Toshiba Unveils New Excite Pure and Pro Tablets

No one would blame you for forgetting about the Excite tablet range. The tablet devices from Toshiba never could stir up the kind of excitement that the company hoped. Things could be different this time with the new Excite Pro, Excite Write, and Excite Pure devices that Toshiba has revealed at the ongoing Computex 2013 event. The Pure forms the entry level device, while the Pro and the Write come as a premium offering. All the three devices boast of a Tegra heart, with the Pure featuring a Tegra 3 chip while the Write and Pro versions come with a Tegra 4 chip. All the tablets run the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and offer 10.1 inches of screen real estate. Coming to each tablet individually, the Excite Pure is the cheapest of the lot, priced as it is at $299.99. What you get for that much money is a tablet powered by a Tegra 3 CPU, 1 GB DDR3 RAM, and 16 GB of internal memory with a micro SD card slot should you need more storage space. The tablet comes with a rather sedate 1280 x 800 pixel display and a 3 megapixel camera at the rear. A micro HDMI slot, a micro USB port, and “stereo speakers with DTS Premium Voice Pro” pretty much round off the spec list. Next up is the Excite Pro, priced at $499.99 and featuring some exciting tech. That includes a PixelPure display that boasts of 2560 x 1600 pixels to light up the 10.1 inch screen. The tablet is powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 4 chip, along with 2 GB DDR3 RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. The tablet runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and comes with a micro HDMI, micro USB ports, and a micro SD card slot. A better 8 megapixel rear camera should keep the shutter bugs happy. For the music buffs, the pro has also been endowed with the “Harman Kardon stereo speakers with DTS Premium Voice Pro.” The Excite Write is the top of the line model, sporting a sticker price of $499.99. The biggest USP of the Excite Write is, as you might have already guessed, its ability to accept both touch and stylus based inputs. The tablet boasts of the same PixelPure display as its Pro brethren, though there is a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 2 to ensure extra rigidity. Everything else is almost the same as the Excite Pro, though the Write package comes inclusive of the Toshiba TruPen, as well as the TruNote app, which will allow notes to be taken right on the display itself. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is the other device in this segment that allows a similar functionality and it will be interesting to see how the two match up. As for the tablet's availability, Toshiba has stated the new Excite range can be ordered from Toshiba Online starting June 25th. The tablet will also be available from the retailers by early July. Toshiba Unveils New Excite Pure and Pro Tablets is a post from: E-Reader News

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