You know those “awesome new features” ASUS was teasing, looks like their Italian fratelli have spoiled the surprise. They’ve gone ahead and spilled the meatballs on features such as Face Unlock, notification controls from the lockscreen, and more. The full list includes:

ASUS took to Facebook yesterday to tease an impending update for the Transformer Prime. According to them, the firmware update will have some “awesome new features,” and I have to say, they have me biting my fingernails in anticipation.

Today is a good day for ASUS Transformer Prime owners looking to mod their device. As promised, ASUS has released an unlock tool for the Transformer Prime and it is now available for download at ASUS’s site. This will now open the door for custom ROM’s and I’m betting there are some devs hard at work right now getting them ready. Of course unlocking your bootloader also comes at a cost, which ASUS is so apt to convey:

It’s only been 9 days since the last Transformer Prime update and ASUS is at it again. We’re not sure the specifics of this latest update but it appears to improve battery life. Most of their updates have been attempts to improve the Prime’s ongoing WiFi signal issues, but that doesn’t appear to be the case with this last update.

ASUS continues to address concerns over the Transformer Prime’s lackluster WiFi connectivity, and has released yet another update to help fix the problem. Build 9.4.2.13-20120203 should bring improved Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance, along with a new kernel. While no official changelog has hit yet, we think this update also addresses the random reboot issue some have been experiencing since upgrading to Ice Cream Sandwich.