Five Great Reasons to Consider the Toshiba Thrive Tablet

The tech scene has gone tablet crazy and with great options from Samsung, Apple, HP, and others, Toshiba has decided to join the fray with their Toshiba Thrive tablet. Following are several great reasons to consider buying the Toshiba Thrive tablet.

Large Touchscreen Display

The tablet world is divided between 7 and 9-10 inch tablets and most of the top selling tablets are those with the largest screen. The Toshiba Thrive boasts a larger screen than the Apple iPad (9.7 inches) with a 10.1 inch diagonal LED-backlit touchscreen display with. The large touchscreen display of the Toshiba Thrive is excellent for watching movies, playing games, using apps, browsing the web, and lots of other applications and features.

Fast and Powerful

The Toshiba Thrive has a lot to show on the outside, but some of its most promising features are under its hood. The Thrive features the world's first mobile super-chip, the NVIDIA Tegra 2, a dual-core processor, Adobe Flash support, powerful RAM, and HD camera, and an NVIDIA GeForce GPU '" for excellent graphics. With the speed and power of the Toshiba Thrive, it's safe to assume that this tablet can handle whatever you command and isn't just another "me-too" tablet.

Great HD Camera

The front and back-facing cameras on the iPad 2 was a great disappointment for lots of iPad fans, but the Toshiba Thrive won't make the same mistake. Unlike many other tablets on the market, the Toshiba Thrive sports a great front and back-facing camera, with a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera, and a 2 megapixel front facing camera. The Thrive's front and back facing cameras are excellent for capturing video and video chat alike.

Room for Upgrades

In addition to the Toshiba Thrive already great hardware features, it also has lots of room for upgrades. The Toshiba Thrive has a replaceable and upgradeable battery, has an SD card slot for memory upgrades, and also features lots of other great ports like an HDMI and USB port. The added ports and room for upgrades makes the Toshiba Thrive one of the most versatile tablets on the market.

Price

Price will likely always be a major factor when buying a gadget of any kind, but with the high price of the majority of the tablets on the market, you'll definitely want to agree on the price of a tablet before buying one. The Toshiba Thrive is one of the least expensive tablets on the market and comes in at only $429.99 '" which is $70 less than the entry-level iPad.