Tumi Dror Backpack: The Transformer Bag

It’s probably happened to you. You’re walking along with a briefcase or other bag and realize that it’s getting too heavy. You wish that you had taken a backpack. That’s the basic idea behind the Dror Backpack from Tumi. This expandable and transformable backpack will give you the best of all bag worlds – for a price.

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The Tumi Dror Backpack was designed by New York based architect Dror Benshetrit. It can function as a tote, briefcase or backpack. It’s got loads of pockets, zips, both interior and exterior to help you manage your gear. It will carry laptops up to 15″ and comes with a media pocket. The front pocket has a slight angular profile, which is cool.

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As you can see from the images, the Dror Backpack is quite flexible, but this transformable ability doesn’t come cheap. You’ll have to spend $595(USD) to buy one – and for that price you could buy several individual bags.

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Archos’ Transformer rival reappears, passes federal inspection, forgets its keyboard

Archos 101XS Transformer rival reappears passes federal inspection, minus the keyboard

If you cast your mind back several months, you might recall Archos unveiling a new range of tablets that can pair up with a keyboard add-on. While the French tablet maker kept quiet on the specifics at its debut– with not even a mention of the hardware’s OS — a filing at the FCC helps plug some of those information gaps. Courtesy of the user manual, we can see that the tablet will be running Android 4.0, while the as-yet unspecified storage capacity can be expanded by microSD. There’s a mini-HDMI port that looks like it will require its own proprietary cable, and the keyboard dock? Well, it’s absent from this FCC gallery, but it does appear in the user manual, demonstrating a twist and lift mechanism that creates a pop-up stand for the slab. Gaze on in horror as those FCC technicians prise open the Archos 101 xs’ shell and scope out the internal works — it’s all in the source below.

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ASUS Transformer Prime, TF300 and Infinity TF700 getting Jelly Bean in ‘the coming months’

Hot on the heels of HTC confirming a Jelly Bean upgrade for select handsets, ASUS released a statement (pasted after the break) assuring tablet owners that all of the company’s new tablets, at least, will be upgraded to Android 4.1. So far, the outfit is committing to updating the Transformer Prime, along with the Transformer Pads TF300 and TF700. Though ASUS is careful to say it’s considering other devices, it’s still not promising to upgrade the original Eee Pad Transformer or Eee Pad Slider. No word, exactly, on when users will get a taste of Project Butter and Google Now, except that it should happen within “the coming months.” Hopefully, of course, that’s just an outside estimate: after all, ASUS isn’t known for saddling its tablets with heavily customized skins, which can bog down the upgrade cycle.

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Original ASUS Transformer to receive Jelly Bean

ASUS Transformer TF101If you own ASUS’ original Transformer tablet or Eee Pad Slider and you’re worried about not getting the latest version of Android, fret not. According to reports online, it looks like ASUS’ older tablets won’t be left out when it comes to being updated. ASUS announced on its Facebook page that according to its current knowledge, the TF101 and SL101 will be receiving the Jelly Bean update in the future. However, when that is going to happen is another question. Hopefully let’s hope they won’t take too long to push it out, assuming they don’t cancel the updates last minute. However, for those of you who can’t wait for an official update, there’s always the XDA-developers forum to lurk around…

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The Expandable Wider Yacht: Transformer of the Sea

Ever wanted a yacht? How about one that works like a Transformer? This new yacht expands so that you can enjoy it even more. Once fully-deployed, this yacht ends up with a walkable surface of 193.5 square feet with a width of 21.6 feet, which was apparently unthinkable a couple of years ago for a 42 foot yacht.

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The Wider Yacht’s transformable cockpit was designed by Tilli Antonelli, and its automatic operation makes it possible to have a large surface area without having a very big boat. It’s fast and luxurious as well. Super yachts beware! The Wider Yacht is lightweight and was built using new vacuum infusion molding techniques for carbon, something that’s also used in aerospace and Formula 1 racing.

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The Wider Yacht sells for $1.12 million, so you’d better start saving now.

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ASUS Transformer Prime TF700T showing ‘in stock’ at Office Depot, days before scheduled US release

ASUS Transformer Prime TF700T showing 'in stock' at Office Depot, days before scheduled US release

July 16th? Why wait? A full three days prior to the previously scheduled US release date, ASUS’ Transformer Prime TF700T is showing as “in stock” right now from Office Depot. For those who’ve managed to forget about it’s amenities since its original unveiling some six months ago, this one’s packing a 10.1-inch (1,920 x 1,200) display, Android 4.0, Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11b/g/n, 32GB of internal storage and NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 keeping the gears turning. As expected, $499.99 is the asking price, with an estimated delivery of “Just as soon as shipping partners get back to work next week.” Oh, and scalpers — it’s limit two per customer. Just a heads-up.

[Thanks, Tony]

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