To be fair, my impressions weren’t helped by the fact that the IFA wireless connection was flakier than the plot of Snakes on a Plane. This meant I couldn’t test the JournE’s flagship offering, which is the ability – according to Toshiba’s Marco Perino – to browse the web like you would on a desktop PC.

Even if I could, though, there are some immediate problems. This is a tablet device and there’s no stylus, and because Toshiba has chosen Windows Embedded as the operating system of choice (with a version of Internet Explorer as the browser) there’s an over-reliance on tiny buttons.

As a piece of hardware, though, it makes a good first impression. Even though mine was an early sample, it still felt solid in the hand and it’s light too – you could hold the JournE Touch for quite some time without feeling the strain.

As can be seen from the photo above, there’s a conveniently located 3.5mm headphone jack, while the lesser used ports – USB, mini-USB and the SD card slot – will usually stay hidden away courtesy of the pull-out plastic cover.

In tough conditions – the IFA hall was brightly lit and very loud – neither the screen or speakers made much of an impression, but we’ll wait until the JournE Touch arrives in our Labs before passing proper judgement.