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Back in September ASUS unveiled its new Transformer Pad TF701T quadcore tablet. Powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 4 T40X quadcore processor and aided by 2GB of DDR3L RAM, the TF701T comes with a 10.1 inch WQXGA display with 2,560×1,600 pixel resolution. Towards the end of October, the tablet became available for purchase in the U.S. Though it runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box, its going to receive a firmware update in the very near future. ASUS announced today that Android 4.3 for Transformer Pad TF701T is going to be rolled out on November 18th.

ASUS will roll out the update over-the-air, so be sure to tap that update button in the settings app a few times on November 18th. Apart from bringing the standard features that are included in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, this update will improve battery life, dock battery charging as well as trackpad responsiveness in the dock. The dock has a QWERTY keyboard, secondary battery that increases battery life up to 17 hours and a USB 3.0 port. While the update isn’t exactly the latest release, Android 4.4 KitKat, it should only be a matter of time before ASUS brings KitKat goodness to the Transformer Pad TF701T. Perhaps that might happen in the first few months of 2014, though ASUS is yet to confirm the names of devices which be updated to the latest Android iteration.

ASUS Transformer Pad TF701T Android 4.3 Update Rolls Out November 18th original content from Ubergizmo.

The next generation in ASUS-made Android tablet technology has been revealed with release information this week in the ASUS Transformer Pad TF701T, complete with a release timeframe inside October. This machine works with a Full HD+ display at 2560 x 1600 across 10.1-inches of IPS LCD powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor under […]

ASUS’ Transformer Pad Infinity’s awkwardly timed announcement sent a fair few Transformer Prime buyers into fits of apoplexy — after all, it was just a few weeks after the Prime went on sale. Fortunately, the company didn’t release the Infinity for some time, but was it worth the wait? Our reviewer felt that its delayed journey to the market meant everyone else had a chance to get beyond it, meaning that the discounted Transformer Prime was enough for anyone who didn’t mind the odd GPS brownout. But what about if you bought one? Do you feel the same way? Settle down on the sofa and play armchair gadget designer for a moment, and tell us what you would change.

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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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If you’re an owner of ASUS Transformer Pad TF300, you’re in luck as it seems that ASUS has begun rolling out the highly anticipated Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to your device. This was announced via ASUS’ Facebook page where they also stated that other Transformer Pad series of Android tablets can look forward to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates in the future as well. According to a comment left by ASUS, the update was pushed out yesterday which means that TF300 owners should be receiving notifications on their tablets that the update is ready for download. Of course we expect this rollout to be staggered over the course of the next few days/weeks, so fret not if you have yet to receive the update. In the meantime if you don’t own the TF300, be sure to stay tuned as we will keep you updated when ASUS begins the update for its other tablets as well. So TF300 owners, have you received the update yet, and how is it treating you?

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