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Question: Why does this have a mechanical hard drive?
Document: This also will recognise external hard drives you just have to have a micro USB to what ever you hard drive takes. The only drawback that I have seen is the screen isn't super HD but it is clear and has great color. So if you want a tablet that is NOT a iPad and is dependable has plenty of port options this might be it for you. Thanks for reading.
Not very noticeable if you're watching something with a lot of light but during dark scenes it's a little annoying. * Proprietary charging cable that only seems to charge the tablet. * Charging takes a looong time* No way to root yet. After some digging around it looks like it might be awhile before a rooting method is released... This is a real bummer. * Can only handle FAT formats if you use an external hard drive. * Some apps aren't compatible with it, yet. * You have to click the notification area a few times sometimes to get it to open up.That's about it.
I called about transferring files via the supplied cable and they were no help.I also had an issue using the USB host functionality trying to use an external hard drive and found via their tech support it will only support drives formatted to exFAT, FAT or FAT32. DOES NOT support drives formatted to NTFS. This is very odd... I had to back up a 750GB Oyen Digital hard drive, reformat it and then transfer the files (mostly movies and TV shows) back to it. Took forever. Now that the drive is formatted to exFAT it works perfectly.
1. If I could give it zero stars I would.2. I got my tablet after a Toshiba 3TB external drive I had purchased absolutely died and deleted all of my information. When I went into the Toshiba website, I got a coupon. Naturally, I would never buy another drive from them, so seeing nothing I liked, I bought the 10 inch tablet.3. After 3 weeks, the tablet died.I will never ever buy a Toshiba product again.
Some may prefer the slightly warmer color though. Still, both are 1280X800 and neither in the same league the iPad 3, but no others are.Sound = A510. Fuller sound and better stereo effect, plus output to TV sounds better for surround sound. Both tablets have sound features that need activation for better sound.File system = A510. My 1TB NTSF drive works great and can play 1080p MKV movies from it. The catch is can not charge at same time, so good the battery is so huge. I also had a Toshiba Thrive before and like the Excite, third party apps did not work well with files.
On the plus side, I think we're getting closer! Just give me all of the good features from Asus, Acer, and Toshiba, and we'll have one killer tablet on our hands. Come on folks, it can't be that hard to spend $400-$500 on a tablet without making compromises.
This is a big downside after only 4 months, and I can't find a replacement charger out there (though admittedly, I haven't looked very hard yet), they all seem to think that it charges through the usb, and I don't think this is true.However, I still love my Excite, and I have had it longer than I had either of the two Thrives and the glass has yet to crack! So allover still a win.
Eritech International Inc. actually opens the factory sealed box and re-tests these units once more before sending them to their customers, an added bonus to me since i had purchased a used one of these through Amazon Warehouse Deals and got a bad one (remember, it wasn't refurbished, just used). I returned it for a refund and ordered this one right away.The only downside (and it's a minor one that's not a showstopper) is that the docking/charging cradle is hard to find and those that you can find are not cheap.
It will not retain my account settings. So, I have written to Twitter and hopefully there will be an answer. What I think might be happening is that Twitter is not showing up in the sync accounts area. They are sitting there in my phone, but nowhere to be found on the tab. I would like to have Twitter working. Anyway, my issues are basically software related, which is a good thing because with Android there is always a workaround if you look hard enough.I was asked about light bleed and I have not seen any of that with this tab.
This is a great 10 inch tablet. It's fast, and has very good sound and build quality. I don't like using a 7 inch screen when I read PDF documents for work because PDFs are  hard to impossible to read on the smaller screen size. But I was disappointed that a major accessory, the docking station, is already discontinued. If you buy this tablet and want the docking station--forget it. I called Toshiba direct and they said it's discontinued. The part number is PA5015U1PAP. Check it out on Google.
Answer: It does not,it has 16 gb internal storage and sd expansion port