12-inch business tablets aren’t big enough for you?

Dec 8, 2014 07:26 GMT  ·  By

For those of you who are mussing over buying a business tablet right now, Toshiba might not be your first option. The company isn't so big on tablets anyway, currently offering a limited number of models with moderate specs. Nothing too disruptive unless you count out the super affordable price tag of the Toshiba Encore Mini.

But Toshiba hopes to become the go-to name when the need to get your hands on a business tablet strikes. But its way of approaching things is a tad more different than that of competing companies.

Do you find 12-inch tablets way too small for business?

Products like the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 or the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 are destined for individual use. However, Toshiba aims to bring co-workers more closely together by offering a tablet they can share.

Common use becomes a viable option because the Shared Board (TT301 model) benefits from a 24-inch form factor, which makes it more reminiscent of a desktop monitor or a medium TV set (as seen at Tablet News).

Regardless of what the Shared Board looks like to observers, it still retains the specifications of a tablet. It boasts a 24-inch full HD LCD display with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and draws life from a mediocre dual-core processor clocked at 1.0GHz (which remains unknown) fitted with 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

The tablet also takes advantage of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and runs the outdated Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean operating system. It’s pretty puzzling to see Toshiba try and market a tablet for the professional sector with such average specs.

Android 5.0 Lollipop might be out and about, but we wouldn't get our hopes up about the tablet receiving this update anytime soon.

Toshiba Share Board is multi-tasking-friendly

On the positive side of things, like it’s the case with the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO 12.2, the Toshiba Share Board can handle multi-tasking. This means users will be able to simultaneously display two applications at once, so multiple users will be able to take advantage of the slate at the same time without disturbing each other.

We should further mention that the tablet also has HDMI out and Miracast technology. The Toshiba official press release doesn't mention anything about the enhanced security options one would expect to find onboard such a slate.

Anyhow, it seems to us like Toshiba is betting on the unusual form factor and maybe on the fact that a company might end up saving money if it purchases a few huge tablets instead of a larger number of the smaller variety. Still, the company hasn't specified for how much it plans to market the Shared Board.

Toshiba Share Board is a maxi tablet (6 Images)

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