I was really excited to see the Toshiba Libretto W100 out in the wild and it seems like I will soon have reasons to feel much the same way since Toshiba's Tegra 2 packing tablet, that will be known as the Folio 100, has become almost official.

This latest development in Toshiba's tablet story comes thanks to Notebook Italia, which release a series of images featuring the future Folio 100.

As you can see the Folio packs a simple, yet pleasing design, and boasts some impressive hardware specs that make it a great device.

I am talking about that Nvidia Tegra 2 SoC that packs a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor, a powerful graphics core and 1080p H.264 encoding capabilities.

Of course that Full HD decoding is also there as well as a HDMI output and a 10.1 inch touchscreen display with a 1024x600 resolution, that will make it great for work and watching video content.

Storage will be provided thanks to a 16GB internal memory (expandable via the enclosed SD card reader), and connectivity will rely on WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth and 3G.

Software wise, we have a sub 30 second booting Android 2.2 operating system together with Flash 10.1 support and the fast Opera Internet browser.

So everything seems to shape up really nicely for Toshiba as the company should be able to have a true iPad contender on their hands in a short time.

However, although the Folio 100 is a lot more powerful then the iPad, it has to concede defeat in a few chapters such as display resolution and battery life.

If the first one is not so important in a tablet device, since you choose between a portrait and landscape orientation according to your needs, the latter is a lot more important, Toshiba's tablet having to make due with only 7 hours of battery life (browsing and video playback) compared to iPad's 10 hours autonomy.

It remains to be seen how the Folio 100 will prove itself in day-to-day use, but this could be one of the hottest products over at IFA this year, if Toshiba decides to unveil it there as some rumors suggest.  

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