “dissatisfied with the performance of the GPS module” in the Prime TF201, consumers in the UK will be able to return their tablet for a full refund, or should they decide to keep it, enroll in a 12 to 18 month extended warranty plan.

As part of our unwavering commitment to our customers, we wish to allay some recent concerns regarding the Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201.

After extensive checks we can confirm that no units have been supplied to the UK with a known WiFi issue. ...

Any customers who have purchased a Transformer Prime TF201 and are dissatisfied with the performance of the GPS module are advised to return the unit to their point of purchase for a full refund as per standard consumer rights that apply in the UK.

Any customers who wish to keep their unit will be offered an extension to the standard ASUS warranty from 12 to 18 months (for any retailers who offer an additional 12 months’ warranty with their purchase, the total warranty period will remain at 2 years).ASUS UKOfficial ASUS Blog

While this is great news for Prime users in the UK, it doesn’t do much good for anyone feeling short changed in the US. But it does mean that ASUS is listening, and they haven’t forgot about their loyal customers.

Have you been experiencing GPS issues with your Transformer Prime? If you had the opportunity, would you take back your Android 4.0 tablet, or go with the extended warranty? Let us know in the comments below.

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