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Now, let's talk about smartphones… Despite the Galaxy Tab ban in Europe and continuous patent wars against its arch enemy, Apple, the Korean giant Samsung was still able to pull off an impressive $5.86 billion worth of earnings as revealed in its Q2 financial report – a 79% growth compared to last year's. HTC on the other hand was able to take Research in Motion's (RIM) spot largely due to its revamped smartphone portfolio which includes the ‘One’ series, strong demand for HTC smartphones within the Asia/Pacific territories is also the main contributing factor for the company's big come back. Check out our full review of the Asus Transformer Prime TF201 after the jump. The Transformer Prime is a second-generation tablet from Asus and the company has made sure its got all the bells and whistles with it. The Transformer Prime took it up one more notch by shaving off a few more millimeters on the side. At 8.3mm, the Transformer Prime bested even the iPad 2 and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the thin-ness category. Unlike the first Asus Transformer, the Transformer Prime is mostly made of aluminum giving it a good solid build that matches the iPad 2. The Transformer Prime sports a Super IPS+ LCD which is much brighter than the previous IPS display of the TF101 especially in the outdoors. Read more in our articles including "Q2 earnings: Apple, Samsung up; LG, RIM down" and "The biggest changes are coming to Android Auto".