Newgadgets.de: Toshiba AC100 Dynabook AZ is Tegra-2 Powered

Posted by Charbax – July 12, 2010

Wow, the Toshiba AC100 Cloud Companion smartbook is some serious looking ARM Cortex A9 laptop right there, being launched soon! It’s based on Nvidia Tegra 2 1ghz ARM Cortex A9 system on chip, with a nice HDMI output on the side of the device (full 1080p output!), it runs a customized version of Android optimized for the Laptop form factor. It comes with 512MB DDR2 (333 MHz) RAM, 16GB Flash (up to 32GB version available), 2 USB host ports, 10.1″ 1024×600 LED backlit LCD, SDHC card reader, 1.3 megapixel webcam, Bluetooth, WiFi-N and a weight of 870 grams. Toshiba may launch this in Europe in August as a kind of high end thin premium laptop priced 349€ for WiFi-only version and 449€ for the version with built-in 3G HSDPA.

Source: NewGadgets.de, Youtube channel

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  • http://ignorante.wordpress.com/ Ignorante

    Any details on the actual Android capabilities? I am going to buy the first smartbook I can get with Ubuntu.

  • http://ARMdevices.net/ Charbax

    It'd be very interesting to see what web browser they have, if it got tabs optimized for laptop form factor, how Android customizations are different than what HP did on the HP Compaq Airlife 100 that is out only in Spain or something like that. I don't know if Toshiba allows to multi-boot into Ubuntu or Chrome OS using an SD card or USB stick, that is to be seen, and that depends on what kind of boot process they use.

  • MagnetMan

    Ubuntu would be a complete win on this system. Of course, I won't bite until I get at least 8h battery life. Here's hoping that manufacturers capitalize on the low power consumption of modern ARM cores.

  • http://ARMdevices.net/ Charbax

    More than 8h battery is likely on this system, even though it's only 870 grams.

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  • oli

    512MB? Why do they always save a few bucks on the RAM?

  • Alexudal

    Lots of stuff is missing as if Toshiba lives in 2009 still. Sure, prototypes for this particular model must be dated 2008, so let's wait for _really_ breakthrough device. Which MUST show:
    1) Liquavista, or Pixel Qi transflective ultra-hires IPS display, cap/res multitouch PLUS electromagnetic (Wacom digitizer style) stylus input;
    2) Tegra 2 SoC is capable of supporting 12 MP digital still camera and/or full 1080p 120+ fps full lifeview video recorder, why oh why you Tosh went for that piss poor, KIRFy 1.3 MP Web cam?
    3) It's very advantageous to have multiboot avenues open, or aneasily hackable device, at least before Android 3.0 matures, sure. Or Chrome OS catches. But I'd be not betting on Ubuntu/Canonical alone, any distro with better Tegra 2 hardware support will do fine, or better. Windows CE/7 for Tablets? In other words, the productivity apps is what wins over the stuff that is predominately smartphone, or media/data consumption based.
    4) Make all the above into a Tablet PC form, or plain tablet (without hardware keyboatd), and you've got a true iPad killer on your hands. Is there anything here too hard to understand, or implement? Obviously, Tosh has a much better access to a plentiful supply of Tegra 2 than say, that obscure Notion Ink gang, why not use it?

  • http://ARMdevices.net/ Charbax

    I wonder why they aren't using 1GB DDR3 RAM in there.

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  • Sorin7486

    Looks great … maybe a bit expensive considering it could probably be sold for a lot less… But boy is it awesome compared to x86 notebooks.

  • damaged justice

    “Make all the above into a Tablet PC form, or plain tablet”

    Fail. The move to tablets is squeezing out netbooks. Removing the keyboard is not an improvement for my use case.

  • Rumbin

    Hi everybody,

    as I think there are many people out there who face this problem, I decided to launch a Wiki about the AC100, focusing on alternative operating systems.
    I would be very happy to see that we can concentrate our efforts and share our wisdom in this Wiki. There is also a discussion forum available at the bottom of each page.
    Access it at: http://http://tosh-ac100.wetpaint.com/

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  • Anonymous

    Toshiba AC100 is really one of the great smartbook available in market. Some cons of this smartbook are Android 2.1 while 2.3 is 2 month old in market. And no flash and Android market support. Other specification of this smartbook really awesome and price is really affordable.

  • Alexudal

    The gadget is dead a year ago. You say it’s still with with Android 2.1? Heh, even its Momma Toshiba didn’t like its child — right from the beginning. Affordable price for this thing for DIYers is below $120.

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