Toshiba announces 10.1-inch Regza honeycomb tablet

The launched:

Toshiba unveiled its first honeycomb tablet in the Customer Electronic Show on 3 January this year. Now, the pricing of the spectacular gadget has been officially announced. The product shall be available initially in Japan with a starting cost of $723.

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Regza AT300 is a 10.1-inch set having a capacitive, high 1280 x 800-resolution display with an ambient light sensor. It is based on Android 3.0 Honeycomb Operating System. In terms of hardware, it has a built in accelerometer, a 5 rear facing megapixel camera as well as a 2 megapixel front-facing camera, and full-sized USB and HDMI ports. Weighing in at 1.7 pounds, it is quite slim with a thickness of just about half-inch.

Functionality:

Regza Tablet features a 10.1-inch 3D screen that has a 1280 x 800 “Adaptive Display” which provides enhanced visibility when outdoors. The AT300 runs NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor with 1GB of RAM and has a storage capacity of upto 16B.

Powered by a dual-core Tegra 2 chip from Nvidia, Regza AT300 has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chatting and a 5-megapixel rear camera for photography and video recording. The 1280-by-800, 720p multi-touch screen features "Toshiba Adaptive Display," which adjusts the color and brightness of the screen according to the lighting conditions.

The tablet includes USB 2.0, mini USB and SD card ports, as well as an HDMI output for watching video (1080p) on a television. Connectivity support for the 1.7-lb. Regza AT300 includes 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Besides, Toshiba’s ‘Regza App Connect’ enables the integration of AT300 slate with other devices from the company’s range like HDTVs, Blu-ray players and notebooks. One feature that really sets Regza apart is its prismatic lithium ion battery which is user replaceable.

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What to expect:

Pricing for Regza AT300 has been announced to be 723 dollars or 60,000 yen in Japan where its expected release shall be in June this year. Later, it will be in seen in US and other markets of the west. Since Toshiba is quite competitive with other tablets like iPad2 and Samsung galaxy, it is expected to price Regza judicially to oust its peers. Besides its classic features including high pixel resolution, connectivity and replaceable battery are bound to make it an icon.

What not to expect

Regza tablet is not as slim or light as the iPad2. Besides, the convenience of handling is not as much as iPad2. In addition, the battery life span is relatively less, about 7 hours.

Wrap up:

Since the launch of Apple’s iPad, it has been undefeated and unparelled in tablet category. Owing to its desirable and eye catching features iPad is a leading brand and even strong rivals like the Samsung galaxy tab(brought by Samsung) could not do enough to counter the challenge. iPad 2 is already there having achieved huge popularity and Regza tablet will definitely find it tough to stand against it. Nonetheless, the ability, innovative and persevering attitude of Japanese cannot be ruled out. Very soon, Regza AT300 can become a customer’s delight and flood the markets.

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Toshiba's Regza Tablet