Toshiba AC100 – More availability indicators

Posted on 23 August 2010, Last updated on 27 January 2015 by

The AC100 is definitely getting closer. Amazon UK have a pre-order page up, Toshiba UK have product details up, Peter from Netbooknews in Japan says it will launch there next week and there’s now a German retailer showing the product. Although this is probably a UK QWERTY version being sold, it’s the availability figure that’s interesting. 2 weeks!

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I’m quite excited about this one. We’ve got one on order and the more I read about it, the more excited I get. Yes, it won’t have any deep and meaningful productivity apps and yes, Android on a netbook style device will feel strange but with 8hrs battery life in a stylish sub-900gm package, a week or more standby power (and an estimated 2-3 days always-connected ) a high brightness display, dual-core ARM Cortex A9 and built-in 3G for 369 Euros (4-week delivery on the 3G version,) it’s something I just have to test out. It’s likely to have some of the issues of the similar Android-powered Airlife 100 [review]but I’m adamant that this concept has legs. As soon as someone brings out an always-on ‘smart’ netbook with the right applications, it will start a new chapter in laptop computing. No more shutdown!

3 Comments For This Post

  1. Roberto Innocenti says:

    The genesi smartbook have full gnu/linux distros!!! Ubuntu, Gentoo and others.
    I think the Toschiba AC100 must have the Ubuntu Option, over the Android OS.

  2. Dave Church says:

    The Subscriber version of T3 is out and the included Micro-Anvika catalog has the AC100 in it, but it’s not up on the website yet.

  3. Maya Chernyll says:

    I’m an avid fan of Toshiba’s product line (As a matter of fact, the laptop I’m typing this on right now is a Toshiba Satellite) and I can’t wait to get my hands on the AC100. I’m almost at the stage of, instead of hoping for it, waiting simply fo rthe pre-order page to appear already.

    Gah!

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