Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Toshiba Starts Receiving Pre-order for Thrive tablet

Toshiba Starts Receiving Pre order for Thrive tablet Toshiba Starts Receiving Pre order for Thrive tablet

Toshiba Thrive tablet

Toshiba has recently begun accepting orders for their awaited Honeycomb Thrive tablet, and the tablet should begin shipping sometime in mid-July. Toshiba’s first entry into the tablet market comes with a Tegra 2 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 10.1” display with a 1280×800 pixel resolution and ships with Android Honeycomb 3.1. The Thrive is one of the first tablets to offer a user-replaceable battery and can be customized with a variety of colored back covers. The covers are available in 5 colors (Green Apple, Silver Sky, Raspberry Fusion, Lavender Bliss, and Blue Moon) and are priced at $20 each. 

Pre-orders for the Thrive tablet can currently be made at Newegg, Office Depot, Best Buy, Buy.com, Amazon.com or directly from Toshiba. Pricing for the tablet starts at $430 for the 8GB version, $480 for the 16GB version and $580 for the 32GB version.