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Toshiba TG01 – why am I not excited?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Feb 4th 2009 5 Comments

Yesterday Toshiba took the wraps off their latest smartphone, the TG01, and with it catapulted themselves into the must-see category at Mobile World Congress next week. We’ve got details, photos and high-definition video of the TG01 if you need to get fully up to speed, but basically it’s a 9.9mm thick WM6.1 smartphone with a 4.1-inch touchscreen, all the usual 3G and GPS connections, and a custom GUI as is so common now among users of Microsoft’s mobile platform. There’s no denying it’s a slick, attractive handset – so how come I can’t get excited?

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Toshiba TG01 3G CDMA version for US?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2009 No Comments

Toshiba were pretty tight-lipped at this morning’s TG01 launch about what exactly you’ll find inside that 9.9mm thick casing. Aside from Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon QSD8250 chipset, and confirmation that it will support GSM 3G HSDPA/HSUPA, there’s certainly no word of a US launch. However, printed on the side of the dummy handsets Toshiba had provided for photography, was the text “Qualcomm 3G CDMA”.

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Toshiba TG01 Video Demos: GUI, gaming & video playback

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2009 No Comments

Aside from the super-skinny profile of the TG01, Toshiba seems most proud of their new GUI, the smartphone’s gaming abilities, and its media playback charms. Since it would be rude to ignore a proud parent, SlashGear got some live footage of the TG01 in action at the London launch today. Check out the video – now available in HD – after the cut.

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Toshiba TG01 hands-on

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2009 1 Comment

Toshiba only brought along two working TG01 prototypes to the London launch of the Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone today, but SlashGear managed to get some in-use shots of the handset in action. The company is betting on consumers prioritising style, screen size and multimedia ability above all else, and while their claims to have created a “new category of product” can be dismissed as the usual marketing hyperbole, the Toshiba TG01 itself looks to be a very interesting device.

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More photos and hands-on feedback on the Toshiba TG01 smartphone after the cut

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Toshiba TG01 announced: iPhone 3G and Touch HD killer?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2009 1 Comment

Toshiba this morning announced their latest smartphone, the TG01, set to take on the HTC Touch HD and iPhone 3G. The Toshiba TG01 is a 9.9mm thick Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, with a 4.1-inch WVGA 800 x 480 384k pixel resistive touchscreen, 3G HSPA, WiFi, GPS and A-GPS. It also features Toshiba’s own 3D user interface, and is the first device to use Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon QSD2850 chipset.

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Toshiba Satellite Pro S300 notebooks: Staid, sensible, probably reliable

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jan 29th 2009 No Comments

Toshiba have announced a bevy of new Satellite Pro laptops that, while perhaps not appealing to the gamers or the ultraportable crowd, would make sensible options for a dependable notebook. Four new machines are on offer, ranging from the entry-level Satellite Pro S300-EZ1511 at $529, complete with a Pentium T3400 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 120GB 5,400rpm hard-drive, to the $699 Satellite Pro S300-EZ1514 with its Core 2 Duo T6570 processor, 2GB of RAM and 160GB hard-drive. All have a 15.4-inch TruBrite widescreen WXGA display.

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Toshiba Portege M750-S7202 Tablet PC reviewed: great touchscreen

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jan 28th 2009 No Comments

As touch-enabled computers continue to drift more and more into the consumer realm, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Tablet PC as a niche is dead. Toshiba certainly feel differently, however, and their Portégé M750-S7202 – a 12.1-inch Centrino 2 convertible, announced in October 2008 - comes across all business. Computer Shopper put the bulky, soberly-designed, but nonetheless surprisingly usable laptop through its paces.

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Toshiba Satellite A350: 720p-capable 16-inch notebook

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jan 21st 2009 No Comments

Toshiba have announced a new 16-inch notebook that they claim is ideal for movie-lovers. The Toshiba Satellite A350 has a 720p HD capable screen with 1366 x 768 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio, together with speakers from Harmon Kardon, but sadly no Blu-ray drive, only a dual-layer DVD burner. Both Intel and AMD processors are available, with the cheapest model having a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 while the range tops out with a Core 2 Duo P7450 running at 2.13GHz.

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New technology from Toshiba can better detect human forms in images

By Shawn Farner on Wednesday, Jan 14th 2009 No Comments

toshiba 6400 security1 Toshiba has developed a new breed of image-analyzing software that can more easily detect humans in images. Sure, this kind of technology exists elsewhere, but Toshiba has put it on steroids – it can now detect humans at double the speed.

The technology can scan for the human form not only in still images but also in live video of up to 30 FPS. The technology would certainly be useful for security cameras and it will be interesting to see where else this kind of detection technology could be useful.

Toshiba plans to conduct a demonstration in Tokyo next week at the Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology. As it stands now, this technology is at least two or three years out from becoming commercial.

90% of netbooks sold use Windows XP say Acer & Toshiba

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Dec 18th 2008 8 Comments

Acer and Toshiba have revealed that more than 90-percent of their netbooks – the Aspire One and the Satellite NB100 – are sold with Windows XP rather than one of the compact Linux builds that are offered on the budget ultraportables. Dell, too, have confirmed that Windows XP sales have achieved similar dominance in netbooks as they have in the traditional PC space, while ASUS has shifted its Eee PC development priorities in response to the consumer demand.

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