Toshiba releases 'world's thinnest' Android tablet

Toshiba's 'world's thinnest, lightest' tablet, the AT200 - aka the Excite in the US - goes on sale over here next week.

The 7.7mm-thick, 10.1in 1280 x 800 tablet, announced in September 2011, runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb, on a 1.2GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 processor. It has 1GB of DDR 2 memory and either 16GB or 32GB of Flash storage.

The tablet uses 2.4GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi for network connectivity, has micro HDMI for TV linkage, and Micro SD for storage expansion.

You can read Reg Hardware's 'hands on' write-up of the Toshiba AT200 here.

The AT200 goes on sale on Wednesday, 15 February for £399 (16GB) and £449 (32GB), but it'll only be available from Carphone Warehouse. ®