As previously rumored, the Toshiba K01 is a Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone with a huge 4.1 WVGA touchscreen display and a full QWERTY keyboard that has a pretty weird key arrangement.

The K01 is 15mm thick and it should be announced by Toshiba sometime before the end of 2009. Until that happens, let’s see what this handset looks like:

Toshiba K02 has not one, but two displays (at least one of them being WVGA). It also features WM 6.5 and a 10-key keyboard. The smartphone should arrive next year.

Finally, the Toshiba L01 is more like a MID than a smartphone:

The L01 has a 7 inch WVGA display, runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and will probably be introduced in late 2010.

Via Akihabara News, WMpoweruser

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Apparently, TG02 is a clamshell phone. However, the photos of TG02 seen earlier this year do not show a clamshell, but a device similar to the TG01.

And to confuse us even more, the Wi-Fi Alliance (PDF link) says that the TG02 has the model number TM5-E01. Now, TM5-E01 is a handset which was approved by the FCC several months ago.

According to the User Manual unveiled by the FCC, Toshiba TG02 / TM5-E01 is based on a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, featuring a 3 inch WVGA touchscreen internal display, a 0.8 inch external screen, and QWERTY keyboard – thus resembling the Toshiba Portege G910. Other specs include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, UMTS 2100 connectivity, and MicroSD card support.

Of course, since there’s nothing official at the moment about the TG02, we can’t know for sure if all this is true or not. Let’s hope things will become clearer soon.

Via Tweakers.net

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A fuel cell battery charger is considered greener than traditional chargers, due to the fact that it produces power from a reaction between water, air and methanol, while releasing negligible amounts of water vapor and carbon dioxide as by-products. Moreover, the DMFC chargers can be replenished in a matter of seconds with a new methanol cartridge.

According to NetworkWorld, the new Toshiba fuel cell battery charger will be available for purchase before September 2009. Its price is not known at the moment.

Toshiba has also announced the upcoming launch of the world’s first 64GB SDXC memory card. Unlike SDHC cards, SDXC cards can have a storage capacity between 32GB and 2 terabytes.

The 64GB SDXC memory card will be available for purchase sometime in spring 2010. At about the same time, Toshiba will launch new 16GB and 32GB SDHC cards. Similar to the 64GB SDXC card, these can provide a maximum write speed of 35MB/s, and a read speed of 60MB/s.

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According to German publication Inside-Handy.de, the new Windows Mobile communicator Toshiba TG01, that has been selling on O2 Germany since the beginning of July, comes with a virus pre-installed on it’s microSD memory card.

The virus itself is  a regular PC/Windows virus that somehow infected the memory card that ships with the phone.

O2 spokesman Albert Fetsch has acknowledged the problem and said that it affects only a few devices.

Currently the sales of Toshiba TG01 on O2 Germany have been halted and customers who have bought  the smartphone are invited to contact customer service.

O2 is currently assessing the impact of the problem and can not provide any solution yet. Though more info should be forthcoming this afternoon.

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Orange announced that it will offer the TG01 across the UK starting tomorrow, July 10, for free on select plans.

Orange’s Toshiba TG01 comes with an 8GB MicroSD card, and it’s pre-loaded with a “GI Joe” trailer, which should make good use of the phone’s 4.1 inch WVGA display and its 1GHz Snapdragon chipset.

Part of Orange’s Signature Series, Toshiba TG01 features quick links and shortcuts to Orange TV & Video, Orange Maps and Orange World.

Naturally, the 9.9mm-thin handset also has all those specs that we’ve presented many times until now: HSDPA connectivity, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.2MP autofocus camera and so on.

A video preview of Orange’s Toshiba TG01 can be watched below:

Via Press release

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Details about the price of Toshiba TG01 for the UK are not known yet. Also, it’s not clear which carrier will offer the handset, but you should know that, in Spain, the TG01 is available via Telefonica, while in Germany it’s exclusively offered by O2 – so O2 UK might get it too.

The main specs and features of Toshiba TG01 include: a 4.1 inch WVGA touchscreen display, Toshiba’s own 3D User interface, HSDPA, GPS, Wi-Fi, a 3.2MP camera and Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon CPU – all in a case that measures only 9.9 millimeters in thickness.

Next week might also bring details about the availability of the Palm Pre in the UK, so it looks like British mobile users will soon be able to buy two of 2009’s hottest smartphones.

Via SlashGear

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Today, two giant carriers have announced the upcoming launch of Toshiba TG01: Spain’s Telefónica and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo.

Both carriers will offer the handset starting June or July, with NTT selling it under the name of docomo PRO series T-01A. 

The TG01 will come with Windows Mobile 6.1 (upgradeable to 6.5 after this one’s out), a huge 4.1 inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 3D User interface, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3.2MP camera – all powered by Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon CPU.

No details yet about the price DoCoMo and Telefónica will ask for the TG01. 

In addition to announcing the Toshiba TG01, NTT DoCoMo and Telefónica said that they intend to collaborate for developing “possible services and applications for open OS handsets.” 

Via Press release

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Now, several images with the TG02 and TG03 have appeared at Techblog.gr (here and here), confirming the fact that both devices look good, just like the already-announced Toshiba TG01.

Toshiba TG02 is water-resistant and it should come with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, a 4.1 WVGA touchscreen display and a 3.2MP camera.

Here’s what the smartphone looks like:

Toshiba TG03 has similar specs, but it adds a 5.1-channel speaker and a 5MP camera:

Both the TG02 and TG03 will be released in the fourth quarter of 2009 (or sometime later). Their prices are not known for the moment.

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And it looks like it will, if we’re to believe a recently leaked Toshiba 2009/2010 roadmap.

Apparently, Toshiba will launch a TG02 and a TG03 in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Both handsets resemble the TG01, run on Windows Mobile 6.5 and are based on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor. The difference is that the TG02 is water-resistant, while the TG03 adds a 5MP camera and a 5.1-channel speaker.

Q4 2009 should also bring us the Toshiba K01 and Toshiba K02. Like the TG02 and TG03, these are WM 6.5 smartphones based on the 1GHz Snapdragon CPU.

Toshiba K01 has a 4.1 inch touchscreen display, a 3.2MP camera and a sliding QWERTY keyboard:

Toshiba K02 only has a 3.5 inch touschscreen display, but it also features a QWERTY keyboard:

Sometime in early 2010, Toshiba plans to launch the L01 – a MID with a 7-inch display:

The Toshiba L01 will obviously use the same Snapdragon processor and Windows Mobile 6.5.

Via Techblog.gr

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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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This way, O2 will offer an excellent alternative to the iPhone 3G, which can be bought by German customers only via T-Mobile. In fact, Toshiba’s handset outruns the iPhone in about all the departments, and it’s even thinner, being only 9.9 millimeters thick.  

O2 Germany will sell the TG01 starting this summer (no exact release date was given), for a price that will be announced later this year.

As a reminder, the features of Toshiba TG01 include:

• 4.1 inch TFT touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels
• Accelerometer
• Quad-band GSM and HSDPA connectivity
• GPS
• Wi-Fi
• Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD2850 processor at 1 GHz
• 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM
• 3.2MP camera with autofocus

For a better look at it, you can check out our Toshiba TG01 video preview from MWC 2009.

Details about the availability of TG01 in other countries are currently missing, but the handset will probably be on sale across Europe in the next few months.

Via msmobiles

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And, to tell the truth, handsets like Toshiba G910 or G710 were nothing write home about.

But things may be different for Toshiba this year.

Their new Toshiba TG01 smartphone with a huge 4.1” 480 x 800 px touchscreen and 1GHz CPU was among the most impressive, if not THE most impressive handset launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year.

Right now Toshiba TG01 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and will have WM 6.5 later, but you actually don’t have to know that.

Toshiba has created it’s own touch optimized user interface, which should work pretty well once all the bugs are ironed out by this summer.

I’ve played quite a lot with TG01 at MWC and could talk a lot about its UI and features, but I think it would be best to show all of this to you live. Here’s a quite extensive video overview of Toshiba TG01 smartphone:

And, if you want more, be sure to check these live pics:

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Well, Toshiba TG01, the latest handset unveiled by the Japanese company, apparently has the largest display in the history of mobile phones: a 4.1 inch one, with a WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) resolution.

The TG01 was presented today, during an event held in London. Pocket-lint has a set of images with the handset, which show it to be among the thinnest touchscreen devices ever, as it measures only 9.9 mm in thickness.

Even more, the TG01 comes with other advanced features, including HSDPA connectivity, GPS, DivX support and a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset that runs at 1GHz. The OS is Windows Mobile 6.1, improved with Toshiba’s own Tosh 3D interface.

There’s no word about the handset’s camera yet, so we don’t know its Megapixel count (but it’s probably a high one).

As Toshiba puts it, the new TG01 is set to “revolutionize the mobile entertainment world”, and, with those specs, I think it can do that indeed.

(TG01 vs. BlackBerry Bold)

We will probably see the Toshiba TG01 at MWC 2009, when exact details about its availability and price might also be unveiled.

Update: And for those of you not satisfied with a bunch of photos, here’s a demo video of Toshiba GT01:

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It’s HSDPA capable, Toshiba Portege G450 USB modem. Of course, we already new about Portege G450 from a Russian 2008 Toshiba mobile products roadmap.

But the live pictures and specs of Toshiba G450 Portege show that it’s actually much more interesting then your traditional HSDPA USB stick/modem.

While the primary Toshiba Portege G450 function is USB modem, it can actually double as an emergency GSM phone as well:

As a HSDPA modem Toshiba G450 plugs into your your computer USB port, just as any other USB stick.

But you can also send/receive SMS messages on a Portege G450 via it’s small 96×36 px OLED display and interesting two part keypad. To use it as a phone you’ll have to plugin a separate headset.

Full Toshiba Portege G450 specs are:

• Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900)/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 3.6 Mbps connectivity
• Qualcomm MSM6280 chipset
• 96×36 px OLED display
• 160 MB of user memory
• USB mini interface
• 300 hrs stand-by and 180 minutes talk time
• Dimensions: 98×36x16 mm
• Weight: 56 gr

The price for unlocked Toshiba Portege G450 USB modem/phone will be around 199 Euro. It will come in three (white, black and red) colors and will start shipping in March.

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Since they were approved at almost the same time, and looked pretty similar in the available pictures, I thought that they may be the same device, headed to the different regions of the world. Toshiba mobile product roadmap, presented in Russia, appeared to confirm that info.

But now I’m not so sure.

Either the spec sheet for Toshiba G920 is wrong, or we have a different device in Portege G910.

Toshiba Portege G910 has been presented during the press event in Milan , Italy this week. And although the looks are the same, it’s specs are different then G920 is supposed to have.

Toshiba G910 specs include:

• Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900) connectivity,
• GPRS/EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA 3.6 Mbps data transfer
• 3″ Wide-VGA 400×800 px, 65K color display
• 2 megapixel camera, VGA front camera
• Integrated GPS
• ROM 256 MB/RAM 128 MB
• Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, USB
• 1320 mAh battery, 460 hrs stand-by, 300 min talk time
• Dimensions: 117×64x19.8 mm, 145 cc
• Weight: 183 g

Toshiba Portege G910 will come equipped with a full mobile Office suite, VoIP client and other productivity and media applications.

Unlocked Toshiba G910 price is expected to be around 600 Euro.

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Nevertheless we continue to insist that Toshiba Portege G710 GPS/PDA phone is real, just like the other devices from the Russian Toshiba mobile products roadmap, and will be announced very soon now.

And while we are waiting for the official acknowledgement, various regional Toshiba offices continue to unofficially show off the new Portege mobile line.

This time the info comes from Milan, Italy, where Toshiba G710 GPS PDA, Toshiba G910 Communicator and Toshiba G450 USB modem/GSM phone have been presented to the press.

Let’s start with Toshiba G710 Portege GPS/PDA phone:

Upcoming Toshiba Portege G710 specs are:

• Quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900), GPRS/EDGE
• Windows Mobile 6 Standard OS
• 2.46″ 65K color QVGA (480×800) (?) display
• 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
• Built-in GPS
• 128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM
• MicroSD memory card slot
• Bluetooth A2DP, USB 1.1
• 1100 mAh battery with up to 200 hrs stand-by and 180 min talk time
• Dimensions: 115×62x13 mm
• Weight: 130 g

I’m almost sure that Pocket PC Italia has mixed up the display resolution for Toshiba G710. 480×800 pixel is a Wide VGA resolution, not QVGA, which stands for 240×320 and is much more likely to fit 2.46″ screen size.

Otherwise, Toshiba Portege G710 looks like a good and affordable e-mail/messaging device with a nice addition of GPS navigation capabilities.

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And we can do just that, thank’s to PDAdb.net we can do just that.

Toshiba Portege G920 specs will include:

• 32 bit Qualcomm MSM7200 Chipset with 528 MHz CPU
• GSM 900/1800/1900, UMTS2100 connectivity
• CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA data transfer
• 256 ROM/128 RAM
• 3″ 800×480 color TFT, 64K color Touchscreen display
• QWERTY keyboard, 43 keys
• miniSD, miniSDHC, SDIO expansion slots
• USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0,
• Wi-fi b/g
• 3.1 Mpx camera
• Dimensions: 74×115x22 mm

Toshiba G920 should be released in March.

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The Russian mobile site Portavik.ru were able to snap a picture during some presentation, where the whole Toshiba Portege PDA phone roadmap for 2008 was revealed:

As you can see there’s a live model of Toshiba Portege G920 in a guy’s hand and G920 targeted for Q1 2008 release, on a slide.

Interestingly, there’s no mention of G910 model here. My guess is that G910 and G920 are pretty much the same handsets for different regional markets. And since the roadmap slide was meant for the Russian audience (you can see Russian heading at the top of it), what they’ll get would be Toshiba G920 Portege model.

They also have another “ultra” high end communicator model – Toshiba Portege G930 planned for late Q3 or early Q4, 2008 release. No info about Toshiba G930 form factor, but it looks like it will have full QWERTY keyboard in a slider or flip-phone body.

Then there will be Toshiba Portege G800 launched in early 2008, probably in February, during 3GSM show in Barcelona. Toshiba G800 will be a stylus operated touchscreen phone. No word about possible touch/finger input.

Toshiba will also have two GPS equipped handsets in 2008. Toshiba Portege G710 will be launched together with Toshiba G920, probably during CES show in Las Vegas, early January 2008. Toshiba G710 will be candybar shaped handset with QWERTY keyboard. By the years end we will also have it’s GPS equipped successor – Toshiba Portege G720.

And finally, early next year Toshiba will have a Portege G450, which is dubbed as “USB Modem Phone”. But I have no idea what that one may look like.

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It’s Toshiba Portege G910 & Portege G920 flip smartphones, that turned up on FCC site late Friday.

There’s pretty limited information available about Toshiba G910 & G920 models for now. And from what can be seen, it looks like both of them are the  same handset with the same specs.

As you can see from the pictures Toshiba G920 & 910 are made in flip phone form factor similar to Nokia E90 Communicator.

Known Portege G920 &G910 specs will include GSM 900/1800/1900, WCDMA, Bluetooth, WLAN , USB 2.0 connectivity, main camera (at least 2 mpx) with flash, front camera for video calls, 3″ display, 1320 mAh Li-ion battery, microSD memory card slot.

The icons around the screen  seems to indicate some touch functionality, so the touchscreen is also not ruled out. There also be some click wheel navigation, call answering buttons and small display for caller id on the front of G920/G910 handset.

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