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The World’s Thinnest Android Tablet Coming From Toshiba At CES?

January 6th, 2012

According to reports on engadget and phone arena, Toshiba is about to unveil the thinnest Android tablet in the world. Toshiba introduced the 10.1″ Toshiba Thrive tablet over the summer. We first got to see it at CE Week in New York City. The Toshiba Thrive is a little on the big and bulky side but that’s because it comes with great business features like a user replaceable battery, full sized SD card slot and a full sized USB slot.

Toshiba followed up the Thrive 10.1 with a new Thrive 7. It trims down the size and the weight with a smaller screen and more standardized ports.

Toshiba also released the Excite tablet at IFA this year which as you can see from this story, is much thinner than the Thrive.

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Microsoft Lands Another Android Licensing Deal

October 23rd, 2011

Microsoft has announced their 10th deal for Android patent licensing.  Microsoft holds a number of patents that the Android operating system encompasses. Rather than taking various OEM and ODM’s to court for patent lawsuits, Microsoft prefers to license their patents out.  They already have lucrative deals with both HTC and Samsung.

Today they announced a licensing agreement with a Taiwanese ODM called Compal.  Compal isn’t well known in the United States however, like FoxConn, they manufacture products for other big name companies. Some of Compal’s clients in the Android ecosystem include Dell, Acer, and Toshiba.  Overseas they are also a manufacturer for Fujitsu.

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World’s Thinnest Tablet Surfaces From Toshiba Called Regza AT700

October 4th, 2011

Toshiba kicked off the CEATEC 2011 show in Japan Monday by showing off yet another tablet.  Toshiba had a really bad attempt at Android tablets last year in the Toshiba Folio. It was so bad that the tablet got the name “Failio” by many an Android and tech blogger.

Fast forward to 2011 and Toshiba has done a complete 180. They first released the Toshiba Thrive 10″ tablet which to date is the tablet we use the most and my daily driver. Why? Because it is meant for productivity with a full sized USB, full sized HDMI and full sized SD card ports.

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Toshiba’s 7″ Thrive Is Going Down Under First For $450

September 30th, 2011

Earlier this week Toshiba announced a new 7″ version of their highly productive Toshiba Thrive tablet.  The honeycomb beast of a 7″ machine will reach the United States in December, according to Toshiba’s US Press folks, however it looks like it’s heading to Australia first.

Unwired is reporting that the 7″ Thrive will be released in Australia next month for $450, which is par for the course considering the specs that are inside.

The 7″ Thrive is packing a 1ghz dual core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. It has a rear facing 5 mega pixel camera for stills and HD video, along with a 2 mega pixel front facing camera for video chatting via wifi. It has the same display as the 10″ version, as well as the same ruggedized backing material that makes it harder to drop.

Even though Australia is getting it first, we’re confident we will see it before the holidays in the US.

source: Unwired

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Toshiba Unveils 7″ Thrive

September 28th, 2011

Some exciting news came out of a Toshiba event in New York City Tuesday evening, Toshiba has unveiled a 7″ version of the Toshiba Thrive.  If you’ve been a TDG reader long than you know that the Toshiba Thrive is my daily driver. I’m a big believer in productivity via mobile and the Toshiba Thrive, to date, does productivity the best.  Although we lose some of the productivity in the 7″ model it’s a great move for Toshiba.

Toshiba’s 7″ Thrive tablet features an LED backlit AutoBrite display with 1280×800 resolution. It also includes Toshiba’s Adaptive Display and Resolution+ video enhancement technology which gives images and videos on the Toshiba Thrive’s 7″ screen brilliant, crisp and popping images.

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Toshiba Makes The AT200 “Excite” Tablet Offical

September 1st, 2011

We have to give it to our Italian friends at NotebookItalia.com for getting the scoop on this story. Toshiba released a new 10.1 inch Honeycomb tablet today during their keynote at IFA.  At last year’s IFA conference Toshiba released the Toshiba Folio tablet which failed to catch on before it went on sale in the United States and was pulled very quickly from the UK.

Their second tablet, the Toshiba Thrive (AT100 elsewhere) was met with lukewarm reviews by everyone except thedroidguy who still really loves this tablet. Why? Because every other 10.1″ Honeycomb tablet looks remarkably like the next on paper and in person.  The Thrive is to date, the most productive tablet available with it’s full sized SD card slot, HDMI output, file manager and full sized USB port.

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Toshiba’s New Thin Android Tablet Ready For Unveiling At IFA (Photos)

August 31st, 2011

Although the doors to the show floor buildings (yes buildings) haven’t even open yet at Messe Berlin for IFA 2011, NotebookItalia was able to grab some pictures of the new Toshiba Android Tablet.  We’re hearing that this ultra thin tablet running Honeycomb will be called the “excite” we will know later this afternoon after Toshiba’s press event.

We won’t get our hands on until later in the day but Notebookitalia reports that the 10.1″ tablet is very thin, has a chrome outline with an indention around the entire tablet. As leaked earlier the Toshiba tablet sports a microSD slot, microUSB port and a mini HDMI port, hardly as innovative as the full USB, full HDMI and full sized SD slot found on the Toshiba Thrive.

Also as expected Toshiba’s new tablet takes a break from the standard dual core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor found on most Honeycomb tablets and instead goes with the 1.5ghz dual core Texas Instruments OMAP4460 processor.

This tablet will get it’s officialization later today at IFA.

source: Notebookitalia

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IFA 2011 Preview: Tablets, Washers Dryers And More Tablets

August 31st, 2011

Samsung will officially announce chaton later today at IFA 2011 In Berlin

At press time we are just over five hours away from Samsung’s official Mobile news event called “Unpacked”. Absent this year from the event will be Samsung Mobile’s Vice President of Public Relations, Kim Titus, who has often hosted and emceed events like this.  In his place we are expecting Nick DiCarlo and Samsung Mobile’s new Chief Marketing Officer Todd Pendleton.

Samsung is expecting to announce two new tablets, something called the Galaxy Note, three bada phones, a reworked Samsung Galaxy S II and ChatOn.  Here’s what we know so far.

The first of the two tablets is brand new and never announced before, it’s the new Samsung Galax Tab 7.7 remember IFA was the stage that Samsung used to announced the original Samsung Galaxy Tab.  The 7.7 is believed to sport a 7.7″ superAMOLED or superAMOLED plus display and run on Android 3.2 Honeycomb. Last years version went out to the world with Android 2.2 Froyo.

The next Samsung Galaxy Tab is the 8.9. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 was announced earlier in the year at CTIA in Orlando back in March.  They’ve reworked the design and incorporated 4G/LTE. Samsung is also expected to announce a 4G/LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy S II and possibly the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus.  There’s also something in the Unpacked app called the Samsung Galaxy Note.  We have no idea what this device is but we’re looking forward to it.

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Toshiba Working On An Ultra Thin Android Tablet To Release This Week At IFA?

August 28th, 2011

Thedroidguy team is everywhere this week, New York, Atlanta and Berlin Germany for IFA 2011.  In addition to the big Unpacked show from Samsung we’re now hearing via phonearena.com and androidandme that Toshiba is expected to release an ultra thin Android tablet, and guess what, it’s not Nvidia Tegra 2.  According to Androidandme the processor running this new Toshiba tablet is none other than the Texas Instruments dual channel OMAP4460 processor at 1.5ghz.

The Toshiba Thrive has seen sluggish sales.  Many are speculating because of it’s size. Personally, it’s my favorite Android tablet that’s crossed my desk in the last 10 months. That’s because it’s a productivity power house.  This week though we’re checking out the Lenovo tablets which are also supposed to be productivity heavy.  Seeing an equally as productive, and faster tablet from Toshiba has us super excited about IFA.

Taylor Wimberly from Androidandme was at IFA 2010 with me last year where we both saw the Toshiba Folio which quickly earned the moniker “Failio” even the Toshiba reps saw the faults in the original Folio.  It will be interesting to see if Toshiba steals the show with this ultra thin tablet.

Source: Androidandme via Phonearena  image: Notebookitalia

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Does HP’s TouchPad Firesale Show We’ve Got The Pricing All Wrong?

August 22nd, 2011

As we all know, over the course of the end of last week the HP Touchpad saw some very troubling news. First, Best Buy reportedly wanted a refund on over 200,000 Touchpads that they had ordered to fill their shelves.  Then HP announced it was moving away from webOS.  We now believe that Best Buy had been tipped off to the fact that HP was dumping webOS and didn’t want to sell a tablet HP wouldn’t support, especially at a premium price.

Over the weekend HP adjusted their MSRP pricing for the HP Touchpad to $99 for the 16gb version and $149 for the 32gb version. Sure at that price they’re going to sell and sell quickly.  In fact, as Phonearena reports, the HP Touchpad very quickly became the hottest item selling on Amazon.com.

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Toshiba Thrive Android Tablet On Sale Today At Best Buy

July 10th, 2011

If you read our tablet recommendations you’d see we gave the Toshiba Thrive very high marks.  It’s just made for the mobile warrior.  In addition to the greatness that comes with all of the Honeycomb laiden tablets, the Toshiba Thrive is designed around the business user.

The Toshiba Thrive features a full sized USB port with USB hosting, a mini USB port, user serviceable batteries and an SD Card slot that will work with up to a 128gb SD card.  How’s that for starters.

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Toshiba Thrive Now On Sale At New Egg For $479

July 7th, 2011

So far the Toshiba Thrive has been one of the hottest tablets we’ve seen. Out of the box the Toshiba Thrive is the most functional for the mobile warrior.  It includes a full sized SD card slot which supports up to 128gb.  It also features a full size and mini usb connection with host support and the best part, user serviceable batteries.

For those who like a funky tablet the Toshiba Thrive also features changeable backs available in cool hot pink and Android green.

New Egg has the 16gb version of the Toshiba Thrive on sale for just $479.99.  As Droid-Life reports the 8gb and 16gb versions are available at New Egg however with the 128gb capability in the SD card slot do you really need anything more than the 8gb.  Our advice is to get the 8gb and buy an extra battery and maybe one of those slick covers.

The Toshiba Thrive is still available for pre-order at Toshiba’s website however if you’re itching for one now, head on over to New Egg now

Source: Droid-Life

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Video Guide To The Toshiba Thrive Honeycomb Tablet At CE Week NY

June 23rd, 2011

While at CE Week NY we spent a lot of time with a great tablet, the Toshiba Thrive.  After the Folio fiasco which we saw unfold personally last year at IFA, Toshiba has taken their time and expertise in other consumer electronic areas and given us the Toshiba Thrive Wi-Fi tablet.  This tablet is amazing.

The Toshiba Thrive runs on a bare bones Vanilla Android Honeycomb.  Toshiba has packaged this with their laptop experience in mind.

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Toshiba’s Newest Android 3.0 Tablet Available For Pre-Order With ‘Thrive’ Name

May 23rd, 2011

With all these tablets showing up its not surprising to hear that Toshiba has one up their sleeve. According to Tablets Planet Toshiba has announced their newest upcoming tablet featuring Android 3.0 that is available for pre-order on New York based retailer J&R’s online store. » Read more: Toshiba’s Newest Android 3.0 Tablet Available For Pre-Order With ‘Thrive’ Name

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