PC World praised its full-sized and versatile SD card slot, HDMI port, and USB ports with host functionality and the ability to handle large external drives (up to 2 TB) as well as standard peripherals like USB Keyboards, printers and cameras.

Its CPU is the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core mobile processor, capable of common tablet tasks like Android games and other apps, e-books, music, and 720p video.

Though thicker relative to other tablets, the Thrive has rare full-sized USB and HDMI ports, and an SD card slot.

[5] In early 2012, Toshiba quietly (without any press releases) introduced Thrive tablets (16 or 32 gigabytes of storage) with support for AT&T 4G HSPA+ mobile broadband.

However, the battery is not removable, and unlike the bigger Thrive's connections, it has Micro HDMI and mini USB ports, and Micro-SD slot.