Toshiba Corporation, the Japanese multinational company, has had an interesting line-up with its Excite series of Android tablets. Today adding new products to this series are three 10.1 inch tablets - the Excite Pure, Excite Pro and Excite Write. Along with these, Toshiba has also launched a keyboard dock which is optional and works with all the three new Excite tablets. With varied price tags, each of the three tablets has something different to offer that makes its stand out among its peers. For instance, Excite Pro and Excite Write models are the first Toshiba tablets to feature a 2560 x 1600 native screen resolution, currently the highest in the tablet market. Pushing an astounding 4 million pixels (300 pixels per inch), images, video and text come alive across the 10.1-inch PixelPure display2 with stunning color and razor-sharp clarity. These two also feature Harman Kardon stereo speakers, making them the first tablets to feature speakers from a premium audio brand. It's a increasing range of prices, with Excite Pure at $299, Excite Pro at $499 and Excite Write at $599. Let us take a look at each of these tablets one by one.
The Excite Pure tablet runs over Android 4.2.2 i.e. Jelly Bean OS and is trying to offer the complete Android experience, just without the external skins. The 10.1 inch screen has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and is powered by the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. The 3-megapixel rear-facing camera is all you have to capture photos and video. Offering
1GB DDR3 memory and 16 GB of internal storage, the presence of microSD card slot, assures the memory's expandability. You can connect the Excite Pure tab to TV or computer via the Micro-HDMI and Micro-USB ports.
Coming to Excite Pro, which bears a $499 maximum retail price, the tablet runs on a NVIDIA Tegra 4 mobile processor and features Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. Excite Pro comes with an 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.3-megapixel front one. There's 2 GB DDR3 and 32 GB internal storage and built-in Micro HDMI, Micro USB ports and a Micro SD slot. It is being said that there's high chance that Toshiba may be competing with the recently launched ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity tablet that offers similar specifications.
After checking the tech specs of the earlier two tablets, you will find that Excite Write'sfeatures are very similar to the Excite Pro. Besides the 10.1-inch PixelPure digitizer display (2560 x 1600) featuring Corning Gorilla Glass 2 and pressure sensitive Toshiba TruPen, there's NVIDIA Tegra 4 mobile processor, Android 4.2, Jelly Bean, 2GB DDR3, 32GB internal storage, an 8MP rear camera and lastly, built-in Micro HDMI, Micro USB ports and a Micro SD slot. This tablet comes with a Wacom digitizer that and makes it a direct competitor of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 because of the pre-loaded apps called TruNote and TruCapture that assist with note-taking. This Wacom digitizer has support for 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity.
All three tablet models will be available beginning on June 25, 2013 and can be purchased directly from Toshiba at ToshibaDirect.com or from major retailers and e-tailers nationwide beginning in early July. In an official press note, Carl Pinto, vice president of marketing, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division said that, "With more and more consumers adopting tablets as their go-to devices for entertainment and travel, we wanted to push the boundaries even further and equip our new Excite tablets with the technology and features needed to maximize the potential of these devices." What are engineers here thinking of the price and features of the Excite series of tablets? Are they value for money? Share your thoughts with us in comments.
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