We’ve seen Toshiba rake up domain names, trademark filings and actually mention the “Thrive” name in the source code of their Toshiba Tablet homepage for their upcoming 10-inch slab of Honeycomb and now there’s more material that fuels our thoughts that Toshiba will name the tablet the “Thrive” outside of Japan.
Several tweets (one above) dated between May 4 – May 6 from a pair of identical twin musicians, Camille and Kennerly, were published last week mentioning that they were shooting a commercial for the “yet-to-be released Toshiba ‘Thrive’”. There’s a picture from the set but it doesn’t show any tablet.
Last we heard of the Toshiba tablet, it had been delayed to the “very end of summer” or the end of August in the UK. We’re not sure about the US but the tablet showed up at the FCC at the end of last month and I would expect it to go on sale next month if it’s not delayed there as well (It goes on sale in Japan towards the end of June).
We also saw prices leaked last month via Newegg, although they aren’t official and may change. Price starts at $450 for 8GB, $500 for 16GB and $599 for 32GB of storage. A glance at the specs don’t reveal that much different from other current slates of Honeycomb but we’ve seen a few unique features shown off in hands on previews such as a removable back plate and battery and “resolution+” which just makes upscales images look less blocky. Those specs - a 10.1″ 1280 x 800 display, 2MP / 5MP front and rear cameras, Nvidia Tegra 2 chip, b/g/n Wi-Fi, Flash preloaded, GPS, full sized USB, mini USB, HDMI and SD card reader.
Amazon.com, Staples, Newegg and B&H all have product / promo pages ready but no pre-orders open yet.
Twitter: @CamilleKennerly
Source: Whirlpool Forums
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