Toshiba has unveiled their latest gadget for home multimedia tablet. Toshiba’s JournE touch is a portable, wireless home multimedia tablet with a 7-inch (17.8cm) color touch screen display, which serves as a communication and infotainment center for every member of the household. Users can browse the Internet and download digital content anywhere in the house in a flash, because the device boots instantaneously.

Toshiba JournE will be running Windows CE Pro 6.0 with Explorer and Multimedia Player 9.0, users can also add their favorite icons to the menu (up to 15) to enable instant connection with movies, music, the Internet, their own content and, of course, social networking sites like Facebook, MSN Messenger, MySpace, etc, via the unit’s built-in WiFi 802.11 g/n connectivity. A handy icon to keep on the menu is the Organizer which should be used to book in your turn on the device.

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Users can navigate around the 7” LCD 16:9 LED backlit touch screen with a fingertip menu and digital keyboard. The Toshiba JournE touch is customizable as users can easily add applications, change icons and insert new links to favorite online platforms.

Downloaded movies (either via torrent or youtube) can be played back on TVs or laptops via an optional cradle with a USB port and HDMI outlet, while the unit’s Lithium-Polymer battery can run for up to 14 hours, allowing plenty of time to play music and socially network. The battery should last around two hours between charges for movies and web browsing.

Toshiba JournE touch is designed to take advantage of :

  • YouTube: the most used video sharing platform
  • Torrent: as more video being shared
  • Acetrax: Video-on-demand
  • FrameChannel: allows users to choose from a panel of different content providers
  • Picasa: organizes users’ personal photos on an online platform
  • Flickr: a popular online photo management and sharing application
  • MSN Messenger: voice and message-based chatting
  • RSS: RSS feeds keep users posted about news, weather, financials, or sports

The JournE measures 189mm (w) x 133.6mm (d) x 14mm (h) (7.4in x 5.2in x 0.5in) and weighs only 450g (15.8oz). It comes with 1GB of internal memory that can be extended to 32GB with an additional SD card, while an external hard drive can also be attached via the USB port. Toshiba said that selling price will be announce later by the end 2009.

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