Toshiba’s Tegra 3 Powered 13.3-Inch Tablet Pictured

With the AT200 now successfully launched, Toshiba is looking to expand its tablet range with several new devices this year, including a 13.3-inch slate that will be powered by Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 chipset.

The 13.3-inch monster was showcased by the company during a press conference held recently in the UK.

Despite its impressive screen size, Pocket Lint reports that the tablet seemed extremely light when held in hand without being as cumbersome as one might expect.

Along the sides of the tablet, Toshiba placed the usual USB and HDMI ports, as well as an SD card slot. Rear and front cameras were also present.

The 13.3-inch Toshiba tablet presented during the event was just an early concept, but a company spokesperson told Pocket Lint that if the consumer reaction was good, the slate could go into production.

"We’re just gauging customer feedback at the moment. We can’t comment on whether we’ll actually launch this size of product, but it’s an idea of what we’re currently considering," said Paul Hicks, Toshiba’s product manager for the company’s tablet business.

In addition to the 13.3-inch Tegra 3 powered tablet concept, Toshiba also showcased during the event a 7.7-inch slate prototype that was running the same Nvidia quad-core processors.

However, the Japanese company doesn’t plan to stop here and is looking beyond these two models, even considering multiple operating systems for its future products.

"We are looking at variable sizes of tablets and various operating systems," said Hicks.

"It’s a very interesting market for Toshiba. We will be launching further models throughout 2012, and it’s a market that we’re very much investing in.

"The tablet concepts that we’re showing here today just show what we’re potentially looking at launching in the future, or products that we’re considering and gauging feedback from customers."

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