SlashGear Japan
Less than twenty-four hours ago we were waiting to see the TG01 unveiled (albeit already knowing what was coming); now Orange’s latest exclusive is on our desk waiting for its full SlashGear review. At first glance, this smartphone is a whole heap of superlatives: biggest touchscreen, thinnest Windows Mobile device, first to market with Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon CPU; check out our video unboxing and UI overview after the cut
Unboxing video after the cut
The big question is, though: do all of these things push the TG01 past what’s potentially its biggest hurdle, the Windows Mobile 6.1 OS? Toshiba are clear that the TG01 will be readily compatible with WM6.5, but as things stand it’s lumbered with an OS that, visually at least, pales when faced with the smartphone competition.
It’s too early to say exactly whether they manage it or not, but there’s obviously been a lot of work put into making the TG01 distinctive. In the hand it’s a slick, impressive piece of kit, surprisingly slim and lightweight, and the touchscreen – while resistive – certainly isn’t as bad as some we’ve played with. For now, enjoy the unboxing video below; we’ll have the full review very soon.
Toshiba TG01 unboxing video & UI overview:
5 Responses to “Toshiba TG01 unboxing & UI overview [Video]”
bardog July 11, 2009
If only it uses Android or Symbian, I would be all over it.
+2Ewdison Then July 12, 2009
Yeah, I don’t understand why anyone would still use WM 6.1 nowadays lol
NeutralVincent Nguyen July 12, 2009
WM 6.5 is long overdue and WM 7 isn’t arriving anytime soon.
NeutralVincent Nguyen July 11, 2009
I think 4.1″ display size is too big. It’s bordering a tablet style device. Definitely too wide to hold up to your face to use as a phone for any length of time.
NeutralMaff July 15, 2009
Does it have an AV out for displaying videos and photos? I don’t understand why this is still such a neglected feature for smartphones. If manufacturers really want smartphones to become the central electronic device in our “digital lives” they need to step up like Apple did and include the flexibility to allow better methods of displaying the multimedia files that we spend most of our time with. What’s the point of having 8gb, 16gb, 32gb of storage if you have to view everything on a tiny screen. I love being able to output the videos and photos on my iPhone to my AAXA P1 pico projector and 52″ Samsung LCD.
Get with the program people!
Neutral