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  • deadsix - Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - link

    I'm loving the full size connectors hopefully the display is up par with the iPad 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab. If the display is good then Toshiba might be getting my money.
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  • suzuki3 - Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - link

    I believe this is a 10.1 inch screen and not an 8.9 as specified in the article, But still found this helpful... But i am undecided between the Samsung and th Toshiba tablet. I really like the idea of the replaceable battery and ports.
  • JarredWalton - Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - link

    Toshiba didn't get Dustin a spec sheet, so he was estimating based on his hands on time. I've updated the text, as I'm pretty sure 10.1" is correct.
  • themossie - Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - link

    Overall, this looks great! It clearly has a proprietary charger, but... any idea if it can also charge through USB like the ASUS transformer? This is a required feature for me and many users.
  • tony355 - Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - link

    Was sold on the Galaxy until i saw the thrive. With exact same specs as the Galaxy except for weight and thickness. The addition of all the ports and removeable battery is too much to pass up. And Cheaper too. Im sold.!!!!!!! The Thrive will be mine.

    Im new to tablets so i hope someone can educate me on apps. Im considering getting the 8GB Thrive to save money and with the SD card slot compensating for the storage in the actual tablet.

    My question is do Apps take up a lot of memory and could my choice of the 8GB cost me in the long run.

    Also can Apps run off of an SD card???/ If so then the 8GB is no longer an issue.
    Thanks
  • Impulses - Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - link

    Many apps can, including most games, it's up to the app developer whether his app can run off external storage or not. I think the 8GB model is a very smart choice on Toshiba's part, in order to lower the price, specially with that full size SD slot.
  • wwickedd - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    Some apps need to be in internal memory such as widgets but alot of apps can run while stored in the SD card.

    If you're new to tablets and interested in getting the Thrive, be sure to check out our new forum http://www.thriveforums.org
  • yyrkoon - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    Would be better if the prices of these toys would drop. Well, thats how I view tablets anyhow. As toys.

    Could be interesting in the future, if game developers started porting mainstream games to tablets. That is when/if Windows 8 musters such a movement. As it stands,

    I think the only thing I would want to do with a tablet is view PDF's. or maybe watch a movie when traveling. Of course, viewing stuff on the web would work its self in there sometimes too. With that said $400 + is just too much to ask the typical user to pay for a very limited use device. In the context of GP processor system.
  • jramskov - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    Looks quite nice, but what's the weight?
  • wwickedd - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    1.6 lbs.
  • jramskov - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    Not being american, Lbs makes no sense to me, but it seems 1.6 pounds = 0.725747792 kilograms

    Sounds a bit heavy to me :(
  • YoPete525 - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    It's only subjective, but according to some sources its ergonomics cause the device to feel lighter in comparison to more dense tablets, like the Xoom.

    Engadget: "The Thrive feels light in the hand -- lighter than you'd expect, given both its weight as well as its chunky profile. We'd even go so far as to say that it feels airier than the Xoom, which, at 1.5 pounds, is noticeably denser."

    I've seen the screen's responsiveness referenced in multiple sources (mentioning how "sensitive" it is), Anandtech care to comment?
  • jramskov - Thursday, June 9, 2011 - link

    Well, I have only played around with an iPad 1 and iPad 2 and I think both are too heavy for holding in 1 hand for more than a short while.
  • JaredLeavitt - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    1.6 lbs
  • jrs77 - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    With all the current tablets form Toshiba, Samsung, Acer and Asus we finally see some real competitors to the iPad. All we need now to beat Apple is a decent OS and not that Android-crap.

    I don't like google. I'd rather go with Apple.
  • wwickedd - Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - link

    To those planning on getting one of these bad boys, be sure to check out our brand new forum dedicated to the Toshiba Thrive @ http://www.thriveforums.org

    See you there! :)
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  • EKTELESTES - Thursday, June 9, 2011 - link

    Finally...replaceable battery, usb slots, hdmi slot.. !!

    LOVE IT !! :)
  • Wamiduku - Thursday, June 9, 2011 - link

    Yet another tablet priced almost as an iPad. Why are the devices so much more expensive than netbooks, when there more or less touchscreen netbooks without keyboards?

    And when will Samsung/Toshiba/Acer/Sony and all other me-too-brands discover that their brand names are not as strong as Apple's, so they can't charge Apple style premium prices?
  • d27447 - Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - link

    I am not sure why Apple gets all the credit for tablet computers. Microsoft came up with the tablet concept in 2001. I beg to differ with brand names..Apple has the best marketing strategy not the best equiipment and hardware..
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  • Conficio - Friday, June 10, 2011 - link

    Hi guys,
    please don't fall for the subjective product names in your headline. How can a newly released product "thrive" in a market? Oh it turns out it is the name. The proper way is to set such names in quotes and for sure *NOT* to make the name the verb in the headline.

    You are pulled in by marketing tricks and that is the oposite to Anandtech's independence and quality in reportig.
  • vision33r - Sunday, June 12, 2011 - link

    Normal people don't want a tablet with that many ports, the whole idea of a tablet is to get away from PC computing. Idiots.
  • d27447 - Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - link

    Normal people want functionality not proprietary brainwash
  • ufoundlou - Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - link

    Normal people want normal ports, normal compatibility, normal functionality and normal expandability. Are you normal?
  • Piggy99 - Saturday, June 18, 2011 - link

    I would like to know if the thrive tablet can be connected to my laptop useing a usb to usb
    bridge cable. I would like this connection to be a full networking connection, and not just
    a simple file sharing connection. My laptop is connected to the internet through a eithernet
    cable and I do not want to use a router (eithernet, or Wireless) to connect the tablet to the
    internet. I would like to request that when Anandtech reviews tablets in the future, that they
    fully describe any possible way a Tablet can be connected to a laptop or desktop. I ask
    this as a reader, so that I may be able to fully compare which tablet could be the most useful
    to me or other buyers. Toshiba is not very good at writing good user manuals, and I own
    2 Toshiba laptops an L25, and a newer c655 series laptops and both user manuals are
    awful, they don't describe to the user where the hard drive bay is located on these
    computers.

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