We’ve known Toshiba’s mini NB205 netbook was headed to the US since the beginning of the month, and the first units seem to be arriving. LaptopMag’s well-work test bench is one of the earliest recipients, and while the N280-based NB205 may be behind the curve when it comes to reaching the market, according to reviewer Joanna Stern it “rises above the competition”.
There’s nothing like a WiMAX ultraportable to wake you up on a Monday morning, and we’ve got three of them. Samsung, Clevo and Toshiba have all announced WiMAX-enabled models; netbooks in the case of the former two – the Samsung NC10 WiMAX and Clevo M811L WiMAX - while Toshiba have stuffed the high-speed connectivity into a full-spec notebook, the dynabook SS RX2/WAJ.
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Snapdragon’s appearance in various netbooks over the past few days may have distracted you from the fact that its first proper showing will likely be in the Toshiba TG01. O2 Germany had already announced their intention to carry the Windows Mobile smartphone, but they’ve now confirmed that it’ll be arriving on the market within the next three weeks.
The TG01 is interesting inside and out, with the Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD2850 1GHz processor inside and a 4.1-inch WVGA resistive touchscreen on the outside. The whole thing is just 9.9mm thick, despite packing WiFi, HSPA, GPS, Bluetooth and a microSD slot content with up to 32GB cards. Check out our live photos and video of the smartphone for more details.
We’ve known about the Toshiba NB200 netbooks for quite sometime now. They’ve been available in Japan and Europe. However, it seems a redesign of this netbook series will be heading to the U.S. for the first time under the name NB205.
Toshiba have released the first notebook to include a 512GB SSD, the Dynabook SS RX2/WAJ, offering a huge chunk of solid-state storage together with a 1.40GHz Core 2 Duo SU9400 processor, 12.1-inch display and 3GB of memory. Despite the capacity, it measures between 19.5 and 25.5mm thick, and offers up to 12hrs of runtime.
Given Toshiba’s history of making clever, compact notebooks, big things are expected from their Dynabook UX netbook (aka the Toshiba NB200 in the UK). Portable Monkey have gone hands-on with the 10.1-inch Atom N280 1.66GHz netbook, and come away reasonably impressed with build and battery life but disappointed by the specs.
The Toshiba TG01 isn’t set to reach the market until the summer, but that hasn’t stopped PocketPCItalia from getting their hands on the 9.9mm-thick Windows Mobile smartphone and putting it through its paces on video. The TG01 has a huge 4.1-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen and custom Toshiba GUI; it looks like the company has been doing some work on speeding up the smartphone since we caught it on video back at the London launch.
Video review after the cut
Toshiba and Fujitsu recently came to an agreement regarding a transfer of Fujitsu’s hard disk drive business to Toshbia, and both companies announced today the terms of this deal, including when it will be completed and what will take place.
Panasonic have revealed their plans to bring an OLED TV to market within the next 18-24 months. The company has been working on extending OLED display lifespans, with a target figure of 50,000 hours (20,000 hours more than the current average); the first TV is expected to be a 37-inch model measuring just 1-inch thick, and developed in partnership with Toshiba.
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