Conclusion Get the lowdown
Features How they compare
Performance Real world benchmarks
Differences Technical showdown
Reviews Word on the street
Competition Others to consider
Discussion Answers and opinions

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Toshiba Excite 10

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Apple iPad 3

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Ranked #2 and #4 in Largest internal storage TFT LCD screen tablets with a built-in microphone

from $550

10.1"
64 GB
WiFi
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Released May, 2012

Here are other great things about this tablet: 1) NVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor is very fast.

Rated 100% by by Stan-Man--stanf15 (Dec, 2012)

from $625

9.7"
64 GB
WiFi 3G
iOS 6

Released March, 2012

Retina display has sharp, vibrant, very good experience.

Rated 100% by by Bruce-Yee (May, 2012)

Conclusion Which is better for you?

Toshiba Excite 10

Apple iPad 3

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Popularity

87%

78%

PerformanceView Details

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ReviewsView Details

Winner

AppleiPad 3

Overall Score

Features Key features of the Toshiba Excite 10 compared to the Apple iPad 3

“10.1

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

The audio enhancement feature clearly improved the sound quality of all audio when turned on, enhancing the previously muffled sound to something with more clarity.

Rated 67% by by c|net (May, 2012)

9.7”

iOS 6

I sold my old unit and would NEVER ever ever complain about the blazing 4g speed with which I can play and enjoy the internet on the move.

Rated 100% by by Steve--Sunday (May, 2012)

screen size

Excite 1010.1"

iPad 39.7"

At 7.7mm, it really is impressively thin, slimmer than any tablet we've seen regardless of screen size.

Excite 10 by The Verge (Mar, 2012)

Let me rephrase what has already been said: Top notch in terms of design, materials, build quality, software, usability etc..

iPad 3 by alio (May, 2012)

screen resolution

Toshiba Excite 10

1280 x 800 resolution screen

Excite 10 1280 x 800 resolution screen

Apple iPad 3

2048 x 1536 resolution screen

iPad 3 2048 x 1536 resolution screen

It uses the gorilla glass and the picture quality is beyond reproach.

Excite 10 by OY (Aug, 2012)

The new Retina display has made considerable difference in the reading of text on the tablet.

iPad 3 by Vincent-E.-Martin--Darkbard (Apr, 2012)

memory

0 GB

iPad 31 GB

Excite 101 GB

1 GB

camera resolution

0 MP

Excite 102 MP

iPad 30.3 MP

2 MP

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.

Excite 10 by The Verge (Mar, 2012)

The front camera can also be used for (VGA) video recording of up to 30 frames per second with audio, as well as still camera pictures.Re-syncing with iTunes or iCloud.

iPad 3 by Vincent-E.-Martin--Darkbard (Apr, 2012)

processor

Toshiba Excite 10

Quad core

Excite 10 Quad core

Apple iPad 3

Dual core

iPad 3 Dual core

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.

Excite 10 by The Verge (Mar, 2012)

Featuring an Apple designed Dual-core A5X, low power, high performance processor, the 1.44 pound (1.46 pounds for the Wi-Fi + 4G) iPad 3 is a tad thinner than the iPad 2, though the screen size stays the same.

iPad 3 by Vincent-E.-Martin--Darkbard (Apr, 2012)

Performance Real world tests of Toshiba Excite 10 vs Apple iPad 3

cpu speed

Excite 101.2 GHz

iPad 31 GHz

appleinsider.com

battery life

0 hour20 hour

Excite 10 12 hour

iPad 3 10 hour

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 by The Verge (Mar, 2012)

A few hundred dollars difference for somthing I use hours a day is super cheap, like pennies an hour.

iPad 3 by Steve--Sunday (May, 2012)

Differences What are the advantages of each

Full specs comparison

Toshiba Excite 10

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Advantages compared to the Apple iPad 3

More cores	Quad core	vs	Dual core
Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

Longer battery life	12 hour	vs	10 hour
20% longer battery life; surf the web longer without having to plug in

Supported card formats	SD	vs	None
Supports supported card formats

Much higher resolution front camera	2 MP	vs	0.3 MP
More than 6.5x higher resolution front camera; Video chat with other people

Supports multitasking	Yes (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich)	vs	No (iOS 6)
Somewhat common; Run multiple apps at once

Has a microphone jack	Yes	vs	No
Somewhat common; Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality

Supports Adobe Flash	Yes (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich)	vs	No (iOS 6)
Somewhat common; Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash

Has an open source operating system	Yes (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich)	vs	No (iOS 6)
Somewhat common; Allows you the freedom to use your tablet however you like

Supports face unlock	Yes (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich)	vs	No (iOS)
Somewhat common; bypass PIN entry, easier to unlock with one hand

Slightly bigger screen	10.1"	vs	9.7"
Almost the same

Faster processor	1.2 GHz	vs	1 GHz
Around 20% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster

Marginally newer	May, 2012	vs	Mar, 2012
Release date 1 months later

Apple iPad 3

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Advantages compared to the Toshiba Excite 10

Much higher resolution screen	2048 x 1536	vs	1280 x 800
More than 3x higher resolution screen

Much sharper screen	263 ppi	vs	149 ppi
Around 80% sharper PPI; enjoy photo-realistic, crisp images

Supports 3G	Yes	vs	No
Somewhat common; be online anywhere that has cell coverage

Reviews Word on the street

	Toshiba Excite 10		Apple iPad 3
	Rated 41% Read the review (Mar, 2012) Our benchmarks mirrored my experience, showing a tablet that's a long way behind its competition: Quadrant results were less than half of those of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and its Sunspider results were seriously sub-par as well — that is, when it could actually complete the whole test without failing.		Rated 93% Read the review (Mar, 2012)

	Rated 67% Read the review (May, 2012) Tablet mainstays like 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth 3.0, and GPS are included as well as gyroscope, accelerometer, and digital compass support.		Rated 87% Read the review (Mar, 2012)

	Rated 73% by 139 users at amazon.com It's fine,really fineAction and look are smoooth...Use the touch-pen:the thin' deserves...Google play by the time is flawless. Rated 100% by by Dim (Sep, 2012) This is my first tab, I thought I was going to have to load a few apps to do the things I bought the tab for, and lo and behold the apps for PDFs, AVI movies, and Kindle where pre-loaded. Rated 100% by by Bobby-G.-Bristoe (Dec, 2012) The next thing for me was the reliability, built quality, and design choices of the tablet. Rated 80% by by OY (Aug, 2012)		Rated 84% by 190 users at amazon.com The policy can also control other aspect of the iPad 3 64GB Wi-Fi +4G's including third-party e-mail account creation; Windows SharePoint Services and Windows File Shares access; message size limits; attachment downloading, as well as a host of other security related features and functions. Rated 100% by by Vincent-E.-Martin--Darkbard (Apr, 2012) And yes, utilizing ActiveSync I can even wipe the iPad 3 64GB Wi-Fi +4G from the Exchange server, and as long as the tablet remains a part of the ActiveSync policy it will continue to wipe every time its powered on unless it is either removed from the policy or the check mark is removed from the radio button instructing ActiveSync to "Perform a remote wipe to clear mobile device data. Rated 100% by by Vincent-E.-Martin--Darkbard (Apr, 2012) Graphics insertion is well supported as is dictation without additional hardware or software. Rated 100% by by WABit (Sep, 2012)