By Toshiba today announced three new exciting additions to their tablet line up. They’re building on their new Excite line with the Toshiba Excite 10, the Toshiba Excite 7.7, and the ever-so-big Toshiba Excite 13.
This is a high-end line through and through with all three tablets serving up a dish of Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich, Tegra 3, 1GB of RAM, a 5 megapixel rear camera capable of shooting HD video, a 2 megapixel front camera, and more. It’s a slim and sleek line whose chassis employs a smooth, brushed aluminum material.
Getting into each tablet’s specific feature-set, the Excite 10 has, of course, a 10 inch 1280×800 display with Gorilla Glass on top of that. It doesn’t feature full-sized connectivity ports like the Thrive line did, but we still get microHDMI, microUSB, and a full-sized SD card slot. Thankfully, they also include stereo speakers with SRS Audio support.
These changes were made to make the tablet more slim and more comfortable to hold. Despite the press release saying 10 hours, we’re also looking at an astounding 12 hours of battery life, and many thanks goes to Tegra 3’s smart battery management and its fifth companion core (or the 4+1 model, as they like to call it). This tablet will be available starting early May with three storage configurations: 16GB for $450, 32GB for $530, and 64GB for $650.
The Excite 7.7 is nearly identical, but its 7.7 inch display is AMOLED. Unfortunately, the AMOLED display could not be employed on the other models as they couldn’t get the technology in those sizes.
The 7.7 has a microUSB port and a microSD card slot, but is unfortunately missing a microHDMI port. This one has configurations of 16GB ($500) and 32GB ($580), and while there are no current plans to bring a 64GB model Toshiba tells us they will bring one if demand is high enough.
Finally, the Excite 13 is truly remarkable due to its screen size alone. As its name implies, it’s a 13.3 inch display and has a 1600×900 display, something Toshiba is keen on calling HD+. It’s LED backlit so there should be no qualms with light bleeding or other light-related issues.
It has the same port configuration as the Excite 10. The device will also come with a nice tablet stand accessory for use in a couple of different ways. You can set it up on a slight incline for typing, or you can stand it up on a high incline for viewing. It’s pretty thin, still, at 0.4 inches and weighs just 2.2 pounds. It’ll be available in 32GB ($650) and 64GB ($750). Read on for full press details and see the full image gallery below.
TOSHIBA SET TO EXCITE THE TABLET MARKET WITH NEW 10-, 13- AND 7.7-INCH TABLETS
Toshiba Introduces Three New Android-powered Tablets, Giving Consumers More Choice
IRVINE, Calif. – Apr. 10, 2012 – Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the expansion of its Excite™ family of Android™-powered tablets with three new display sizes – 13.3-inch, 10.1-inch and 7.7-inch. The new Excite tablets boast thin-and-light designs, brilliant displays, quad-core performance as well as a full range of essential ports and smart features.“One size does not fit all, so we are carefully considering how and where people are using tablets and designing form factors to best suit various needs,” said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. “With amazingly thin and light designs, our new Excite family of tablets continues to incorporate what consumers have come to love about Toshiba tablets: essential ports for a more complete tablet computing experience plus durability that ensures they can go the distance.”
Powered to Perform, Built to Last and Designed to Excite
The three new tablets – Excite 10, Excite 13 and Excite 7.7 – feature elegant and sturdy aluminum shells and scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass displays, making them not only stylish, but also durable. Powered by Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, which builds on the things people love most about Android – the tablets offer a simplified UI, easy multitasking, customizable home screens, resizable widgets and a full suite of familiar Google™ mobile services applications – as well as powerful new ways of communicating and sharing.
From scrolling and swiping the web, to the fast action of the latest games, the Excite tablets’ all-new NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 processorsi deliver amazing multitasking, web, gaming and video. This innovative mobile processor features the world’s only 4-PLUS-1™ mobile quad-core CPU, providing users outstanding performance for even the most demanding applications. Apps run faster, games are played at console-quality, HD video is smoother, plus it features a unique 5th battery-saver core to handle everyday apps – extending battery lifeii.Each tablet is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera on the back, along with a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter for convenient photography, video capture and chat. The tablets also include stereo speakers with exclusive sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS® Labs, as well as Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® connectivity.
Excite 10: Smart, Speedy, Durable
An all-around tablet designed for home and away, the Excite 10 tablet delivers an exceptional visual experience, featuring a bright, high definition 10.1-inch diagonal AutoBrite™ LED Backlit display with 1280×800 resolution and 10-finger multi-touch support, making it an ideal choice for web browsing, reading, games and apps. Measuring just 0.35 inches thin and weighing just 1.32 poundsiii, the Excite 10 tablet is extremely portable and delivers up to 10 hours of battery lifeiv and seven days of stand-by.Delivering more performance than previous generation tablets, the Excite 10 tablet is powered by a quad-core NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 processorv with GeForce graphicsvi and 1GB of RAMvii, opening up new possibilities for everyday multi-purpose use and next generation mobile games. Built to do more than the average tablet, users can enjoy easy syncing and sharing between all of their favorite devices, with a selection of built-in ports, including Micro USB, Micro HDMI® and a full-size SD card slot.
Excite 13: More Screen for More of Everything
Delivering more screen real estate than any other tablet on the market, the Excite 13 tablet offers a big, bright, higher resolution display, while delivering more room for everything else – from sharing photos and web browsing to playing games and watching movies with a group. Ideally suited for the home, from growing families to empty nesters, the Excite 13 tablet is only 0.4 inches thin and weighs 2.2 poundsviii, so it is still easy to carry.With a 13.3-inch diagonal AutoBrite™ LED Backlit display with 10-finger touch support, the tablet boasts a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio and 1600×900 native resolution, perfect for watching HD movies and videos. A four-speaker sound system with exclusive sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS Labs delivers amazing audio and an included tablet stand makes it easy to prop up on a table, kitchen countertop or coffee table to share videos with friends and family.
Not only great for movies, the Excite 13 tablet can power through the latest games and multitask with ease. Powered by the quad-core NVIDIA Tegra™ 3 mobile processorix with GeForce graphicsx and 1GB of memoryxi, the large display tablet offers smooth, console-quality gaming plus the performance for high definition entertainment. Extremely power efficient, the Excite 13 tablet is targeted to deliver up to 13 hours of battery lifexii and seven days of stand-by. The Excite 13 tablet includes Micro USB, Micro HDMI® ports and a full-size SD card slot for syncing and sharing content.
Excite 7.7: A Brilliant AMOLED Display
Toshiba’s first tablet to feature an AMOLED display, the Excite 7.7 tablet is ideal for consumers on the go and is perfect for the mobile gamer and movie lover alike. The tablet’s brilliant 7.7-inch diagonal display brings games, movies, books and photos to life like never before with rich colors, deep contrast and amazing sharpness. Extremely thin at just 0.3 inches and light at only 13.4 ounces, Excite 7.7 fits easily into a bag or jacket.Exceptionally powerful and able to tackle the latest games and HD content, the Excite 7.7 tablet is powered by a quad-core NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 processor with GeForce graphicsxiii and 1GB of memoryxiv. The tablet includes a Micro USB port and a Micro SD card slot for syncing and sharing content.
The Convenience of Android and Exclusive Toshiba Apps
The new Excite tablets include a full suite of familiar Google™ Mobile Service applications, including Google Play™, YouTube™, Gmail™ and Google Maps™. Additionally, the tablets come pre-loaded with a useful mix of Toshiba software and third-party applications, including TOSHIBA Book Place, which offers more than 3 million e-books, the TOSHIBA Media Player that supports content sharing, TOSHIBA File Manager, as well as Netflix™ and Zinio™, the ultimate app for magazine lovers and more.Pricing and Availability
The Excite 10 tablet will be available for purchase on May 6, 2012 for $449.99 MSRPxv for the 16GB model, $529.99 MSRPxvi for the 32GB model and $649.99 MSRPxvii for the 64GB model.The Excite 7.7 tablet will be available for purchase on June 10, 2012 for $499.99 MSRPxviii for the 16GB model and $579.99 MSRPxix for the 32GB model.
The Excite 13 tablet will be available for purchase on June 10, 2012 for $649.99 MSRPxx for the 32GB model and $749.99 MSRPxxi for the 64GB model.
These tablets will be available at major retailers, e-tailers and direct from Toshiba at ToshibaDirect.com.
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Sooooo why does the 7″ cost more than the 10″ ???
AMOLED.
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Right. A 7.7″ AMOLED screen should at most equate a 10″ LCD. Most people won’t buy one of the two just based on the screen tech.
For those prices I would rather put some more $$ in and get a decent laptop.
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Toshiba isn’t trying to sell these a those prices, right? This is some sort of money-losing tax write-off scheme or something, right?
No 4:3 ratio, no sale.
What for? I like 16:9 so that standard HD video can use all of the screen.
I mostly surf the web on my tablet instead of watching movies. 4:3 is much better than 16:9 in portrait for web surfing.
haha 4×3. I bet you tell those damn kids to stay off your lawn too.
Ha! That made me laugh.
Once again Toshiba like most android tablet makers misses the mark on price
how? 13″ tablet w/32GB for $650. Why the whine?
Because it is not worth it for that price!!
The screen res is also rather low and the 16:9 ratio is not very nice on a tablet when reading. 16:10 is best for a tablet IMHO. Good on it’s size for vids and wide enough upright for reading.
Don’t worry, give it 6 months and that 10″ 16GB model(not that that’s the one you want) will be more like $349.99
Nice to see a company put out a larger Android tablet.
This also make me wonder if there is room in the market for something even bigger and at what point does it become too big? I could see something like a 14″ or 15″ tablet still being handy but once you start going into the 16″ that it becomes too big in my opinion.
give the 13in a 1080p display, knock off a hundred bucks and they might have had a sale. Where are all the 1080p tablets?? Apple is killing it right now with that amazing screen. I really hope the fabled samsung 11.6 is the real deal. Someone needs to have an actually competing resolution…
ya, doesn’t make sense, everyone new hd res’s were coming so the competition let apple, the king of last years technology tweaked and sold for today, get the jump and nobody is even in sight?
HAHAHA
these arent gonna sell
So… No removable battery, no full size USB to host mode with.
I’ve had my tablet in my backpack charging my phone, really handy.
Color me unimpressed, I don’t like this wafer terminal trend.
Toshiba is delusional if they think these tablets can compete. Nobody is excited about these Excite’s prices.
Why pay for these when you can get a Transformer for the same price??
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