The Toshiba Thrive is a versatile tablet that uses the Android operating system. With a high resolution and LED-backlit display at 10.1" diagonal, this user-friendly device allows the user to see without straining his/her eyes.
Even on those bright sunny days where the glare makes other e-readers hard to read, this tablet will remain well-lit so as to easily illuminate the text for the user. The screen will automatically adjust its brightness and contrast depending on the surrounding light conditions.
The Toshiba Thrive is a tablet that is built around the world's first mobile super-chip. Due to its first mobile dual-core processor, you'll be able to efficiently multitask on this tablet as well as enjoy faster browsing, console-quality gaming, high definition video, and faster Adobe and Flash.
Although this tablet is small, it boasts an impressive array of full-size ports. From an SD card slot, to mini and full USB ports, to a full-size HDMI port in order to connect to big screen TV's, this tablet has it all. Not only can it connect to so many other devices, this user-friendly tablet comes with a whole host of sensors. The Toshiba Thrive contains a gyroscope, accelerometer, e-compass, and a GPS. Thrive owners will be able to view anything in either landscape or portrait format with a full 360 degrees of rotation.
Overall, the Toshiba Thrive is an impressive powerful tablet indeed.
Need to Know: Toshiba Thrive
1. Offers its own slip-resistant rear cover which is available in a myriad of colors allowing a subtle hint of personality to show. (The Good)
2. Recharges in little over an hour versus other competitors which can take up to 3 hours. (The Good)
3. One of the bulkiest Honeycomb tablets weighing 25.57 oz and is around .62" thick. (The Bad)
4. A lower megapixel camera and the camera has no flash. (The Bad)
What the Critics Are Saying...
- KobMon, What Hi-FiThe AT300SE is nice enough to navigate, but with a less than durable finish, uninspiring video and Toshiba dropping ports such as microHDMI, it just doesn’t represent great value for money. We’d recommend trying a smaller tab or spending more on the Google Nexus 10.
- What Hi-Fi team, What Hi-FiVideo grumbles aside, if you don’t have the budget to stretch to the likes of the Apple iPad or Asus Transformer, then the Toshiba marries price with capacity to passable effect. A decent entry-level machine.
- Ian Morris, Pocket-lintToshiba is doing it. It's taken a year, but the firm is slowly pushing out tablets we'd be happy to recommend. The AT300 is nearly there, the battery life is good, it looks nice, it's well-built. As a tablet that competes with the likes of Apple and Samsung, it's slightly too expensive, and we think...
- Jim Marti, Tech AdvisorThe ability to increase storage or simply view your photos via full-size SD card is nice, and performance is good. The screen isn't the best we've seen, although it's far from bad, so if you're specifically after a 10-inch tablet, you won't be disappointed. If you can live with a 7in screen, the Nex...
- Ian Morris, Pocket-lintToshiba should have done better here. This isn't the worst Android tablet we've ever used, but it's a long way off what we would expect and hope for a big, established brand to produce. If it was £150, we would understand the huge quality compromises. But it's twice that much, and there are ot...
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