Owning a quality tablet means that you can bring a world of accessibility with you wherever you go. Whether you want to surf the web, play games, listen to music, watch videos, or read e-books, the right tablet can connect you with what you need for work and play. The Toshiba Thrive is a tablet with features that may provide you with the versatility and dependability that you desire.
The Toshiba Thrive tablet features various highlights. Be sure to check the manufacturers product description for more information on the specific features each device offers. Most of these models include features such as:. Using a wireless mouse or keyboard with your Toshiba Thrive can be helpful to those who create a lot of content or who desire a more traditional computer experience.
Toshiba does not offer any Thrive specific input accessories, but certain mice and keyboards can be used with the Thrive through USB or Bluetooth. Check the compatibility and install instructions with the manufacturer when considering these accessories.
Whether or not the lithium-ion battery is replaceable depends on your specific model of Thrive. The 7" models battery cannot be replaced, but the battery in the Thrive 10" can be replaced. Unlike other tablet makers, Toshiba has opted for an understated look with its preconfigured startup display, a layout that lacks flashy widgets or overlays to spruce up the native Android 3. At first glance, the three apps appear to be a good starting point, but both their role and origin get a bit murky.
Things become a smidgen clearer when you go to apps. At least there your apps get backed up so if you change devices, your apps can easily sync up to the new tablet. For that information, you need to pop over to the Book Place website , linked to from the bookmarks widget on the first home screen. The inappropriately named Start Place is actually a news app that appears to grab current news and photos from Associated Press feeds.
In an increasingly crowded marketplace, the Toshiba Thrive stands out in many ways—most of them good. It has some hardware weaknesses, including tinny speakers, a good but not outstanding display, and a bulky, heavy design.
And the Thrive feels like the first tablet that could truly complement a laptop in my workflow—all by itself, with no extra dongles, cables, or docking stations. But somehow, I think even the most connected people will have occasion to use a tablet in one of those ways. Cons Feels heavy, and stands thicker than most Stereo speakers lack fullness, sound tinny. Those four ports translate to some extraordinary possibilities that expand just how you may be able to maximize using this Android tablet-especially in light of Android 3.
The full-size SD Card slot is especially enticing. And only with interoperability can a tablet begin to replace a laptop in your arsenal. But put the cloud aside for a moment, and consider how you use your laptop. How many times do you plug stuff in and out of those USB ports? Stuff like portable hard drives, or USB flash drives?
By far the best and most useful exclusive feature in the Thrive's repertoire is File Manager. This app provides native direct access to the file system, allowing you to easily launch files from the hard drive, SD card, or a connected USB thumbdrive. Directly accessing files in this manner is a nice, convenient shortcut and means you can manage files more closely.
Performance So far, Honeycomb-based tablets have had similar Nvidia Tegra 2-based specs. The ones that have stood out for their performance had high-quality screens like the Samsung Galaxy Tab The Thrive's interface is just as snappy as the others and its camera performance, including when shooting p video, is about Honeycomb-standard, which is very good, but not outstanding. More tablet testing results can be found here. I won't go into what those prices say about the cost of memory and how easily it dictates tablet prices, but make no mistake: the Thrive's starting price is very aggressive.
Those looking for a sleek, thin tablet should probably check out the Samsung Galaxy Tab In the past we've criticized tablets for not being thin and sleek enough and preferred those that were. But the HP TouchPad didn't get dinged solely because of its bulky design; it was more that its bulky design offered no advantages.
Note the completely removable battery and you begin to see that the Thrive is not just bulky for bulk's sake. There's definite method to Toshiba's madness here.
Still, we would prefer it to be thinner, and the bad back camera placement and the sometimes clunky nature of its back-panel implementation won't win it any design awards. Purchasers of the Thrive should know what they're getting into, but if you're comfortable with the extra girth, the Toshiba Thrive offers a great Honeycomb tablet experience at a very approachable price.
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