Toshiba’s Journ.e: the Next in Tablets?
It already is the first tablet to come out after the Apple iPad and while it is smaller, Toshiba is promising that their tablet device will do everything that the iPad cannot (well, except things like cooking bacon). Take a look at Toshiba mobile phone deals at Moby1.
Focusing on simple features such as Flash support, multitasking, microSD card expansions, the Journ.e (probably pronounced as journey) touch screen tablet is a 7 inch wonder that is waiting to unfold, if it was not too overshadowed by the Apple iPad already. Why not look at the best iPhone 4 deals to be had online.
To begin with, even Toshibas approach in the tablet industry already plays heavily in their position as currently number 2 compared to the iPad selling mostly on being able to handle features that the iPad cannot as opposed to actually surpassing the device (and no, simply having the odd features in does not actually qualify as surpassing the iPad).
The quick end of it, the Journ.e is not a better touch screen tablet than the iPad. Despite the fact that it is cheaper and supports functions that the iPad does not, it also comes with a significantly smaller screen. Even worse is the devices battery life: about 3.5 hours when connected to a WiFi network. Pick up the latest mobile phone free gifts deals online at Moby1.
Now, this is where the Journ.e fails as a tablet: accessibility. It may seem like nitpicking when you can simply plug the device into a wall socket and be done with it, but that s actually the beauty of the iPads design, you do not need to worry about the battery since it will last you for ten hours. Even when that is worn down to half capacity, it still easily surpasses the Toshiba tablets battery life.
The simple solution, get Toshiba a heavy duty battery but even this comes with a trade off, the heavy duty battery will be heavier and thus, will make holding the tablet quite a pain.
Friday, June 25th, 2010