Toshiba AT270

High manufacturing quality; Good material choice; Compact size; Very low weight; Good black value and contrast; Adequately high performance; Fair warranty models; Dedicated USB port

Very low brightness; Light jerking during FullHD playback; Moderate camera quality; Average battery life

The most prominent and at the same time cheaper contender is Google's Nexus 7. Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N has to be considered when size is important. And of course all current Tegra 3 tablets.

Excellent AMOLED display ; Sleek and light design ; Decent performance ; Supports 128GB microSD cards

Proprietary dock connector for charging ; Below average imaging quality ; Price could be lower

Retailing at

Gorgeous display, classy build materials, fast quad core with ICS

Expensive, no HDMI port

The tablet lists for $499 (16 gig). That's a high price for a 7" class tablet, and in fact it's the same price as the Toshiba Excite 10. I know many of you expect smaller tablets to be less expensive, and Toshiba's pricing is surprising. That said,...

Outstanding display ; Excellent performance ; Very good ergonomics

Appalling cameras ; No 3G connectivity ; Ridiculously overpriced

The Toshiba Tablet AT270 has an excellent display, a good design, comfortable ergonomics and impressive performance. However, at $539 the AT270 is an incredibly tough sell given Google's Nexus 7 provides far superior value. Tough to recommend, barring...