The Toshiba Thrive is an Android powered tablet, debuting as the first Toshiba’s tablet in the U.S. markets, and it is having all the notable high-end specifications.
Toshiba Thrive comes pre-installed with the world’s first tablet optimized operating system Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS (a major update to Android 3.0), powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHz processor boosted by 1GB RAM, sporting a 10.1-inch touchscreen display with the resolution of 1280 x 800 pixel, pre-installed Swype keyboard UI, equipped with a LED flash equipped 5 megapixel camera that can record the video in HD, and an additional front-facing 2 megapixel camera, 8GB/ 16GB/ 32GB variants, micro-SD card slot for memory expansion, full sized USB 2.0 and HDMI ports, 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity, Bluetooth, support for Adobe’s Flash Player 10.2, Android Market, and the whole host of Google & Toshiba services. It also has a lock button for portrait or landscape mode.
Toshiba Thrive tablet also comes with Toshiba-branded file manager, a Resolution Plus software for cleaning and upscaling video content, as well as some third party apps pre-installed including QuickOffice and LogMeIn, a removable battery that gives up to seven hours of continuous HD video playback, and it can recharge up to 90 percent in an hour and a half, weighing at the size of 1.6 pounds, Sensors (Gyroscope, Accelerometer, e-Compass, GPS and Ambient Light) and much more.
Full Technical Specifications Of Toshiba Thrive
| Dimensions | |
| Size | 177 × 273× 15.8 mm |
| Weight | 1.6 pounds or 725 grams |
| Form Factor | Candybar Touch Tablet |
| Display | |
| Type | LCD Adaptive Touch Screen |
| Size | 10.1 inches |
| Colors & Resolution | 16M Colors & 1280 x 800 Pixels |
| Input/ User Interface | Multi Touch Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate Light-Sensor (Ambient) Proximity Sensor for Auto turn or off |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS |
| CPU | 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 Processor 1GB RAM |
| Storage Capacity | |
| Internal Memory | 8GB/ 16GB/ 32GB |
| Expandable Memory | microSD card slot for expansion up to 32GB |
| Browser & Messaging | HTML, Flash, MMS, SMS, IM, Email, RSS |
| Camera | |
| Rear-Facing | – 5 Megapixels – 2560×1920 pixels |
| Front-Facing | – 2 Megapixels – 1600×1200 pixels |
| Video Playback | Capable |
| Video Calling | Capable |
| Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth & USB | v2.1 with EDR Stereo & v2.0 Micro USB |
| Headset | 3.5mm stereo headset jack |
| Radio | – |
| WLAN | IEEE 802.11 b/g/n |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| Video & Audio | |
| Video Formats | H.264, H.263, MPEG-4 |
| Audio Formats | MP3, WMA, AAC |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-Ion Standard Battery |
| Video Playback Time | Up to 7 Hours |
| Other Features | QuickOffice, LogMeIn Apps Toshiba-branded file manager, Resolution Plus Software Android Market, G-mail,Google Maps with Street View, G-Talk, Google Search by voice Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa Adobe Flash Player 10.2 Compatibility Digital Compass |
| Colors Availability | Black |
Price & Availability
The Toshiba Thrive tablet will be arriving in July with the reasonable price tags. The 8GB variant will cost you $429, and the 16GB variant, 32GB variants will cost $479, and $579 respectively.
Starting July 13th, Best Buy and other major electronics retailers will be accepting the pre-orders for Toshiba Thrive tablet .