What the heck is Toshiba TM5 – E01?

This year’s Toshiba flagship – TG01 was one of the more impressive phones presented at MWC Barcelona.

There were no other new Toshiba handsets there, so I assumed that there won’t be any other handset launched soon.

And when I saw saw some Toshiba device pass through FCC today, I assumed that this was TG01.

Heck, the pictures included in FCC application are Toshiba TG01:

But the user manual says that the handset approved by FCC isn’t TG01. According to the manual it’s Toshiba TM5-E01 (which is probably it’s FCC code and not the real model number).

And the specs described there tell the story of a very different smartphone . The dimensions are wrong (117x 64×19.8mm instead of 129 x 70 x 9.9 mm), display size is wrong (3” instead of 4.1”) and Toshiba TM5 has the secondary  0.8” 96×39px black and white OLED LCD, so it’s probably a clamshell.

These details make me be believe that Toshiba indeed has another 1GHz Snapdragon based Touchscreen phone in the works, only this time in a clamshell form factor. And they have submitted the wrong set of pictures to the FCC.

Full specifications of Toshiba TM5 – E01 include:

• Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900), UMTS2100 connectivity
• QSD8250 CPU, 256 MB of RAM, 512MB ROM
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS
• 3” 800×480 WVGA 65K color touchscreen display
• 0.8” 96×39 B&W OLED LCD
• Camera (unknown resolution)
• Built-in Wi-Fi
• A-GPS
• Bluetooth 2.0 +EDRm miniUSB
• microSD memory card slot
• Dimensions: 117x 64×19.8mm
• Weight: 183g

That’s about it for now. We’ll be looking for more info on this new Toshiba handset, so stay tuned.

Update: Arnould from Tweakers.net got in touch with Toshiba and has the following update regarding TG01/TM5 issue:

I have a little update for you to clarify the matter a bit. I’ve investigated this case and contacted Toshiba about it:
- First of all the name: TM5-EO1 is the FCC code for TG01. Easy as that.
- The manual is clearly ment for the TG01, as seen on the pictures in the manual. However, the TG01 isn’t named anywhere in the manual, but called Your Toshiba Smartphone all the time, which could point at the fact that the manual will be used for several phones.
- The dimensions match those of the Portege G910, but not entirely. It seems clear to me that if this will be a second phone (the Snapdragon-processor named points that way), it will be a Portege-successor.
- Toshiba claims there has baan made a mistake in uploading the manual and that this doesn’t point at a new device. It is the ‘honest truth’, said Sharon Johnson.

Thank’s Arnould.

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Posted on 04 Mar 09 - Filed in Toshiba, Wireless - Comments - Written by Staska

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