Toshiba's "World's Thinnest" Tablet Arrives in March

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Now give us a tablet that's more damage resistant and has a glass screen that doesn't completely shatter if we accidentally dropped it from our sitting position.

Can you drop your laptop? I guess Toshiba could use a shatter resistant plastic screen and then use a screen skin to prevent it from scratching...

 

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[citation][nom]robochump[/nom]iPad competition does not have the purchasing power of Apple to keep prices of material down through huge bulk orders. Smaller tablet companies simply cannot add all of the latest and greatest tech into their products without charging an arm and a leg in order to make a profit. So instead these smaller tablet companies use mid level tech and try to make it unique in order to stand out and in this case with Toshiba (World's thinnest tablet). If Apple was a small tablet company the entry level iPad would cost $799 in order to make a profit.Also Toshiba most likely went with Honeycomb because the licensing is cheaper thus more profit.[/citation]

if apple was a small tablet company the entry level iPad would cost $150 in order to compete with the major companies. this Toshiba tab would likely cost less than $200 to make and is ridiculously overpriced as this point. just look at RIM's playbook or kindle fire, same/better specs and they only want $200 for it.