For the original German review, see here.

More than half a year has passed by now since Nvidia introduced the eagerly anticipated Tegra 4 SoC at the CES in January. However the grandly announced chip has not been actually available to date. A circumstance that will not go unpunished in the fast moving and highly competitive ARM business and will probably have cost Nvidia one or two design awards.

With the Toshiba Excite Pro AT10LE there finally is a Tegra 4 device that has found its way to the local dealers. The 10-inch Android tablet is not only supposed to score with its fast quad-core SoC though, but also stands out of the masses in other disciplines: The IPS display has an extremely fine resolution of 2560x1600 pixels, the speakers come from Harman/Kardon and the WLAN module already radios with the latest high-speed standard 802.11 ac.

Considering these qualities, the entry level price of 429 Euros (~$568) for our 16 GB model does not seem overpriced, especially since a doubling of the memory for a surcharge of 20 Euros (~$26) is quite low-priced. For an additional 50 Euros (~$66) the tablet can also be ordered with a practical Bluetooth keyboard cover, which was not at our disposal for this test though. The same goes for the also available "Excite Write" with stylus and optional 3G module.

Given the price and the configuration, the Excite Pro is definitely geared towards the high-end competitors like the Apple iPad 4, the Google Nexus 10, or the Sony Xperia Tablet Z.

Please note: Starting with this review we have revised the valuation standard for virtual keyboards. For all the details click here.