Toshiba teases two Windows RT devices, but has nothing to show

Toshiba USA on Tuesday announced a small selection of next-generation Windows machines, including a new ultrabook in the Satellite family, a convertible Windows 8 notebook designed in conjunction with Intel, and pair of mobile devices running Windows RT.

Unlike Asus, who yesterday presented mostly finished preproduction prototypes of its first Windows RT device, Toshiba did not show off much in the way of RT hardware. Instead, the company presented a loose roadmap for device availability.

The two devices Toshiba announced on Tuesday are being designed in conjunction with Texas Instruments, and will be powered by multi-core TI OMAP systems on a chip. One will be a touchscreen clamshell PC, and one will be a mobile tablet with keyboard dock similar to the Asus Tablet 600.

And that's about it as far as Windows RT is concerned. The company did not provide any preliminary specs or prototype designs, and aside from a few comments about how the devices will be launched at roughly the same time as the other Windows RT devices.

Unfortunately, it's such a small category right now, there's only the one "other" Windows RT device.

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