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Any advice / tips / tricks from other owners? Must have apps? Brand new to the Android OS.

And I'm charging it -- does this thing have a pass-through charge from battery? I thought Geoff had said the newer ones at least didn't, anyone know offhand?

Cheers.

Did the original Transformer get ICS?

Yep, the original Transformer got ICS back in late February.

For must-have apps, I guess it depends on what you want to do with it. I use my tablet mostly for media and book consumption and the occasional Office file viewing (rarely editing), so the two must-have apps for me are Netflix and Kindle, and I got a free copy of QuickOffice Pro when Amazon had it as the free app of the day.

Since a tablet may not be as vital as a phone I suggest playing around with rooting and custom ROMs on a tablet.

This was my favorite ROM for my Nexus when I had it.

http://aokp.co/index.php/releases/_/milestone-6-r27

Hmmm. Does Google/Googleplay do free promotional apps or such? Asus?

I think* you can update the tf101 to Jellybean, or should be able to for all the 4x's I'd think.

Guys know rather you can pass-through charge?

And maps! Is the new version of Google maps/offline cacheing worth a hoot? Or is it well worth it to grab some other navigational software?

Amazon App store for previously mentioned free app of the day
Google Maps is definitely a great if not the best navigation program
Dolphin HD browser, but admittedly I have not used the ICS browser on a tablet
SwiftKey 3 Tablet Keyboard, I use the phone version for my...er, phone and it is fantastic
Beautiful Widgets or Fancy Widgets for skinable clocks and weather

This is just a start but good picks I think.

dashbarron wrote:

Hmmm. Does Google/Googleplay do free promotional apps or such? Asus?

And maps! Is the new version of Google maps/offline cacheing worth a hoot? Or is it well worth it to grab some other navigational software?

There are a ton of free apps in the Play store. Just look.

And Google Maps is by far the best navigation app there is, on any platform.

DancinJack wrote:

dashbarron wrote:

Hmmm. Does Google/Googleplay do free promotional apps or such? Asus?

And maps! Is the new version of Google maps/offline cacheing worth a hoot? Or is it well worth it to grab some other navigational software?

There are a ton of free apps in the Play store. Just look.

And Google Maps is by far the best navigation app there is, on any platform.

Google Maps is so-so on iOS, IMO. Apparently it's gotten better (?) on JellyBean but we don't have it yet on the TF101's.