Toshiba: Our Tablet Will Be Superior to iPad 2
Toshiba's upcoming Honeycomb tablet will be far more superior than the iPad 2, the company claims.
During CES 2011, Toshiba revealed a 10.1-inch Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" tablet scheduled for shipment during the first half of 2011. The tablet would arrive sporting a capacitive touchscreen with a 1280 x 800 native resolution, Nvidia's dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a 5MP rear-facing camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, HDMI output and even a full-sized USB port.
But now with just a few months to go, Toshiba Australia's Information Systems Division general manager Rob Wilkinson is talking smack about Apple's just-revealed iPad 2. In his eyes, the Toshiba tablet is far more superior. "We are confident that we can match pricing for their new iPad 2 while delivering a device that is richer in features," he said. "We are currently showing retailers the device running Google's new Honeycomb, and when we ship in May, we will have a full version of Honeycomb running."
He admitted that the Toshiba tablet is slightly heavier than Apple’s new iPad 2, weighing at 1.7 pounds. However, the Honeycomb device will supposedly offer a lot of features that doesn't exist on the next-generation iPad. He also added that the tablet will be more suited for retailing in the desktop/laptop sector rather than landing on wireless carriers toting the typical ball-and-chain subscription plan.
Currently Toshiba's biggest tablet contenders are Apple's iPad 2, the 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Motorola's just-released XOOM tablet. Naturally Wilkinson pointed out the benefits of the Toshiba tablet over Apple's iPad 2, noting the full-size USB port, the mini-USB port and the SD card slot for adding up to 32 GB of storage capacity.
Other notable features will include the ability to upscale standard-definition video to Full HD, support for Adobe Flash 10.1, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, stereo speakers, GPS, a digital compass, and a removable battery offering up to 10 hours on a full charge.
The Honeycomb-powered Toshiba tablet is expected to arrive in May for around $600.
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Well it will be good to see stiff competition in this tablet market. I was disappointed by the iPad 2's cameras and screen resolution but the iOS is still very nice. More competition = better consumer products!
sigh tablets. more tablets.
when they become super mainstream, i will pick one up for no more than $300. maybe i'll NEED it one day as well... but for now, my pc does everything i could ever want it to. hell, even a netbook would be nice...
Why the hell you need a tablet?!
Anyways, I am glad for Toshiba
I can spend $500 on an AMD fusion powered 11.6" netbook that will run circles around any tablet out there. One of the game changers for the tablet market will be when MS releases tablet optimized versions of Windows and Office.
I like how a lot of companies say "will be better..." , but the "will" never comes or comes too late...
Toshiba has a winner here
Toshiba doesn't undrestand what "better" is, they think better specs = better product
thats wrong
@otacon72 - Depends what you use your netbook for. I can play Dead Space or Need for Speed on my iPad, make music with the Korg synthesizer or Rebirth apps, and run plenty of other apps that do not run on a netbook. Conversely there are plenty of apps that run on a netbook that won't run on a pad. Just because you don't need a pad doesn't mean nobody does. By the time MS release Windows and Office for a tablet, there will be hundreds of thousands of iOS and Android apps, and tens of thousands of HP/Palm and RIM apps. MS will be struggling to attract developers at that point.
to beat apple, it has to be better, and it has to cost less.
Toshiba will probably scrimp on the screen.
They released 2.2 for my netbook and then dropped support for it entirely, and even removing the support forum from their website.
They better look after their customers with this tablet or so help me.. I'll do absolutely nothing.
This looks like a pretty good iPad competitor, I think.
To see how to get a Honeycomb tablet for less than $300:
http://besttechtoday.blogspot.com/ [...] under.html
With iPad2 being such a disappointment, I can believe Toshiba's claims.
My class 6 - 8gb SD card for $17 (free shipping and tax from newegg) is in the mail right now to turn my wifes $250 Nook Color into a honeycomb tablet. Sure it wont have a camera, and probably wont be able to play videos all that well... but for surfing the web and checking emails at any WiFi hotspot, or just lounging on the couch - you can't beat that price. Looking forward to seeing how it handles angry birds. If I like it enough, I'll probably go out and buy myself a nook as well just so I don't have to fight her for it.
i will buy tablet when i can use a wacom pen and it is powered by Zacate.
Why does Tom's, with 1.4 million readers, have poor sub-headline grammar? "...will be far more superior..." Superior is superior, you don't use it if the product isn't the greatest. That's like me saying, "Tom's is the more greatest of the tech sites over Engadget". It doesn't make any sense.
It will be 6 months before Honeycomb's bugs are fixed and there are any apps for it. Sorry Android you have missed the boat, the only people who will be an Android tablet are fanbois.
iPad still the daddy.
It will be 6 months before Honeycomb's bugs are fixed and there are any apps for it. Sorry Android you have missed the boat, the only people who will be an Android tablet are fanbois.iPad still the daddy.
Yeah..and iPad is very cheap.Competition may cause its price to increase ..not good for the consumers
Better than iPad 2? Toshiba, you're not setting the bar very high.
"We are confident that we can match pricing for their new iPad 2 while delivering a device that is richer in features,"
Problem is that to break into the iPad market, and it is owned by the iPad at the moment, you have to BEAT (not just match) the iPad on pricing AND specs AND performance. That is a tough challenge, though I do hope they succeed... I'm tired of hearing everything about the iPad.
No... you're not going to sell more than the IPad just with specs, performance and pricing... you have to do it with marketing. IPad doesn't sell more because because it's a better product or cheaper, it sells better because of the branding and packaging.
If you make a turd look like a new age device, offer it in black and white, market the hell out of it... people will buy it.
$600? At $300 with the same specs then you may call it "superior".
For such a disposable gadget anything above $300 is too much!
@chronicbint
wanna share what apps you have floating around on your iPad that's not a fart app or a game
Why does Tom's, with 1.4 million readers, have poor sub-headline grammar? "...will be far more superior..." Superior is superior, you don't use it if the product isn't the greatest. That's like me saying, "Tom's is the more greatest of the tech sites over Engadget". It doesn't make any sense.
I believe you are incorrect sir. "...far more superior.." is a way to emphasize that not only is it superior in one aspect, but many aspects. That is, it doesn't just have a superior camera, it has a superior X, Y and Z. This is OK since the word "superior" is not a superlative.
Your example, however, makes no sense. The word "greatest" is a superlative. You cannot be better than the greatest. Thus "..more greatest.." makes no sense.
Stop trying to show your superiority by "correcting" articles.
i find this entertaining. i currently have a toshiba gigabeat s in front of me that i use as a portable hard drive now. This was a direct competitor to ipod and was better IMO, but still they can not blow apple away, people will still buy that shit. I really dont know how Apple have done it, getting people to buy their shit. People at work are getting iphones, even my manager who should know better, and he has absolutely no use for it, but still got one...... Its like people think its the only thing they can get??? When are these apple drone zombies going to wake up??? is there a cure???? these people need help!!!!
Honestly, I've said this before and will say it again: There is no need for tablets. Sorry. I see them as nothing but a waste of money. Want to get something that can do everything a tablet can do? Get a touch-phone (apple, droid, win7, w/e..). That way, it's more capable (able to make phone calls as well as doing everything those pads can do) as well as more compact. /endrant
its easy being superior to shi*.
the Toshiba tablet is far more superior. "We are confident that we can match pricing for their new iPad 2 while delivering a device that is richer in features," he said.
It doesn't even matter if this is true. Apple remakes the wheel on all its products and pretty much everything out there is cheaper and better but people still buy apple.
If thats what it took to sell something people would only buy apple for looks. but then i cant stand their aesthetics either.