Toshiba has officially launched the Thrive Tablet pc, that arrives because the latest providing to stake a claim against market leaders Apple and Samsung and their respective iPad and Galaxy Tab devices.

So what will the Thrive return equipped with so as to assist sway the wallets of prospective Tablet patrons who could be trying elsewhere?

Well, it boasts a spacious ten.1-inch touch-screen show and is powered by a mixture of version 3.1 of the Google Android (Honeycomb) operating system, a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, and 1GB of RAM.

Other options embrace 1280×800 screen resolution, a rear-facing 5.0 mega-pixel camera, a front-facing 2.0 mega-pixel camera for video chat, SWYPE input, USB and HDMI ports, integrated GPS, memory growth via microSD… and support for Adobe Flash.

Toshiba has slapped a beginning worth of $429.99 USD on the essential 8GB model of the Thrive, whereas the 16GB version comes hooked up to a worth tag of $479.99 USD, and therefore the additional spacious 32GB iteration prices $579.99 USD.

However, if those suggested costs don’t charm, the goodly people over at Amazon have already added a major incentive by providing $100 USD of credit to any Thrive buyer that signs up to a 12-month AudibleListener Gold account ($14.95 USD per month).