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The Toshiba Excite 13 is a whole lot of tablet -- 13 inches, to be exact. While its display is spacious and its Tegra 3 chip speedy, 2.2 pounds is downright heavy for a tablet, and $650 isn't cheap.

For entertainment, as well as for document creation and consumption, the Excite 13 is like no other tablet available today. But the price of admission is steep.

On its own, the Toshiba Excite 13 is a decent tablet with a snappy CPU anyone can appreciate. But the unjustifiably big 13.3-inch screen isn't worth the price or the trouble.

It’s hard not to be intrigued by the Toshiba Excite 13 because it is such a whopper of a tablet. Entertainment apps sing on its ample screen. But for most other things and for everyday mobility, the size of the iPad is more productive and comfortable to use.

The Toshiba Excite 13 is an expensive outlier. If you want to look at Web-based recipes from across the room or play Netflix on the largest possible portable screen, it'll satisfy you. But most people will be better served by a laptop, a less-expensive tablet, or even a small TV.

The Toshiba Excite 13's massive 13-inch display makes this an Android tablet you can't ignore, but at $649 you should.

The Toshiba Tablet AT330 is the biggest Android tablet on the market. It's relatively well designed and offers reasonable performance but all that extra screen real estate goes to waste. ... Ultimately, using the AT330 is awkward, frustrating and unsatisfying.

The Toshiba Excite 13 is a compelling Android tablet with good performance and design, but may prove too big for the average user.