This quad-core Android tablet is fast
and offers strong battery life, but it falls down in other areas
Toshiba’s lO.lin AT300 tablet is the
company’s best yet and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This is the 16GB model;
a 32GB is also available.
It’s well built, and feels solid and
well-balanced in the hands. We like its rounded corners and tapered screen
edges, but it’s a bit bland.
The screen has a now-standard
l280x800-pixel resolution, and a bright LED backlight.Viewing angles are
reasonable, but contrast isn’t wonderful.
Toshiba
AT300
A quad-core processor makes for a slick
experience when swiping between Android Home screens, and also when playing HD
video or games. In Geekbench, the AT300 scored an impressive 1,575 points. It
also completed the SunSpider JavaScript test in 2,056ms - not the best, but
still pretty quick.
There are lots of ports and connections,
including Micro-USB and Micro HDMI, which allow you to connect external storage
and a large-screen TV. A full-size SDXC card slot means you could even pop in
the card from your camera to share and edit photos.
There
are lots of ports and connections, including Micro-USB and Micro HDMI, which
allow you to connect external storage and a large-screen TV
You also get 802.lln Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0
and GPS. A proprietary dock connector and an inability to charge from a USB
port are disadvantages.
The front-facing 2Mp camera provides
adequate quality for video chat. At the back is a 5Mp camera with a useful LED
flash. There’s considerable shutter lag and the screen isn’t bright enough to
use as a viewfinder in sunny conditions.
We
were impressed with the Toshiba AT300’s battery life
You get media-player and file-manager apps.
There’s also a Toshiba Places app where you can buy music, videos and games,
but Google Play is better.
We were impressed with the Toshiba AT300’s
battery life. The tablet easily lasted a day of use in our experience, and it
managed to endure almost nine hours in our video-playback test.
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Specifications
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Price: from $433.6
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Company: Toshiba
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Website: toshiba.co.uk
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10.1in (1280x800) capacitive multitouch screen
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Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich
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1.3GHz nVidia Tegra 3
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1GB RAM; 16/32GB storage
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SDXC
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802.11b/g/n
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Bluetooth 3.0
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2Mp, 5Mp cameras
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720p video
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GPS
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260x179x8.9mm
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593g
Pros
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Well-built; good battery life; reasonably
fast; full-size SDXC slot
Cons
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No 3G version; proprietary dick connector;
poor camera quality
Verdict
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Good performance and battery life are
promising, but this Toshiba can't compete with rival 10in Android tablets
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