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The Excite 7.7 is powered by a speedy quad-core 1.3GHz Tegra 3 chip with 1GB RAM and either 16 or 32GB of internal storage (and a microSD slot accepts cards up to 64GB). With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on board, the Excite 7.7 zips along through pretty much any task you can throw at it. Games look superb, apps run flawlessly, and switching between multiple running apps caused no hang-ups or lag. The Excite 7.7 also breezed through our benchmarks, posting one of the top overall system scores we've seen and besting the Asus Transformer Pad TF300 with battery like Toshiba PA3191U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3166U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3331U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3098U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3084U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3250U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3356U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3291U-1BAS Battery , Toshiba PA3591U-1BAS Battery ($379, 4 stars). As far as smaller screen tablets go, the Excite 7.7 is the fastest we've tested, easily outperforming the 1.4GHz Samsung Exynos-powered Galaxy Tab 7.7. As fast as the Excite 7.7 is, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) ($249.99, 4 stars) delivers a comparably smooth Android 4.0 experience at half the price—though the Excite is better suited for graphically intensive games like Riptide GP.
Toshiba adds some apps to Android 4.0 but doesn't heavily re-skin the OS. You'll find the standard assortment of preloaded apps, including a suite of Toshiba-branded programs: Book Place, Media Player, and File Manager. Third-party apps include Amazon Kindle, Amazon MP3, Crackle, Netflix, and a collection of classic games like Solitaire and Hearts.
Media playback was solid in my tests. The tablet was able to handle H.264, MPEG4, WMV, DivX, and Xvid videos at up to 1080p resolution. For music, WMA, OGG, WAV, MP3, AAC, and FLAC files worked fine as well. There is also an audio-enhancement option that lets you employ various SRS effects, including wide surround, volume boost, voice clarity enhancement, and others. With the feature enabled, songs sounded a bit fuller and less tinny, but you still won't want to rely on your tablet for music playback.
Battery life isn't a bright spot: In our rundown test, which loops a video with screen brightness set to max and Wi-Fi on, the Excite 7.7 lasted just 4 hours and 46 minutes. The Galaxy Tab 7.7, with the same AMOLED screen, lasted 10 hours and 40 minutes in the same test. Granted, the Excite 7.7 has a more-power hungry Tegra 3 processor on board, but that battery performance isn't good for a small-screen tablet.