Toshiba announced at the CES 2012 its Excite X10 for the US market (also known as AT200 in some markets and Regza AT700 in Japan), which is the world’s thinnest 10-inch tablet measuring just 7.7mm thick and weighs just 535g. The device has as premium, ultra slim, lightweight design and is equipped with magnesium alloy surface for durability and style. It is powered by a TI OMAP 4430 dual-core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB of LPDDR2 RAM.

Verizon Motorola DROID XYBOARD 8.2

Verizon and Motorola expand the DROID line, adding two tablet devices, the DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and the DROID XYBOARD 10.1. Both XYBOARD tablets has a similar as the RAZR and run Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system. They are lighter than a paperback book and thinner than an AAA battery. The DROID tablets support not only LTE 4G but also quad-band 3G WCDMA,/HSDPA, quad-band GSM/EDGE, CDMA-EVDO mobile networks, making them true global tablet.

T-Mobile announced the SpringBoard, a 4G-capable Android tablet made ny Huawei. The 7-inch tablet runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. It sports a 5 Megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, a 1.3 Megapixel front camera, and a 7-inch HD multitouch display. The tablet has 16GB internal memory and has microSD card slot for expansion.

Toshiba announced in the US its Thrive 7-inch Tablet, a compact and lightweight tablet running Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS. The 7-inch tablet is powered by dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor comes with 16GB or 32GB internal memory. The device measures just 0.47-inch thick and weighs only 0.88 pounds, allowing it to fit easily into a bag or jacket.

HTC is going to release the Jetstream, its first tablet running the tablet-oriented Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS. Exclusive to AT&T customers, the Jetstream supports LTE/HSPA+ 4G network and is available for $699.99 with a new two-year contract. The tablet is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8260 SnapDragon 1.5GHz dual core processor with 1GB of RAM.

Toshiba announced at the IFA Berlin its AT200 ultra thin, ultra light Android tablet as the follow-up to the AT100 Thrive. The new 10.1-inch tablet is just 7.7mm from front to back and weighs just 558g. It is powered by TI OMAP 4430 1.2GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS. You can expect up to 64GB internal storage.

Along with the IdeaPad Tablet K1 targeted at general consumers, Lenovo is also bringing Android 3.1 to business, introducing the ThinkPad Tablet, a business-class tablet device that combines the media and entertainment experience of the IdeaPad Tablet K1 with the security, reliability and manageability features ThinkPad is known for.

While the Windows 7-powered Tablet P1 will come later this year, Lenovo will launch its IdeaPad Tablet K1 first, which is the first Android tablet certified to deliver Netflix video streaming. Powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 T20 1.GHz dual-core processor, the K1 runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS with Lenovo’s custom UI and support for Adobe Flash Player 10.3. It comes preloaded with more than 40 apps from partners like Netflix, Amazon, Adobe, Electronic Arts, Rovio, Zinio, Dataviz, and others, including favorites like Need for Speed Shift, Angry Birds, Kindle reading app and Documents to Go.

Archos announced its G9 series Android tablets, including the 80 G9 and the 101 G9, both running Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS. The G9 tablets are powered by TI’s OAP 4 processor with ARM Cortex dual-core A9 running at 1.5GHz. They can be equipped with either 16GB flash memory or a 250GB hard drive.

Toshiba is going to release its Thrive Android tablet in the US market in July. The Thrive is basically the US version of the company’s Regza Tablet announced for Japan two month before. It is powered by Tegra 2 dual core processor that can handle Full HD 1080p video playback and runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablet-friendly OS.