Toshiba Folio 100 Personal Media Tablet

Here at IFA 2010 in Berlin, Toshiba have today announced the Folio 100 Personal Media Tablet device.

Here is what Toshiba said about the Folio 100:

“Our FOLIO 100 media tablet offers a seamless, easy-to-use experience across entertainment, social networking and mobile Internet – anytime and anywhere”, said Marco Perino, General Manager Digital Life Products and Services. Offering a wide range of connectivity options, the FOLIO 100 is equipped with an SD card slot, an HDMI® connector, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth®, while a
Mobile Broadband (3G) ready version will follow soon.”

Facts & Figures*

CPU: Nvidia Tegra 2
25.7cm (10.1”) capacitive multitouch display with 1,024 x 600 pixels
Based on Android 2.2
On-board storage capacity: 16 GB
Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, WLAN (802.11 b/g/n), Mobile Broadband (soon available in certain models and countries)
DLNA® compatible
1 x mini HDMI®, 1 x USB 2.0 (client and hub), SD/MMC Card Reader
Supports Adobe® Flash 10.1
Rotation of displayed content on the screen by accelerometer
Webcam with 1.3 MPixel
Battery life: 7 hours (65% web browsing, 10% video playback, 25% standby)
Weight: 760g
Size: 281mm x 181mm x 14mm
Software (excerpt): Opera Mobile, Toshiba Media Player, FBReader, Fring, Document to Go, Eernote

* depending on configuration and local availability

Here is a picture I took of the Folio 100, unfortunately it hasn’t come out very clearly!

So here is a picture from Toshiba themselves:

It certainly looked interesting, and it should be available in Europe sometime during Q4 2010, but no word yet on pricing.