Finally, some dates for the Toshiba Thrive tablet, and yes, they’ve finally gone official with the name, but that’s old news already. Pre-orders kick off from June 13 with pricing starting at $429. It’ll finally ship on July 10, and watch out for it – Toshiba expects this’ll boost the company to one of the top three tablet vendors in 2011. Hah!
That’s $429 for the 8GB of internal storage model, $479 for 16GB and $579 for 32GB – $20 cheaper than the Motorola Xoom with the same amount of storage. Pricey, but Toshiba’s expecting to win consumers over with brand-name power, SRS stereo speakers, “Resolution+” for upscaling SD image content, a removable battery than can fully charge in 1.5 hours and interchangeable covers in varying colors. Are you sold?
Accessories will include those colorful back plates, Bluetooth keyboard, HDMI dock, standard dock and a Portfolio 360 case. Shots of the accessories can be had at the source below.
While you can’t preorder the tablet until next week, a few places like Newegg and Staples already tease promo pages, and we’re waiting for Toshiba to fill out the Toshiba Thrive product page.
Source: Laptop Mag
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