Toshiba Thrive Review

Well this is very interesting. Need more proof that you can’t keep a secret from the internet? It appears the Toshiba tablet is coming out as the Toshiba Thrive. Yes, the Toshiba Thrive appears to be the Toshiba tablet. The proof of this is in a trademark registration by Toshiba for Toshiba Thrive and that every Toshiba Thrive tablet domain name variation has been registered. Where there is smoke there is fire. Certainly Toshiba Thrive seems like a nice and easy name to remember and does suit a Toshiba tablet nicely. Further to this Toshiba Thrive speculation is some meta tags in a Toshiba website which clearly include Toshiba Thrive and Thrive Toshiba. Sure there were other fake names in the meta tags, but it appears obvious that the only real names in the meta tags are related to Toshiba Thrive. Good on Peter Cartwright for the sleuthing!

Our brief Toshiba Thrive review at this point is just the specs which includes:

Tegra 2 1.00 GHz
10.1″ screen size
1280 x 800
16:10 aspect ratio
Android 3.0 Honeycomb
2 mega pixel front facing camera
5 mega pixel rear facing camera
ports: USB, mini-USB, HDMI, SD Slot, Headphone jack
8GB, 16GB, 32GB storage options
replaceable battery

What is a Toshiba Thrive review without some pricing speculation? Here is what NewEgg posted on their premature Toshiba Thrive tablet page:

Toshiba Thrive Tablet – Model ANT-100 - 8GB – $449.99
Toshiba Thrive Tablet – Model ANT-102 – 16GB – $499.99
Toshiba Thrive Tablet – Model ANT-104 – 32GB – $579.99

Aside from the Toshiba Thrive having an easy to replace battery, it will also have different color rubberized skins that you can choose from. This is a nice selling point because as we know, people love their pink!

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