Despite listing an IPS (In Plane Switching) panel as the screen technology of choice -- the same technology used on the iPad 2 -- the Toshiba Tablet's screen exhibits poor viewing angles, is not as bright as the Eee Pad Transformer and is also tough to see in sunlight. We found the automatic brightness setting almost useless in most environments, and generally had to up the brightness to around 85-90 per cent to achieve the best views. The Toshiba Tablet's screen also appears to display an annoying yellow tinge, and suffers from ghosting issues, though Toshiba says that the Android 3.1 software update will include new hardware graphic drivers which may fix these issues.

The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and the Toshiba Tablet have similar internals. Both tablets are powered by a 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, both have a hefty 1GB of RAM and both have at least 16GB of internal memory, though ASUS also sells a 32GB model.

If you're looking for a tablet to store a hefty amount of digital media on, then the Toshiba Tablet's full sized SD card may be a critical factor to consider -- the Toshiba Tablet can support SD cards of up to 128GB in size -- much more than the current 32GB limit of the microSD card slot in the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. However, the Eee Pad Transformer's keyboard dock has a full sized SD card slot, so provides the best of both worlds.

The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer and the Toshiba Tablet both have a 5-megapixel rear camera for photographs and video, but the Tablet has a 2-megapixel front camera that slightly betters the 1.2-megapixel front snapper on the Eee Pad. However, the Eee Pad Transformer can record 720p HD video, whereas the Toshiba Tablet only records standard definition footage. We don't think many tablet owners will purchase one of these devices based solely on its video recording quality, but this is a feature worth considering regardless.