Are you looking for a new 7-inch Honeycomb OS powered tablet and got bored of hearing news about the 10.1-inch displays equipped tablets? Well, you will finally see a set of 7-inch Android tablets (Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, Huawei MediaPad and etc.) to choose for before this year is out. Toshiba has spilled the beans about its upcoming Thrive 7-inch tablet, which is a smaller variant of the original 10-inch Thrive tablet. It looks like, Toshiba has definitely learned from its previous mistakes. Carl Pinto, Vice President of product development has described the Toshiba Thrive 7” tablet as “a seven inch tablet done right,” with an HD display and an “incredibly portable” design. Specs wise and design wise, it looks similar to the original Thrive tablet, but the manufacturer has eliminated the full-sized ports for the 7-inch Thrive tablet.
Toshiba Thrive 7” Features:
# Google’s Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS.
# 7-inch1280x800 AutoBrite multi-touch LED display with Toshiba’s Adaptive Display and Resolution+ video enhancement.
# Nvidia Tegra 2 processor at 1GHz plus plus NVIDIA GeForce graphics for console quality gaming.
# 5MP rear camera and 2MP front shooter to make video calls.
# 16GB or 32GB internal memory, 1GB RAM.
# Stereo speakers with with sound enhancement technologies from Toshiba and SRS Labs.
# Mini USb, Micro HDMI and a Micro SD card slot for memory expansion support.
# Battery can’t be replaceable.
# Built-in Gyroscope, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n.
Read: Toshiba Thrive 7” Full Specifications.
Toshiba is yet to announce the release date and price tag information for its Thrive 7” variant. It will be available to purchase in mid-November and according to the sources, it should be priced “under $400”.
Source: Toshiba
This is a great products. can it support 3G ? thanks!!!
Price is good but is not it so thick?
8 GB will not be enough for many users I think, I would go for 16.
The competitors are so strong, I do not know if it will be able to fight.