Toshiba has been operating their own online digital bookstore since 2011 called Bookplace. They initially co-developed it with a company called BookLive, but two years later Toshiba started a new in-house project called "BookPlace Cloud Innovations" which was designed to replace BookPlace . The main premise behind the re-brand was to focus on the Japanese market. All good … [Read more...] about Toshiba Bookplace e-Book Store is under U-NEXT
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Toshiba Launches Regza AT501 Jelly Bean Tablet
Toshiba has launched a new tablet in Japan that sports decent specs, which explains its not too indecent price tag. Dubbed Regza AT501, the tablet does look a lot like the AT500 that the company had launched last year. Build around a 1.3 Ghz Tegra 3 quad core chip and a 1 GB RAM, the new AT501 sports a 10.1 inch 1280 x 800 pixel display and runs Android Jelly Bean. The tablet … [Read more...] about Toshiba Launches Regza AT501 Jelly Bean Tablet
Top Tablet News – December 5th, 2012
Coby developing new 7, 8, and 10 inch tablets Coby is readying itself for a fresh onslaught on the tablet market, and the budget electronics company is in final stages with a new line of 7, 8, and 10 inch tablet devices. All the tablets will come with a dual core Amlogic AM8726-MX ARM Cortex-A9 processor and will have 1 GB of RAM. Internal storage will range from 4 GB to 8 … [Read more...] about Top Tablet News – December 5th, 2012
IFA 2012: Toshiba Launches Windows 8 Convertible Tablet
Toshiba is showing off a convertible tablet running Windows 8 at the ongoing IFA event in Berlin. Called Satellite U920t, the tablet offers a 12.5 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The keyboard remains hidden underneath the display when not in use, but can be pulled out easily using a slide out mechanism when needed. The display (when locked in an upright … [Read more...] about IFA 2012: Toshiba Launches Windows 8 Convertible Tablet
Toshiba Ditches Windows RT Tablet Plans
Toshiba has stated that it is putting its Windows RT based tablet plans on hold, making it the second company after HP to throw in the towel. Toshiba has attributed the cancellation to the delay in procuring the ARM-based processors from Texas Instruments that it had planned to develop the tablet around. "Toshiba has decided not to introduce Windows RT models due to delayed … [Read more...] about Toshiba Ditches Windows RT Tablet Plans
Toshiba Delays Android ICS Update for Thrive Tablet
Toshiba has pushed back the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Toshiba Thrive series of tablets. We can expect the update to be available in the fall instead of spring as was earlier scheduled. "We are working hard to bring Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich to our Thrive tablets. While we originally estimated it would be ready this spring, we now estimate the update … [Read more...] about Toshiba Delays Android ICS Update for Thrive Tablet
Toshiba Developing Windows 8 Convertible Tablet
While it was expected that Windows 8 would be the star attraction of Computex 2012, what did come as a surprise was the number of convertible tablets that manufacturers put up on display. Toshiba also has a convertible tablet to show off (predictably running Windows 8), joining others such as Acer, Asus, and Samsung. Toshiba seems to be a little more secretive of its device. … [Read more...] about Toshiba Developing Windows 8 Convertible Tablet
Toshiba AT300 Ready for English Debut
Toshiba has announced its AT300 tablet will be ready for an English debut by the end of June. There will be two different versions available in the form of a 16 and 32 GB of internal memory. The announcement was made in a Twitter update with further details held back for a future post. Both versions will feature a 10.1 inch display and powered by the Tegra 3 quad core CPU … [Read more...] about Toshiba AT300 Ready for English Debut
Toshiba Excite 10 Now Shipping, Price Starts at $450
Here is some exciting news from the Tohsiba camp! The company's latest tablet, the Toshiba Excite 10, is now shipping with the base model priced at a quite reasonable $450. There are two other versions with 32 and 64 GB, priced at $530 and $640 respectively. The Excite line of tablets will offer the latest Google Android 4.0 ICS OS and have powerful processing power with the … [Read more...] about Toshiba Excite 10 Now Shipping, Price Starts at $450
Budget Toshiba Tablet Launched in Italy, 13.3 Inch AT330 Revealed in Germany
Remember the 13.3 inch tablet from Toshiba that we talked about a while ago? Well, it seems Toshiba is serious about it in spite of apprehensions from some quarters about a tablet that big being commercially viable. The tablet has been christened AT330 and was present for public introduction at the Toshiba World 2012 event held in Germany. From the tablet's features revealed … [Read more...] about Budget Toshiba Tablet Launched in Italy, 13.3 Inch AT330 Revealed in Germany
New Toshiba Tablet With 13.3-inch Display Revealed
How about a tablet device that's thin and light along with a screen size of 13.3 inches. Toshiba recently showed off just such a device at the Toshiba 2012 conference held in UK and the device in question did look sleek and beautiful. It wasn't a working prototype though it did seem to pack in all the necessary hardware inside. Also, while details of the tablet are being kept … [Read more...] about New Toshiba Tablet With 13.3-inch Display Revealed
Toshiba Excite X10 Set For March 6 Debut, to Cost $530 and up
Apple is supposed to be launching the much talked about iPad 3 on 7th March. Now there is news about Toshiba launching their Excite 10 LE tablet just a day prior to that on the 6th of March. This tablet had been showcased by Toshiba at the CES event though it was then referred to as the Excite X 10. For reasons known only to Toshiba, they are now presenting the tablet as … [Read more...] about Toshiba Excite X10 Set For March 6 Debut, to Cost $530 and up
Toshiba Game Store for Tablets Launched in Partnership with WildTangent
Here is one more reason to go for the Toshiba AT200 tablet device. The tablet will now be playing host to the Wild Tangent games store in Europe and will be available via Toshiba Places on the tablet. Speaking on the occasion, the senior vice president at WildTangent, Sean Vanderdasson, said: "Toshiba is one of the leaders in technology and its new AT200, the world’s … [Read more...] about Toshiba Game Store for Tablets Launched in Partnership with WildTangent
Toshiba Thrive to Get Android ICS update in June
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is the talk of the town with every other tablet maker worth its salt making a bee line to be on-board the ICS bandwagon. Toshiba though can be considered a latecomer here as its only now that it announced the ICS update is coming onto their Thrive devices but not before June this year. The update would be applicable to both the 7 and 10 inch … [Read more...] about Toshiba Thrive to Get Android ICS update in June