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Dixons pulls Toshiba Folio 100
TEMPORARILY OR NOT, the decision by Dixons to remove the Toshiba Folio 100 from its retail stores' shelves and websites spells disaster in the UK for the Japanese electronics company's first tablet.
In a public relations nightmare, Dixons has told The INQUIRER that it has removed the Folio 100 because it has had "a high level of returns". Dixons had been selling the tablet exclusively.
Toshiba says it is working with Dixons to ensure that the Folio will return to its shelves. No information has been provided by either Dixons or Toshiba about what has driven the high return rate.
The returns seem odd for a tablet whose specifications were pretty reasonable. The INQUIRER's own hands-on experience had been that of a responsive touchscreen and an operating system that was powerful enough to run a third person American Football game.
However the tablet had been marketed as having Flash support but it emerged that that will only come later with an update. Users might have been frustrated at the lack of video support.
What must be more worrisome for tablet makers in general is that a major consumer electronics company has had such a negative reaction with a product type that was expected to be a big draw this Christmas. That belief was driven by the initial success of the Apple Ipad, but the harsh reality could be that its sales were driven by its built-in market of the followers of the Church of Jobs.
The price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is also being slashed by those retailers carrying it. µ
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A bad screen...no Android Market and no flash support.
I will consider a Chinese tablet. Most of them also have a bad screen and low life batteries, but they have android market and flash support. I will give credit to Toshiba for 30 days. if they release a proper update, I will buy theirs..Otherwise...my money will go elsewhere-
Maybe it was inevitable.
What if all tablets are doomed?
Like you said, apple fanbois knew about the 10" iphone before it came out. But other folks would want a traditional tablet, ei like the toshiba tablet pc's.
Maybe they took it home and found out it was loaded with android, so what do i do with my documents now? Download an app for that? Why do people need to download apps for basic functionality. IT should come standard.
I wonder how the Apple fans can deny that success of the Galaxy Tab? Everyone i know that bought it loves it.
And my Witstech A81E does a hell lot better job than that crappy AS100.
If dixons is returning something because it is too crappy, it must be really really bad.
I guess those "followers of the Church of Jobs" are a little smarter than this rag gives them credit. They've been predicting the epic failure of each and every "iPad killer" since it came out, and it looks like they're correct.
Sent from my iPad.
No android market access, no 3g, poor viewing angles and no out of the box flash support. They shouldn't have expected anything less if I wanted the above I would buy a Chinese Haipad g10 for half the price. However my galaxy tab is proving it is worth every penny spent at the moment.
No android market access, no 3g, poor viewing angles and no out of the box flash support. They shouldn't have expected anything less if I wanted the above I would buy a Chinese Haipad g10 for half the price. However my galaxy tab is proving it is worth every penny spent at the moment.
Went to PCWorld last week and had play with both the Galaxy Tab (great toy but overpriced) and the Toshiba Folio. I found the Folio to be difficult to use, which confused me since my phone is a HTC Desire. Note that the Advent tablet should be out now and cheaper for about the same spec.