Toshiba to Release Android-based Tablet Honeycomb Midyear-CRN

An unnamed Toshiba tablet PC running Google's Android 3.0 operating system, the tablet-optimized version which is code named Honeycomb, has appeared on Amazon, together with a product description.

Even though Amazon's page does not give a specific price or the release schedule, say several online reports Toshiba tablet due times midyear, possibly in June. Toshibas earlier tablet device, Folio 100, had very little influence in the mobile market, and the company has yet to reveal the new moniker for the device.

The unit appears on Amazon's page features a 10.1-inch touch-screen and running a 1 GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset with integrated graphics on the Android platform. It comes with a user-replaceable battery and Toshiba's Adaptive display technology for displaying multimedia content in its 1200 x 800 pixel resolution display. It also includes an easy-to-grip can be changed back plate supplied in different colors, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a 5 MP-rear camera with Auto focus for 720 p video recording and a 2 MP front-facing camera.

Toshiba in January revealed his upcoming tablet with a prototype demonstration at CES 2011--with the only difference that in the event the Toshiba tablet running Android 2.2, codenamed Froyo, rather than the latest tablet-optimized version Android rolled out in the same event. Toshibas device was actually one of several Android products displayed at CES, since additional suppliers and distributors begin to adopt Google's mobile OS.

Toshiba's tablet also comes with a number of accessories that can help to distinguish the unit from its increasing number of competitors: a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a GPS, an e-compass, an ambient light sensor, mini and Gallery pages USB 2.0 ports, an SD card slot and an HDMI output. Finally, like Apple's App Store offers thousands of unique programmes is essential for its success, Toshiba launches its own app market named Toshiba places.

Apple released earlier this month follow-up thinner, more lightweight iPad 2 to the highly successful iPad, who won 87 percent of the tablet pc market in 2010.

There seems to be plenty of room in the budding tablet market for manufacturers such as Toshiba, who is known for their more traditional form-factor PCs, which can again see a reduction in the volume sold as tablets gain momentum. Research firms IDC and Gartner was Tablet PC cannibalization increasingly toward the end of last year. IDC said PC sales in the United States decreased 4.8 percent in the fourth quarter to 20.0 million units, while Gartner estimated that PC sales in the United States slipped 6,6 percent to 19.1 million units.

Toshiba has offered details on pricing for its upcoming tablet device.

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