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Toshiba Thrive

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Pros

  • Toshiba Thrive stands out in many ways-most of them good
  • Toshiba has provided some useful apps
  • Thrive performed better in the areas of rendering and networking

Cons

  • its built-in speakers sound tinny
  • Book Place app requires you to set up another account
  • down-firing stereo speakers mediocre on the whole

Key specs

  • 1 GB
  • LED
  • 10.1 in
  • 1280, 800 px
  • 149 ppi
  • 2 Mpx
  • yes

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Toshiba Thrive - Pros & Cons

Toshiba Thrive

Pros

  • Toshiba Thrive stands out in many ways-most of them good
  • Toshiba has provided some useful apps
  • Thrive performed better in the areas of rendering and networking
  • between portability and big-screen goodness
  • power and versatility
  • beautiful
  • sexy
  • thin and light Pad
  • the start up process was pretty dang painless
  • the Thrive wins out easily
  • Thrive forum is really good - lots of excellent tips

Cons

  • its built-in speakers sound tinny
  • Book Place app requires you to set up another account
  • down-firing stereo speakers mediocre on the whole
  • too unwieldy and unnecessarily bloated
  • just a tad narrower than the iPad 2 and a bit longer
  • chunkiness and brick-style power cable
  • The power button and volume rocker are a bit hard to press
  • plump
  • homely
  • a little bit awkward
  • grainy bits in many of our photos

Toshiba Thrive - Technical Overview

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IconCPU Frequency
1 GHz
Best:
Wacom Cintiq Companion
CPU Frequency: 3 GHz
IconPixel density
149 ppi
Best:
Hisense VIDAA Mirror
Pixel density: 431 ppi
IconScreen size
10.1 in
Best:
Planar Helium PCT2785
Screen size: 27 in

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Toshiba Thrive - Full Specifications

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Display
Display technologyLED
Screen size10.1 in
Resolution1280 x 800 px
Pixel density149.0 ppi
Touchscreenyes
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Technical details
RAM memory1 GB
CPU Frequency1.0 GHz
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Camera
Rear resolution2.0 Mpx
Front resolution5.0 Mpx
Video resolution720p
Autofocusyes
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Network
Wi-Fiyes
3Gyes
4Gyes
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Power
Battery typeLi-Ion
Battery life11.0 h
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Dimensions
Height10.75 in
Width6.97 in
Depth0.62 in
Weight25.61 oz
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Sensors
Accelerometeryes
Ambient light sensoryes
Gyroscopeyes
Digital compassyes
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Connectivity
Bluetoothyes

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Toshiba Thrive Toshiba - Editorial Reviews (12)

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LaptopMag
Published: 20.07.2011
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3.0

Toshiba enters the tablet market with the Thrive, a 10-inch Android device with full-size HDMI and USB ports.

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Published: 13.07.2011
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Toshiba Thrive Toshiba Thrive Review: A Tablet Edges Closer to the Ideal
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pcworld.com_techhive.com
Published: 13.07.2011
Toshiba Thrive Review: A Tablet Edges Closer to the Ideal
3.5

The Thrive from Toshiba is the first tablet to fully harness the interoperable power of Android, but it falls short in some key design points.

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WIRED
Published: 19.07.2011
Review: Toshiba Thrive
3.5

Being the fattest kid in class sounds like a silly way to differentiate. But the extra bulk of Toshiba's Thrive tablet allows room for some attractive features.

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SlashGear
Published: 23.07.2011
Toshiba Thrive Review

The Toshiba Thrive isn’t a sexy tablet. It’s plump, homely, a little bit awkward, and although smart and supportive, you won’t be showing it off…

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Engadget
Published: 22.07.2011
Toshiba Thrive review
3.5

This isn't the first time Toshiba has showed up fashionably late to a party.

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The Verge
Published: 22.07.2011
Toshiba Thrive review
2.5

The Toshiba Thrive has the full-size ports competitors lack and a moderate price-point too — but does it stand out from the crowd?

Toshiba Thrive Toshiba Thrive Review
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Published: 20.07.2011
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Toshiba Thrive Toshiba Thrive Review: A Middle Of The Road Tablet
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Gotta Be Mobile
Published: 01.09.2011
Toshiba Thrive Review: A Middle Of The Road Tablet

The Toshiba Thrive may seem fashionably late to the Android Honeycomb tablet party, but considering the fate of certain other rushed-to-market tablets, perhaps there was a good reason for that. Toshiba endeavored to give users features missing from many other offerings in order to stand out, including full-size ports, a removable back cover, and a […]

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Today, we're going to find out if Toshiba's potential "iPad killer" is really all it's cracked up to be, and whether or not it's worth your time and money.

Toshiba Thrive Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1" Android Tablet Review - The Gadgeteer
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The Gadgeteer
Published: 16.01.2012
Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1" Android Tablet Review - The Gadgeteer

We had a good Christmas season at our house this year, electronics wise! A combination of events from price drops and clearances to unexpected cash meant that

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Published: 22.08.2011
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A mid-range tablet and price point with some high-end features.

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