Toshiba is looking to release an Android tablet device in the near future, with an appearance likely in the next month.
According to Digitimes, the new Android tablet would have a 10-inch screen and likely Android 3.0 (also known as Gingerbread).
The new model would launch in September or October, meaning it would likely pop up at IFA next month, so rest assured TechRadar will be there, cameras at the ready, should it surface.
Big plans
Toshiba apparently intends to ship 40,000-50,000 units of the tablet PC in the last quarter of the year, as it tries to compete with the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab.
HP is also looking to build an Android PC for September, and will be using ARM architecture under the hood to offer a powerful solution.
The new tablet will (predictably) come with a printer - although we've no idea if brown sauce will be included as well.
Via Digitimes
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dyonas
August 18th 2010
2. Considering how slow the FroYo release has been I'd be surprised if Android 3.0 came out before early next year. There's not much known about it yet so I don't see how manufacturers are going to base tablets on it. I'd be more than happy with a 10" Android tablet running FroYo with a decent battery life. Decent for me is five hours or more with everything except wifi running. If there's a SIM slot with 3G and higher connectivity I still want that same battery life. Anything less is unreasonable.
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duskrider
August 18th 2010
1. 40,000-50,000 units in a quarter isn't competition for the iPad. Not even close. Have to get into the millions for that to happen.
I have the Archos 5 Android tablet - don't buy it! Archos wants you to spend all that money, then you get to keep spending to make it work. Money for codecs, money for GPS, etc.
Apple's competitors had better make it just work out of the box, without needing to fork over more money for what would be considered basic functionality, or their model won't work. I mean seriously, $39.99 for codecs so I can watch movies? On a device that was almost $500 to begin with? Geez. Hopefully Toshiba won't do this or it will hurt Android.
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