Toshiba has named its upcoming tablet the Folio 100, according to a report by Notebook Italia, and some further spec details have emerged too.
The slate, which is the company’s great hope of carving a slice out of the market currently dominated by the fast-selling iPad, had previously been referred to by Notebook Italia as the SmartPad (when the site leaked images of the device last week). Which we think is actually a better name than the Folio 100, as the latter sounds a bit stuffy to us.
At any rate, we already knew that Nvidia Tegra 2 technology was rumoured to be powering the Android tablet, but according to Notebook Italia, it will also boast 16GB of memory, wi-fi and 3G, along with a USB port and an HDMI port.
A 10.1 inch display was also confirmed by the site, along with a 1 megapixel webcam, and seven hours worth of battery life is promised. The device should run Android 2.2.
All this should be officially confirmed, or not, by Toshiba at this week’s IFA show over in Berlin. Along with, hopefully, some indication of the tablet’s release date.
Samsung will also be announcing its Galaxy Tab at IFA, and these will be the first of many tablets to attempt to take a bite out of Apple’s market share.
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