How long does the toshiba thrive last

First, it doesn't seem to be quite as stable as its comrades, as I noticed a variety of annoying app and browser crashes, and notably those Force Closes occurred even with just the stock selection of apps on board. When the Thrive shipped, there was also a particularly nasty issue where the tablet would fail to resume from sleep requiring a hard reset to fix but Toshiba addressed it weeks later in a software update.

Second, despite the Thrive's considerable girth, battery life is actually somewhat worse. Toshiba promises up to 11 hours of use on the Thrive's removable mAh battery, but I'm afraid I didn't get nearly that — using our brand-new battery test, which which cycles through a series of websites and high resolution images with brightness set at 65 percent, the Thrive petered out at five hours and 28 minutes.

That's actually not horrible, and the Thrive lasted the entirety of a day with far more sporadic use, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab The resume-from-sleep issue was nasty, but even now that the company sorted it out, you might well be better off spending your money elsewhere.

Forgetting the full-size ports and considerable girth for a moment, the main thing that distinguishes the Thrive from competitors is how thoroughly average it is — when every other major tablet manufacturer has put their best foot forward, the Thrive offers merely an average experience.

That might be fine if Toshiba undercut the competition on price, but the entry-level Thrive which comes with only 8GB of flash storage! If your desire for full-size HDMI ports and SD card slots is insatiable, we sympathize, as those are definitely features we want on our slates as well, but we'll wait for a more smartly designed tablet to integrate those ports before we lay our money on the table. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Toshiba Thrive main review 2. Filed under: Google. Linkedin Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Grid View. You can pop your SD card right out of your camera and into the Thrive. Cameras Cameras. The Thrive's cameras aren't as hilariously bad as other slates. Software Software Toshiba bundles a variety of software with the Thrive, and most of it isn't worth your time.

In addition to these, Toshiba bundles a variety of software with the Thrive: App Place is Toshiba's very own app store, which could theoretically help you find tablet-friendly apps, but is presently not worth your time — it holds a grand total of 38 apps at the moment, and feels like a slimy pitchman at the time of this writing.

Most apps charge a hefty monthly fee, though each includes a or day free trial. Oh, and when you sign up for an account, "Yes, contact me with offers and updates" is checked by default. Start Place is Toshiba's visual news reader, which provides Associated Press stories in a visually pleasing manner, but rather slowly — it gave me Sunday's news on Wednesday, and Wednesday's news on Thursday morning. Book Place is an additional e-reader bookstore powered by Blio that's fairly ugly and slow.

It does let you search for free e-books, but otherwise I'd never use it over the included Google Books. Toshiba's done the reader a disservice by leaving this on the front page and relegating Google's version to the app drawer. File Manager is actually quite useful, letting you quickly and easily browse and transfer files between attached USB drives, SD cards and the Thrive's internal storage.

Latest Reviews. See all articles. Toshiba Thrive 7" review. Wollman Sponsored Links. In this article: 7 inch , 7 inch tablet , 7 inch tablets , 7-inch , 7-inch tablet , 7-inch tablets , 7-inchTablet , 7-inchTablets , 7Inch , 7InchTablet , 7InchTablets , Android , Android 3. Pros High-res displayGreat size, easy to hold. Only one is visible: the SD Card slot at the top-right edge of the tablet all mentioned locations assume a landscape orientation.

All of that is in addition to the docking port, which is situated beneath a sturdy flap of its own at the bottom edge. Those inputs translate to some extraordinary possibilities in the ways you could use this tablet—especially given how Android 3. Suddenly, a non-Windows tablet inches closer to replacing a laptop for both consumption and productivity.

Rounding out the perimeter of the Thrive are a 3. The pitch-black Thrive has a flashy style in part due to the shiny silver trim around the 2-megapixel front-facing camera and microphone, which are centered at the left side of the tablet; the silver wraps around to the back, surrounding the 5-megapixel, p video camera.

Stay tuned for our full camera testing results for the Thrive. The bling effect also comes from the three status lights for power, battery, and Wi-Fi that are visible at the top edge. Another unique feature: The Thrive has a removable battery. Toshiba says the lithium ion battery will last for up to 7 hours of video playback. I found the down-firing stereo speakers mediocre on the whole.

The Thrive is jam-packed with app icons—over 20 in all, including seven games, and a Toshiba-branded file manager and media player. Among the clutterware offerings, you get an icon for the user guide, which links not to a local PDF but to the online version, displayed within the Web browser an unfortunate choice should you ever wish to consult the guide without having to bounce around a website.

Can we at least get ads targeted at tablet users, folks? The same goes for Kaspersky Tablet Security.