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Toshiba Excite 10 available now for $450

by Kevin Krause on May 7th, 2012 No Comments

Toshiba’s latest Android slate is now available for purchase. The Excite 10 is available in 16, 32, and 64GB configurations with prices starting at $449.99. The 10.1-inch Android 4.0 tablet features a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and the plethora of ports we have come to expect from Toshiba’s Android wares. We’re looking [...]

Toshiba Excite 10 visits the FCC headed for May release

by Kevin Krause on April 12th, 2012 No Comments

The 10-inch entry in Toshiba’s new lineup of Ice Cream Sandwich tablets will be the first to hit shelves, and likewise is the first to find its way to the FCC. The quad-core Toshiba Excite 10 has been getting its pre-requisite certifications en route to a May release, when it will be available starting at [...]

Toshiba Unveils Excite 10, Excite 7.7, and Excite 13 Android 4.0 Tablets with Tegra 3

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 10th, 2012 No Comments

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 [...]

A better look at Toshiba’s 13-inch tablet compared to traditional-sized devices

by Edgar Cervantes on March 24th, 2012 No Comments

It seems there is a market for everyone, including those that believe 10.1-inch tablets are just too tiny. Toshiba has been working on the AT330, which is a 13-inch monster. But how big is that, exactly? We know 13 inches sounds big, but it is hard to tell if it is too big or not [...]

Toshiba LT170 is a ‘budget’ tablet without much focus on budget

by Kevin Krause on March 21st, 2012 No Comments

Toshiba has been making a hobby of creating Android tablets that simply refuse to catch on despite a good touch of quality features and design, including the ultra-thin Excite. It should surprise no one, then, that yet another model is on the way to get us scratching our heads. The Toshiba LT170 is a mid-range [...]

Toshiba shows off 13.3-inch Tegra 3 tablet concept

by Kevin Krause on March 6th, 2012 No Comments

With the paint still drying their quad-core 7.7-inch slate announced at Mobile World Congress, Toshiba is already looking ahead to what’s next. The company recently had their wares on display in the UK, and among them was a 13.3-inch tablet prototype built around NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 platform. PocketLint was on site and able to snap off [...]

Toshiba Excite 10 LE Pricing and Availability Revealed

by Chris Chavez on February 29th, 2012 No Comments

After numerous “hands-on” and appearing at just about every trade-show/electronics convention, Toshiba has finally revealed the date and pricing of their upcoming “world’s thinnest 10-inch tablet,” the Toshiba Excite 10 LE. If the name sounds unfamiliar, that’s because it was formerly known as the Excite X10 (kinda like that one better) but everything remains the [...]

Toshiba Excite X10 pre-sale begins for Canadians, prices starting at $550

by Edgar Cervantes on February 25th, 2012 No Comments

Most Android fans are probably elbowing and fighting for a quad-core tablet right now. Those bad boys are smooth, but if you are a fan of aesthetics, one of your best bets is the Toshiba Excite X10 (AT200). We have already seen it hit the UK, but today’s good news are for our fellow Canadians, [...]

Toshiba Thrive 10-Inch Tablet Getting Android 4.0 by End of Spring

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 22nd, 2012 No Comments

Toshiba Thrive owners have been wondering what Toshiba’s plans for bringing the Android 4.0 update to the tablet were, and one lucky soul finally cracked an answer out of them. They mentioned on Twitter that they would look to bring Ice Cream Sandwich to the 10 inch version of the device by the end of [...]

Toshiba AT200 (Excite X10) Goes on Sale in the UK

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 7th, 2012 No Comments

Carphone Warehouse has put the Toshiba AT200, also known as the Toshiba Excite X10, over in the UK. The 7.7mm 10 inch tablet houses a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 5 megapixel rear camera, a front facing camera and comes in configurations of either 16GB or 32GB. This one’s still running [...]

Apple Users In Uproar Over Foxconn Labor Conditions – Why Are Android Users Silent?

by Chris Chavez on February 1st, 2012 No Comments

Apple has long been the target of criticism over their labor practices, specifically, at overseas factories like Foxconn where harsh working conditions, accidents and suicide rates for Chinese laborers working in these factories have all made headline. Foxconn even had to go as far as installing safety nets along the sides of their buildings to help [...]

Waterproof Fujitsu Arrows Ultra Slim and Arrows Tab Get Demoed, Dunked & Kerplopped

by Rob Jackson on January 10th, 2012 No Comments

Fujitsu’s line of Arrows Android phones are pretty impressive, especially the Fujitsu Arrows Ultra Slim which is both ridiculously thin at 6.77mm and super light as well. It’s so light that at first it seems cheap and plasticky, but as you can see in the video below, the Gorilla Glass screen holds up to continues [...]

Toshiba Bringing “World’s Thinnest and Lightest” Android Tablet Along With Waterproof OLED Tablet To CES [Update]

by Chris Chavez on January 6th, 2012 No Comments

After releasing one of the world’s thickest and heaviest Android tablets onto the market, Toshiba is looking to change their image at CES next week where the manufacturer will be showing off their new all new Excite (AT200) Honeycomb tablet. The device will measure in at an alarming 7.7mm thick and feature a 10.1-inch 1280×800 [...]

Toshiba Thrive On Sale For Only $280 – 24 Hours Only

by Chris Chavez on January 5th, 2012 No Comments

  We saw the Toshiba Thrive hit the “daily deal” sites last week and it’s making the rounds once again, this time on Woot.com who has the Nerf-like tablet for a more than reasonable $280. Keep in mind this (like the last one) is a refurbished model but it does come with a 90-day warranty [...]

Toshiba Tablet Pops Up on AnTuTu With Tegra 3?

by Quentyn Kennemer on December 30th, 2011 No Comments

A new Toshiba tablet appears to have popped up at AnTuTu’s benchmark results site. It gives the vague name of “toshiba06,” something that’s common with their early naming scheme. The results show that the processor inside has a clock speed of 1400 – Tegra 3′s maximum stock clock speed – and shows benchmark results similar [...]

Toshiba Thrive 7 Inch Now Available for $380

by Quentyn Kennemer on December 12th, 2011 No Comments

The Toshiba Thrive may not have been the most sexy and sleek looking tablet on the market when it launched but it still held its own in specs and even one-upped the competition when it came to connectivity options. Still, it was a bit thick and unwieldy to carry around. Those who were waiting on [...]

Toshiba Excite AT200 “World’s Thinnest Tablet” Shows Up On Official Website – Hitting Canada In January

by Chris Chavez on December 8th, 2011 No Comments

Toshiba Canada has listed their all new Excite Honeycomb tablet on their site today and it looks like it will be hitting ‘ol America Jr. sometime in January. Originally announced back in September, the AT200 boasted the world’s thinnest and lightest tablet, most likely in hopes of washing away the bad taste the almost “Nerf-like” [...]

CONTEST: Toshiba’s Android Optimized Keyboard (Round 2)

by Rob Jackson on November 23rd, 2011 No Comments

Yesterday we held a contest to give away one of Toshiba’s nifty Android optimized bluetooth keyboards. They are pretty sweet, and yesterday’s lucky random winner was @leopardobx but don’t worry… we’ve got one more to give away. This time around we’re having you enter a little differently: Like Phandroid and Toshiba on Facebook Leave a comment [...]

CONTEST: Toshiba’s Android Optimized Wireless Keyboard

by Rob Jackson on November 22nd, 2011 No Comments

Our friends at Toshiba are helping us kick off the holiday season by hooking us up with two of their Android-optimized Wireless keyboards for giveaway. We’ll be giving away one today, one tomorrow, and then you WON’T BELIEVE what we’re announcing on Thursday so MAKE SURE you check in on Thanksgiving (November 24th). Toshiba’s keyboard [...]

Toshiba Thrive Receives Android 3.2 Upgrade

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 15th, 2011 No Comments

We’ve just received word that the Toshiba Thrive has received the upgrade to Android 3.2 that was promised back in October. It’s build 3.2.1.31.5.0002 and it brings with it the following major changes: Enables an improved compatibility mode enhancing the way applications originally designed for smaller screen devices appear and function on the larger tablet [...]