Toshiba didn't exactly jump into the tablet market head first,
but now that it's come clean with the Thrive, its first pad for
the US market, it's wasting no time -- we just got some hands-on
with the 10.1-inch, Android 3.1-powered slate -- which, by the
by, is the first we know of to sport a removable battery. It's
also got a few more rarities: full-sized USB and HDMI ports and
a full-sized SDHC / SDXC slot. Oh, and its $429 starting price
ain't bad either. So was Toshiba's entry into the world of
Android tablets worth the wait? Join us for a tour past the
break, and decide for yourself.  Toshiba Thrive hands-on  See
all photos  29 Photos  This is the part where we eat crow. When
the Thrive was first announced, we expressed some preemptive
concerns about its weight. At 1.6 pounds, after all, it's as
heavy as the first-gen 3G iPad. In practice, as it turns out,
numbers aren't everything. The Thrive feels light in the hand --
lighter than you'd expect, given both its weight as well as its
chunky profile. We'd