BERLIN—Another day at IFA, another tablet to adore. Today, I got to spend some time with Toshiba's AT200, a new 10.1-inch Android Honeycomb tablet, whose claim to fame is that, at 7.7mm (0.3 inch), it's the thinnest tablet released so far. It even manages to out-svelte the super-skinny Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 by a millimeter.
Toshiba had the AT200 tethered and locked to the table, so it was tough to get a true feel of its weight, but at 19.7 ounces, it's certainly not heavy. And it manages to be lighter than the Galaxy Tab by .2 ounces despite its brushed-metal back, which is classier looking than the Tab's plastic back panel. The tablet felt sturdy and well-constructed.
The 10.1-inch 1,280-by-800-pixel capacitive touch-screen LCD is bright and responsive, and there are no buttons on the face of the tablet, just the lens for the 2-megapixel front-facing camera. On the top middle of the back panel, you'll see the 5-megapixel shooter that captures 720p HD video.
Just like with its much-chunkier, 1.6-pound, twice-as-thick sibling, the Toshiba Thrive you get plenty of ports on the AT200 including Micro-USB, micro-SD, and micro-HDMI to mirror the tablet's display on an HDTV. The typical tablet features including 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Accelerometer, gyrometer, electronic compass, and ambient light sensor are all here as well. Toshiba rates the battery life at 8 hours for video playback.
Under the hood, there's a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor and 64GB RAM, and the tablet runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb, which might appeal to some users who aren't fans of Samsung's TouchWiz Android overlay. The tablet I played with wasn't a final production model, but the tablet still felt very responsive. Moving around the UI was fast, and Web pages loaded quickly, and Flash video playback was stutter-free. Otherwise, there's not a lot to report. If you've seen stock Honeycomb, there's nothing new to see here.
The AT200 is slated to be released in Q4 in Europe. A U.S release date wasn't disclosed, and pricing hasn't been announced.
For more of the products we've seen at IFA, hit the slideshow below.