Toshiba to make quad-core Android 4.0 tablets in 7-13 inch sizes
Toshiba is launching a new line of tablets running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in May and June, the company announced Tuesday. The "Excite" tablet family will come in 7.7-inch, 10-inch, and 13-inch sizes, and all will have Tegra 3 quad-core processors.
The WiFi-only Excite tablets will all have 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel rear cameras, and 2-megapixel front-facing cameras. The 0.4-inch thick, 2.2-pound Excite 13 will have a 1600x900 resolution display and 13 hours of battery life. The smaller 0.35-inch thick, 1.32-pound Excite 10 will have a 1280x800 screen and get 10 hours of battery life. The two larger tablets will both have SD card slots, while the smallest will have a microSD slot.
Unlike some other manufacturers, Toshiba doesn't plan to give up the price fight with Apple's iPad: the Excite 7.7 will start at $499.99 for 16GB of storage, the Excite 10 at $449.99 for 16GB, and the Excite 13 at $649.99 for 32GB. The Excite line will also be stepping up to compete with the Asus Transformer Prime, which uses a Tegra 3 processor and starts at $599.99 for 32GB of storage.
