Toshiba Dynapad vs Microsoft Surface Pro 4 vs iPad Air 2: Toshiba Unveils New Surface-like 2-in-1 Hybrid; Which Is The Best? [Specs, Features & Price]

Recently, tech giant Toshiba has unveiled the new dynaPad tablet, a highly-anticipated unique 2-in-1 that runs on Windows 10. A Microsoft blog says that it “reinvents pen and paper.”

According to the blog, the tablet, which is one of the products of a 30-year-strong partnership between the two companies, is “designed to replicate the natural feeling of writing with a pen on paper.”

This is achieved through a special stylus, a high-performance, high-precision Wacom Active Electrostatics TruPen that boasts of 2,048 levels of pressure. Paired with the Metal Mesh Sensor Technology that the touchscreen uses, this provides top-notch accuracy, enabling users to enjoy a more natural feel when writing, scribbling notes, or doodling.

The dynaPad features a sharp, 12-inch WUXGA+ (1920 x 1280) IPS display, coated with a dual-layer anti-reflection and anti-fingerprint coating, which makes it easy for those fingerprints to be wiped off. It also helps maintain the screen's sensitivity when the surroundings are bright.

It comes with updated versions of Toshiba's original suite of business applications, which includes TruNote, TruCapture and TruRecorder, as well as the new TruNote Clip and TruNote Share apps used in capturing screen clips and sharing handwriting in real time. The suite integrates well with Microsoft Office applications, which makes it convenient for editing.

Furthermore, the dynaPad is well-suited for both right- and left-handed users, allowing them to maintain a natural writing style with whatever hand is preferred.

Additionally, the dynaPad supports Continuum, which helps users move seamlessly from tablet to PC.

The Verge reports that it runs on a 1.44GHz Atom processor with 4GB of RAM, which means that it cannot rival the Surface Pro in terms of performance.

In terms of portability, Toshiba said that the 2-in-1's tablet is the lightest 12-inch in the world at 569 grams, and thinnest at 6.6 millimeters. Fold the keyboard in and it's still light at a total weight of 996 grams, with a combined thickness of 14.9 millimeters. It's thicker and heavier than the iPad Air 2 (6.1 millimeters thin, approx. 435 grams).

The Verge adds that the first dynaPad was released in 1993, back in the days when tablets were relatively new to the digital world. This new device is a big leap from that first model.

Remember your 1st tablet? We do. Our Toshiba T100X Dynapad, we released it way back in 1993 #TBT pic.twitter.com/Q6l2l8Kr4U

— Toshiba (@ToshibaUK) November 6, 2014

It will be released in Japan this December. Those in the U.S. And Europe, however, will have to wait for its release in 2016. Actual prices aren't confirmed yet, but Toshiba says that without tax, it'll cost less than ¥130,000 (around $1,080) when it launches in Japan in December.