Do you think the AT200 will be successful?

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brett September 01, 2011

Do you think the AT200 will be successful?

Finally it appears that companies are starting to understand that hardware matters in the tablet game--something that Apple has known all along. Apparently Toshiba took the hint after the Thrive's chunky physique didn't attract enough suitors.

The spec bump combined with great hardware should give them a good chance. Something tells me that Apple will outdo them in some capacity with the iPad 3, so Toshiba needs to start getting the word out about this thing right now.

My thoughts: If this is released with Ice Cream Sandwich, it has a shot. If not, then I think it'll face a bit of a battle. Either way, I think that Toshiba needs to advertise this everywhere they can, with a big push on Amazon and on network TV.

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frankspin 8 months ago

Unless Toshiba really does something to show consumers how this is different from every other Android tablet and how it fits into their life it will just fall in line with the rest of the Android tablets. I hate to say it but I'm finding it very hard for any manufacture disrupting Apple's market share with tablets. The only company I can see doing it is Amazon and there is still too much speculation on that happening to think it will be here for Q4.

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roberto 8 months ago

I honestly think that the first true competitor to the iPad will be the amazon tablet. Until then, all of these devices will sadly under-perform.

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Ktulu1 8 months ago

I'm not sure what successful means in the tablet market. By Apple's standard I assume almost any Toshiba tablet will be a spectacular failure. The choice between Android tablets is getting bigger and bigger every day. If Toshiba is going to be content with carving out a percentage of the Android tablet market, I believe they can be successful. BUT (GIANT SPECULATIVE BUT), if Amazon comes out with a nice table that is reasonably priced, watch out.

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korbendalis 2011-09-01 18:17:24

I believe that WEIGHT is one of the most important factors in the purchase of a Tablet device. I've tried several tablet devices including the iPad 1 & 2. I've noticed within the first 5 minutes of holding the device how the weight immediately affects my desire to continue hold it. I currently own the Galaxy Tab 7, the weight of which is 384g. Any device becomes annoying quickly, with an increase in weight by contrast to the GTab7.

The slim 560g is ideal. I realize that the lack of comparable features may drive a user to go with another tablet, but the weight alone could stimulate a user to want to pick up and use the device more regularly.

I've always immediately gone to Portrait mode with each tablet as it is the way that I used my GTab7 95% of the time. I have no problem with any tablet regardless of weight for the orientation. Although I can see the point that Valorgu makes about awkwardness. It would seem slightly more awkward for any device that is more tall than wide. The squat-ness of the iPad lends itself to being held in either orientation.

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Valorgu 2011-09-01 11:13:39

I have a feeling that, although the specs are nice, that there won't be the same good build quality as Apple. When people hold a device, it needs to be a proportional feel of lightness, but yet does not compromise on quality. 7.7mm sounds amazingly thin, which could give it a nice edge over the iPad 2. However, if the rumored iPad 3 will have a retina-quality-like-display, then it doesn't matter. In my opinion, the BIGGEST factor for phones and tablets is the Screen, and in retrospect what is on the screen, the OS.
Honeycomb is not quite there yet when it comes to smoothness and apps. Sure, this will be fixed overtime, it is inevitable.
Also, in my opinion as well, 16:9 is a HORRENDOUS form factor. Sure landscape looks great, but It is very uncomfortable and practically-unintuitve for holding in portrait, Almost every Android tablet, when it has its pictures taken, it's in LANDSCAPE, why? because they know it looks totally weird in Portrait.
So that's just my little rant on that, but I honestly think Toshiba (and everyone else) needs to start prioritizing what's important to consumers and, in my opinion, that is the SCREEN & the OS.

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brett 2011-09-01 11:20:57

I have to disagree about the screen. After having used plenty of Android tablets, I find that 1280x800 is a great resolution for a screen of that size. Of course it could be better, and soon will be, but I think it does a fine job right now. Also, 16:10 (not 16:9) has turned out to be a great form factor for these tablets. I love watching movies in widescreen and being able to browse the internet at a nice 'zoomed-in' state when in landscape, or consuming that content in more of an 'overview' state in portrait. The form factor also works very well for reading in the Kindle app or in something like Zinio.

Ktulu1 2011-09-01 11:41:00

I agree and disagree about the screen. In portrait, 16:9 is too tall making the tablet too much of a lever. On the other hand, 16:9 in landscape completely makes up for portrait's issues. I'm pretty sure I won’t be buying a tablet that's not close to 16:9.

Valorgu 2011-09-01 11:58:29

i totally understand where you're coming from and I completely respect your opinion. I'm just saying, every time I hold an Android tablet, I IMMEDIATELY hold it in Landscape, I don't even think about it in portrait. Landscape is great for consuming videos (16:10, sorry, that's what I meant) and such, but I feel that for almost everything else, it's too big and uncomfortable to hold. Also, just because it's 1280x800, the pixel density is the asme as the iPad because, obviously, 10.1 is bigger than 9.7 inches. So, in my experience, video quality isn't noticeable different on any of those devices. I love browsing the web in portrait, and sure, you get to see more of it on a 16:10 display, but because it's uncomfortable to hold (it feels way too tall), I switch back to landscape. Like I said, very minor picky thing for me. I know that not everyone agrees with me on this point, but there's a reason why the HP Touchpad was received better, in some way, than Honeycomb, and in my opinion it had to do with the 4:3 form factor. Again, just my personal opinion, not saying this as a study or analysis of sorts. Thanks for sharing btw.

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