Toshiba has launched two new products at an exclusive event held in Hartebeespoort yesterday. Its 10.1” Android running tablet, the AT100, makes an appearance along with the new Qosmio F750 3D notebook that boasts glasses-free 3D.

Tablet time: AT100

The AT100 features a Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor (1.0H GHz), 1 GB DDR2 memory, a WXGA (1280x800) display and Android Honeycomb 3.1. The Tablet comes in 8, 16 and 32 GB capacities and most notably, boasts an array of ports. These comprise of a full-size HDMI port, a full-size USB 2.0 port, a mini USB 2.0 port, and an SD card slot. The tablet also includes a two megapixel front webcam with integrated microphone, and five megapixel back camera with auto focus and digital zoom. 720p video playback is also catered for, as is  802.11n WLAN.

Domenico Gargarella, the regional general manager for Toshiba South Africa, acknowledged that the tablet was thick (at 15.8 mm nearly twice as thick as the iPad’s 8.6 mm), but explained that this was because the company wanted it to accommodate a removable battery to offer unrestricted battery life and cater for users who needed a tablet they could work on continuously. Additionally, the tablet is on the heavy side as well, with a weight of 765Kg (as compared to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1’s weight of 595 g) but was still lighter than the Asus Slider’s weight of 960 g.  

The AT100 further features Toshiba’s Adaptive Display technology, which constantly adjusts parameters such as brightness and contrast according to the ambient lighting conditions, to enable the tablet to offers the “best possible image display automatically”. The tablet has an RRP of R5499.