- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Toshiba Excite 10 LE
- 10.1"
- 32 GB
- WiFi 3G
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Released February, 2012
Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)At 7.7mm, it really is impressively thin, slimmer than any tablet we've seen regardless of screen size.
Conclusion Check out the Toshiba Excite 10 LE
First reviewed March, 2012
Features Key features of the Toshiba Excite 10 LE
10.1”
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)More and more games are being updated to take advantage of the larger, higher-res displays, but there are still only a small number of apps that look good and function better on screens larger than a phone.
screen size
10.1"
8.9"
10.6"
Excite 10 LE by The Verge (Mar, 2012)You get full access to the Android Market (now known as the Play Store), but as we've said over and over the app situation for large-screen Android devices is an ugly one.
screen resolution
Excite 10 LE by c|net (Mar, 2012)For a device that sells on the strength of its premium design, it's a detail that should have been taken care of.
Excite 10 LE by c|net (Mar, 2012)With Apple's new iPad out there offering twice the screen resolution while still nailing a 10-hour battery life, the Excite's unexceptional battery rating and average display quality are a hard sell at $530.
memory
| 0 GB | 1 GB   | 8 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 2 MP  | 2 MP |
Excite 10 LE by c|net (Mar, 2012)Neither of them is particularly great, and several people we handed the tablet to mistook the front camera (circled in chrome) for a home button.
Excite 10 LE by The Verge (Mar, 2012)If you're one of those people, the Excite 10 LE does have two cameras, a 5-megapixel shooter on the back and a 2-megapixel model on the front.
processor
Excite 10 LE by The Verge (Mar, 2012)The Excite is geared toward a more average tablet buyer, and while its spec list isn't exactly standard-setting, it's solid: a TI OMAP 4430 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 1280 x 800, 10.1-inch display.
Performance Real world tests of Toshiba Excite 10 LE
battery life
8.5 hour
10.25 hour
10 hour
Excite 10 LE by The Verge (Mar, 2012)In practice, largely because frequent crashes are a fact of life with the Excite, I got more like four hours of battery on a charge.
Excite 10 LE by Jo-MW (Mar, 2012)*Battery: After a couple hours, it was down to 70% (but that was pretty intensive use, so may not be a good indicator of normal battery life).
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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Capacitive -
2 MP -
2 MP -
10.1" -
Play games and use applications that take advantage of device rotation -
Automatically adjust screen brightness for environmental factors -
be online anywhere that has cell coverage -
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich -
Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality -
Detects movement for interactive apps -
Great for maps and navigation apps -
Get directions and navigation, geotag photos -
2 MP -
bypass PIN entry, easier to unlock with one hand -
Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash -
use multiple fingers at once for more complex interactions -
Can be operated hands free
cons
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2 MP -
1 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v2.0)
Reviews Word on the street
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 | Rated by 14 users at amazon.com Rated 60% by by Bobin704 (Mar, 2012) Rated 100% by by JiggaEd (May, 2012) Rated 100% by by JiggaEd (May, 2012) |
Screen
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)It's bright and accurate, viewing angles are excellent, with virtually no discoloration even far off-axis, and while you can definitely make out individual pixels and see some jaggies on small text, it's not enough to be a huge problem unless you're really looking for it.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 100% by by Jeesspot (Mar, 2013)Screen clarity is bright and accurate.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)The Excite doesn't feel cheap — the magnesium alloy body and Gorilla Glass screen are certainly made of high-end materials — but it doesn't feel well-assembled at all.
Size
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 100% by by JiggaEd (May, 2012)This tablet is super thin and sleek.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 40% by by Jo-MW (Mar, 2012)Here are my impressions:*Design: Very nice; its thinness and lightness and general look is better than my first-gen iPad.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 70% by by c|net (Mar, 2012)For some, having the thinnest, lightest 10-inch tablet money can buy is enough to justify the $530 investment.
Thickness
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)I can't help but imagine the meeting at Toshiba where an executive demanded "the world's thinnest tablet," no matter what.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)Being thin isn't all it's cracked up to be Good materials, badly assembledNice to look at, not to touch The iPad proved tablets can have decent camerasHoneycomb's problems are on full display Nothing seems to work right Thin isn't worth the tradeoffs First it was the Toshiba AT200, then it was the Excite X10, and now it's the Excite 10 LE.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 70% by by c|net (Mar, 2012)It's also a difference you can see, as the Excite measures just 0.3 inch thick.
Type
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 70% by by c|net (Mar, 2012)Given the Excite's price and the context of other 10-inch Android tablets on the market or on the horizon, Toshiba's tablet isn't offering the best value.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 40% by by Jo-MW (Mar, 2012)I much prefer Android to iOS, but am just not seeing any Android tablets being released yet that don't have fatal flaws in hardware/software or in pricing.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)Android may have more games than ever that are able to run on the bigger screen, but that doesn't do the Excite much good, because it just can't handle anything graphically intensive.
Operating system
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)I'm more inclined to believe that promise than most, because of how little customization the company needs to do to the OS — though I can't help but wonder why Toshiba wouldn't just ship the tablet with ICS, since it's not changing much anyway.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)Toshiba and SRS Labs added a few software and EQ tweaks that supposedly improve the experience a bit, though I can't say I noticed a huge difference as I changed settings — mediocre speakers are mediocre speakers.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 70% by by c|net (Mar, 2012)Toshiba, a company whose first foray into Android tablets was a relative behemoth, is showing the world that its designers can do "thin" better than anyone.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF300 2-way tie: Most CPU cores Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF300 vs Toshiba Excite 10 LE |
 | 2 | Apple iPad 3 Highest resolution screen Apple iPad 3 vs Toshiba Excite 10 LE |
 | 5 | Amazon Kindle Fire HD Fastest processor Amazon Kindle Fire HD vs Toshiba Excite 10 LE |
 | 6 | Asus Eee Pad Transformer 4-way tie: Has a microphone jack Asus Eee Pad Transformer vs Toshiba Excite 10 LE |
 | 7 | Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga Largest amount of storage capacity Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga vs Toshiba Excite 10 LE |
 | 8 | Microsoft Surface Biggest screen Microsoft Surface vs Toshiba Excite 10 LE |
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