Sunday, September 14, 2014
IFA 2014: Toshiba's PCs and Tablets
Toshiba has emerged as one of the big stories from IFA 2014, thanks to its budget-busting $120 Windows mini-tablet, the Encore mini. But Toshiba also made some other interesting announcements at the show, including some interesting 2-in-1 PCs. Here's what Toshiba announced this week at IFA.
The clear star of IFA is a mighty-mite in more ways than one. This 7-inch Windows 8.1-based mini-tablet retails for just $119.99, and it's available now from Toshiba's web site (but will ship later this month).

But it also busts through some other low-end barriers with an Intel Atom Z3735G processor, 1024 x 600 LED screen, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of eMMC storage, new minimums allowed by Windows 8.1 with Update 1. I'm most curious to see how this tablet performs.
Toshiba's first 11.6-inch convertible laptop, the Radius 11 features a "gear type" 360 degree hinge that provides five different usage modes: laptop, tablet, audience, presentation and tabletop. It comes with Windows 8.1 with Bing and one year of free Office 365 Personal, and features a 11.6-inch multi-touch display at 1366 x 768 with 10 touch points, 2 GB of RAM, 500 GB of HDD storage, one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 port, HDMI out, and a SD/SDHC media card reader.

Described as a compact laptop, this device comes with Windows 8.1 with Bing and one year of free Office 365 Personal. It features a 11.6-inch multi-touch display at 1366 x 768, and with 10 touch points, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of eMMC storage, one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 port, HDMI out, and a SD/SDHC media card reader.

This small business offering is meat and potatoes all the way with a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 display, 4th generation Intel Core i5 processor, up to 8 GB of RAM and a 500 GB or 1 TB hard drive. It has two USB 3.0 ports, 1 USB 2.0 port, and an SD card slot, and it's available now in Europe.

I'm still looking for pricing information for most of these devices.
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