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Toshiba Thrive tablet won’t wake from sleep mode for many users

Shane McGlaun, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [12]

The Toshiba Thrive tablet hit stores earlier this month and the tablet has been popular with users since the launch. On the Toshiba Forums, there are pages of users that are all reporting the same issue with the Thrive. Apparently, the tablet isn't waking from sleep mode when the users press the wake button. The tablet stays in sleep mode and the only way to wake the tablet so it can be used is to reboot it. Read The Full Story

Apple Now Third Largest PC Vendor In US Market

Rue Liu, Jul 14th 2011 Discuss [4]

Apple’s personal computer business has been growing strong according to a recent report from research firms Gartner and IDC. So strong, in fact, that Apple has now risen to become the third largest vendor in the U.S. PC market just behind HP and Dell. Furthermore in comparison between the second quarters of 2010 and 2011, Apple has seen the highest positive growth.

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Toshiba Glasses-Free 3D Panels for Tablets Mentioned

Chris Burns, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

The fine folks at Toshiba have announced their intent to create some fantastic 15.6-inch lenticular lens-based panels for notebooks while tablets also sit very much in the mix (though perhaps in the hands of the competitors, according to industry sources.) These panels will be developed by Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO) for some brand new naked-eye 2D/3D switchable notebook models that'll be launched in August for right around $2,100USD. Why, 3D notebooks, that's crazy talk! Read The Full Story

Toshiba Thrive Lands At Newegg With Free Shipping

Rue Liu, Jul 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Toshiba Thrive 10.1-inch Android tablet took its time to hit the market. It was first unveiled at CES but waited for Android Honeycomb and wisely priced itself to compete. Pre-orders for the Thrive started last month with a launch date set for mid-July, but today's it has already touched down at Newegg with pricing just as expected plus free shipping. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Thrive lands early at Best Buy in Austin, Texas

Shane McGlaun, Jul 5th 2011 Discuss [6]

The Toshiba Thrive is a small 7-inch Android tablet that some fans of Android have been looking forward to getting their hands on for a long time. The tablet hit pre-order on Amazon starting at $430 last month. We also learned last month that the Android 3.1 version was postponed. The Thrive has been expected to land on July 10. The tablet has landed early in at least one Best Buy location in Austin, Texas. Read The Full Story

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Toshiba Qosmio F750 3D Hands-On

Chris Davies, Jul 5th 2011 Discuss [2]

Toshiba’s clever new 3D laptop, the Qosmio F750 3D, only got official this morning, but SlashGear stopped by for some early playtime to see just how well the glasses-free display worked. Built around a Core i7 processor, 6GB of DDR3 memory and NVIDIA GeForce 540 GT graphics, the F750 3D is no slouch in terms of performance, but it’s the display – capable of simultaneously showing 2D and 3D pictures, tailored to where you’re sitting in front of the notebook – that’s the star of the show. Check out our hands-on impressions after the cut.

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Toshiba Qosmio F750 3D: glasses-free 3D Core i7 laptop

Chris Davies, Jul 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Toshiba has outed its latest 3D laptop, the Qosmio F750 3D, the first to offer glasses-free 3D. Pairing a lenticular display - which splits the image between the left and right eyes - with a 15.6-inch Full HD LCD panel and clever eye-tracking technology to preserve the 3D effect even as you move your head around, the Toshiba Qosmio F750 3D has a 2.0GHz Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M graphics, 6GB of DDR3 memory and a Blu-ray XL recordable drive. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Thrive Gets Cool Video Plus Giveaway Contest

Rue Liu, Jun 28th 2011 Discuss [7]

The Toshiba Thrive was announced back at CES and it has taken its time to work out any kinks and find a good price range before hitting the market. Pre-orders for the tablet have just recently begun with a release scheduled for mid-July. As part of the promotions leading up to the launch, Toshiba has unleashed a neat little unboxing video full of special effects and also created giveaway contest for a free limited edition Thrive. Read The Full Story

ASUS 13-inch NVIDIA Android laptop in works; Samsung, Toshiba & Acer planning similar?

Chris Davies, Jun 23rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Samsung, Toshiba, ASUS and Acer are all readying ARM-based laptops hoping to restore the reputation of the little-loved "smartbook" segment, according to the latest talk in Taipei. According to DigiTimes' sources, ASUS has prepared a 13-inch notebook using an unspecified NVIDIA chip - potentially the quad-core Kal-El expected to show up in commercial hardware from August - and running Android, with a launch toward the end of 2011. Read The Full Story

Toshiba DX1215 all-in-one PC packs Full HD touchscreen, HDMI input

Chris Davies, Jun 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Toshiba's Satellite L750 isn't the only new piece of computing hardware from the company today; there's also a swanky new all-in-one PC. The Toshiba DX1215 has a 21.5-inch 1080p Full HD touchscreen, behind which lurks either a Sandy Bridge Core i5 or i7 processor and a 1TB 7,200 rpm hard-drive running Windows 7. Read The Full Story

Toshiba outs new Satellite L750 laptop

Shane McGlaun, Jun 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Toshiba has been trotting out a few new laptops this month with some cool features. The L700 was one of the notebooks that were unveiled earlier this week along with several others. Toshiba also has a new L750 laptop series that slots into its Satellite line of consumer machines. The new notebook has a cool design and comes in more than one color. The CPU inside the machine is an AMD A6-series and graphics come by way of ATI Mobility Radeon GPUs. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Thrive Android 3.1 Honeycomb Tablet Model Postponed, Model Number Updated

Chris Burns, Jun 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

So you're looking for another Android tablet running Honeycomb, yes? Perhaps another Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablet specifically, one with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, 16GB internal memory, and a 10.1” 1280×800 pixel resolution display? You're in luck, Toshiba's got you totally covered! What we've known from June 2nd remains essentially true, that being the specs you see above, but now we've got a brand new model number. What was going to be released as the AT300/23C, known in Japan as the Regza and here in the states as the Thrive will be replaced by the AT300/24C and will have Android 3.1 Honeycomb officially in its Japanese release. Read The Full Story