[Updated] Toshiba Folio AS100 Short Review

My last post about Toshiba Folio AS100 review said that the camera quality is poor. Now I want to make a correction that the camera quality is fair for 1,3 MB resolution. All because my boss put the screen protector which block the webcam.

When I tried to remove the screen protector, the camera work well with the fair quality.

Also I have more times to try the Folio. Since the Toshiba doesn't provide the Android Market application yet (confirmed by the Toshiba, but they said they will launch the Android Market for the Folio somewhere in January 2011), you can try to download the applications with the 3rd party applications like Camangi Market or via pandaapp.com

I've tried to install some games and Youtube viewer, some of them work well, some are not.

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Toshiba Folio AS100 Android Tablet - Short Review

Just got Toshiba Folio AS100 from my boss, the first Android tablet from Toshiba.

First impression, it quite good design compared to another tablets. I only have around half hour to try the Folio

The weight is light, according to Toshiba's website, officially they said is around 760 gr, is more light than iPad. From the dimension, is not quite far from iPad. The different is the type of the screen which is the Folio come with wide screen mode.

The touch screen is more sensitive than the other android tablet product, specially if compared with the china's android tablet market. But still below the iPad technology.

One of the main disadvantage from Folio is there's no Android Market Application. That's made me difficult to try to download the application from officially.
Another weakness is camera quality. Even come with the 1.3 MP resolution, but still the result is very poor.

Officially, the main specs of Toshiba Folio AS100 is:

• OS: Android 2.2
• Processor: Nvidia Tegra 2
• Display: multitouch display 10.1 "widescreen WSVGA (1024x600pixel)
• Audio: 2 stereo speakers and microphone 0.5 W
• Storage: 16GB internal memory
• Networking: 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G
• Ports: HDMI, USB 2.0 standard, USB 2.0 mini audio jack
• Card reader: SD (up to 32GB) MMC
• Battery: 1020mAh, 3.7V, 22600mWh. Up to 7 hours of life with mixed use
• Internet: Opera Mobile Browser with Flash 1.10
• Productivity suite of office applications, PDF reader, ebook reader and RSS aggregator
• Multimedia: 1.3 MP Webcam
• Dimensions: 281 x 181 x 14mm
• Weight: 760gr

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