Toshiba is updating its 10 inch tablet lineup with a new model featuring an NVIDIA Tegra 3 Â quad-core processor, Android 4.1 software, and a price tag of $349.99.
In other words, the Toshiba Excite 10 SE is a lot like Toshiba’s last 10 inch tablet, but it’s launching for $100 less.
The Toshiba Excite 10 SE features a 10.1 inch, display, a 3MP rear-facing camera, an HD camea on the front, 802.11n WiFi, and Bluetooth 3.0. It has a microSD card slot and a micro USB port. Toshiba’s 10 inch tablet weighs about 1.4 pounds.
The $350 model features 16GB of storage and it’s expected to go on sale December 6th, 2012.
Until then, you can still pick up an original Toshiba Excite 10 for $400 and up, or an Excite 7.7 for $350.
Here’s another new 10-inch Android tablet released last week that truly impresses — The Novo 10 Hero by Ainol Electronics and priced at only $225 – Easily the best “price-performance” 10″ tablet available, and features a High Resolution 1280×800 IPS screen, 16GB Memory, a strong Dual Core processor with Quad Core GPU, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Operating System, Wifi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and an option for 3G/4G connection. If you’re not familar with the manufacturer, Ainol Electronics, they received a “Best Tablet of the Year” award at CNET Consumer Electronics Show 2012 and have hit the ball out of the park with this new model. The Novo 10 Hero also offers a MicroUSB port for connection to printers and other electronic devices, a MicroSD Memory Card slot for unlimited storage (up to 32GB Memory Cards), includes both front and back cameras with a 2 Megapixel back camera; and includes HDMI output, which is a nice feature to download movies and watch in Full 1080p (HD) on to a large screen TV. It also makes a great gaming device with its high resolution screen, motion sensor, and a processor strong enough to handle 3D games. One of the first resellers to offer the new Novo 10 Hero is a site called TabletSprint –which also includes $25 in Bonus Apps and hardware accessories.
TabletSprint also features a free monthly 3G/4G data plan for the Novo 10 Hero, with no charge for 500MB Data every month… with 3G/4G Connection with full internet access and VoIP voice calling over a nationwide network. A free 4G USB adapter is also included and the Carrier only requires a small refundable deposit on the adapter. TabletSprint certainly makes this a great deal and the Novo 10 Hero is worth comparing to other 10″ tablets available this holiday season.
But is there any reason to get this model over the Google Nexus 10.1 at $299?
Microsd is nice, if you want a dual booting tab.
Not at $299, but at $399 (it’s real price), you do save $50, and if the Excite 10 does everything you want it to do, then you might as well keep that $50.
Oops. $50 would be a good reason, although I wonder if they will keep up with the new OS releases the way Google will.
Probably not, though I’m sure Tosh will likely push through most if not all JB updates eventually, which is probably all the vast majority of users will care about (if that!).