9 and 10-inch tablet is too large to carry everywhere, but not so with 7-inch tablet that provides greater portability and easier to use with one hand. With competitors such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Samsung, Acer and Lenovo, Toshiba tried to enter the tablet market by releasing a 7 inch Toshiba Thrive 7.
Thrive 7 has a similar design as the larger brother the Toshiba Thrive 10. Toshiba Tablet has a rear rubber coated with a textured surface that makes it easier to hold.
With a weight of 377 grams and dimensions of 7.4 x 5 x0, 48-inch to Toshiba Thirve 7-inch quite light and easy to grasp with one hand. But unfortunately Thrive 7 is still thicker and heavier than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 weighs 346 grams and dimensions of 7.6 x 4x 0.4 inches.
On the left side of the length, there is a volume rocker, power button and lock switch. There is also a rubber cover that hides the ports of the micro USB, micro SD card reader and micro HDMI. A 3.5 mm headphone jack is located on the short sisis with docking station at the bottom.
Thrive 7 has a very sharp display, it is thanks to a resolution of 1280 x 800 which gives a density of pixels Thrive impressive (215.63 PPI). Thrive stereo speakers 7 inch resulted in a voice loud enough to hear and accurately in a small room. But because the speakers are mounted on the short side, so it makes very easy to cover up their hands when holding Thrive in landscape mode.
Specifications Toshiba Thrive 7
CPU: 1-GHz Tegra 2 CPU
Included RAM 1GB
RAM Upgradeable 1GB
Storage Drive Size 16GB
Storage Drive Type: Flash Memory
Display Size 7"
Display Resolution 1280 x 800
Graphics Chip PowerVR SGX540
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Has Bluetooth: Yes
OS: Android 3.2
Camera Resolution: 5MP
Front-Facing Camera Resolution 2.0MP
Ports microHDMI: microUSB
USB Ports 1
Card Readers: microSD
Size Card Reader: 32GB
Size: 7:44 x 0:48 x 5:04 inches
Weight: 13.3 ounces / 377 grams
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