Toshiba announces Excite Write, Excite Pro and Excite Pure tablets
Two new high-def Tegra 4 tablets and a budget Tegra 3 offering
Toshiba has taken the wraps off three new 10-inch Android tablets this morning -- the Excite Write, Excite Pro and Excite Pure -- all powered by NVIDIA's Tegra processors. Both the Excite Write and Excite Pro are powered by the chipmaker's latest Tegra 4 chip, while the budget-centric will use the previous-generation Tegra 3. The high-end tablets also pack super-high resolution 2560x1600 displays, 8-megapixel f/2.2 camera and a Harman Kardon-branded speaker setup, whereas the Excite Pure opts for a less eye-catching 1280x800 panel. All three tablets come with microUSB, microHDMI and microSD connectivity.
On the software side, you're looking at mostly vanilla Android 4.2 Jelly Bean across all three tablets, which should please Android purists. Toshiba's also touting the Excite Write's improved digitizer, which has 1024 pressure points and is designed to work better with pen input. To that end it's also bundling a TruNote note-taking app on the Write.
The new Toshiba tablets will compete with the latest Android slates from ASUS and Samsung, both of which announced new 10-inch offerings yesterday at Computex.
Anyone in the market for a high-end, 10-inch Android tablet? Or the 7-to-8-inch screen size still the sweet spot for tablet devices? Let us know what you think in the comments.
     |
Toshiba announces Excite Write, Excite Pro and Excite Pure tablets
Two new high-def Tegra 4 tablets and a budget Tegra 3 offering
Toshiba has taken the wraps off three new 10-inch Android tablets this morning -- the Excite Write, Excite Pro and Excite Pure -- all powered by NVIDIA's Tegra processors. Both the Excite Write and Excite Pro are powered by the chipmaker's latest Tegra 4 chip, while the budget-centric will use the previous-generation Tegra 3. The high-end tablets also pack super-high resolution 2560x1600 displays, 8-megapixel f/2.2 camera and a Harman Kardon-branded speaker setup, whereas the Excite Pure opts for a less eye-catching 1280x800 panel. All three tablets come with microUSB, microHDMI and microSD connectivity.
On the software side, you're looking at mostly vanilla Android 4.2 Jelly Bean across all three tablets, which should please Android purists. Toshiba's also touting the Excite Write's improved digitizer, which has 1024 pressure points and is designed to work better with pen input. To that end it's also bundling a TruNote note-taking app on the Write.
The new Toshiba tablets will compete with the latest Android slates from ASUS and Samsung, both of which announced new 10-inch offerings yesterday at Computex.
Anyone in the market for a high-end, 10-inch Android tablet? Or the 7-to-8-inch screen size still the sweet spot for tablet devices? Let us know what you think in the comments.
| |
Toshiba KIRAbook
The high end KIRAbook has a 13.3″ 2560×1440 touchscreen, Core i7 CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, HDMI port and 3 USB 3.0 ports, yet weighs just 0.40lbs. Buyers also get dedicated customer support lines. Drops 05/05/13 for $2K.
More Awesome Stuff for You to Click On:
Toshiba Canvio SlimToshiba Ultrawide Ultrabook
Toshiba Naked-Eye 3D TV
Toshiba 3D Display System
Toshiba Libretto W100
Toshiba KiraBook Hands On: Is an Amazing Screen Enough to Make a Computer Great?
Toshiba Excite 7.7 is getting its Android 4.1 OTA update
Coming a bit out of left field, the Toshiba Excite 7.7 tablet is receiving an OTA update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. A model that most people had forgotten about (including Toshiba, many would've guessed,) the 7.7-inch variety of the Excite is pulling down a quite sizeable 348MB update that will bring it up to Android 4.1.1. The update will bring the new UI style -- with centered navigation buttons and new status bar -- that we've seen on the latest updates to the Nexus 7, along with all of the other new Jelly Bean goodies like Project Butter and Google Now.
The update is now live and many users are reporting that the OTA is hitting their tablets. Have you been notified on your device yet? Let us know in the comments.
Source: Android Police
 |  |
Toshiba announces Excite 10 SE tablet – new 10-incher with Jelly Bean
Toshiba has announced a minor refresh of its Android tablet line-up today, adding in a new 10-inch model, the Excite 10 SE. Powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and a pretty vanilla-looking Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the device will retail for $349.99 from Dec. 6. The tablet comes with 16GB of storage and a 3MP rear camera. Storage is expandable via a microSD slot.
Other spec details, such as screen resolution and RAM, weren't readily offered in today's announcement, but Toshiba does reveal that it's 0.4 inches thick and weighs 22.6 ounces, putting it close to Samsung's Nexus 10.
The back is apparently furnished in a "textured fusion lattice finish," which sounds delicious.
More details in today's presser after the break. Anyone still interested in a "traditional" 10-inch Android tablet at this price point?
| |
Toshiba Canvio Slim
At just 4.2″ x 3″ x 0.35″, the Canvio Slim is the world’s thinnest 500GB portable hard drive and is as slim and light as modern smartphones. It’s USB 3.0 compliant and has an NTFS driver for Mac.
More Awesome Stuff for You to Click On:
Toshiba Regza TabletGoFlex Slim External Drive
Toshiba M505 Laptop
Toshiba TG01 Cellphone
Toshiba X306-Q708