Hands on: Toshiba Folio 100 review

Toshiba Folio 100
We're up close and personal with Toshiba's new iPad-rival

We grabbed a few minutes with Toshiba's new Folio 100 tablet, based on Android 2.2 and running Nvidia's Tegra 2.

It's an impressive looking thing - certainly miles ahead from the Journe Touch that Toshiba demonstrated at last year's IFA.

As you'd expect there's Bluetooth and Wi-Fi as standard, while Tosh will also be making a 3G version available.

As you can see, Tosh irritatingly kept the Folio 100 wall-mounted for the press preview of the company's new kit, but we've still nabbed these shots.

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As you can see, the Folio 100 is an iPad-matching 10-1-inches and is pretty thin as well, very much like Apple's device. It's actually slightly thicker at 14mm as opposed to 13.4mm with the iPad.

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Toshiba software, such as the Media Player and newly-announced Market Place (not Marketplace) are to be found on the home screen.

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Elsewhere it's pure Android, with the standard menu interface.

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The power cable is a little ugly and it's joined by an HDMI out port, docking port, lock switch and SD card slot (expandable to 32GB - it doesn't appear there's any in-built memory).

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There's also a headphone jack next to the power cable. The unit also boasts a 1.3 megapixel webcam.

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The side controls are simple to use, phone-like in function and glow when you press the buttons.

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The device boasts full internet browsing, complete with Flash 10.1.

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The unit weighs in at 760g, again more than the iPad's 680g. Below you can see Toshiba's Market Place app in evidence.

Toshiba folio 100

Toshiba folio 100

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