| Toshiba continues to give the big five mobile phone | | | | support |
| makers some challenge that started with its TG01 | | | | - Entertainment starts with the same 3.2 megapixel |
| released last June. It was the world's thinnest | | | | autofocus camera with geo tagging and VGA video |
| smartphone at a mere 9.9mm when Nokia could only | | | | recording at 30fps. You also get a front facing |
| muster 10mm for its E72/71 models. It was also the | | | | secondary camera for 3G video calls. Your images |
| world's first smartphone to use the most powerful | | | | and video get displayed on a same sumptuous |
| CPU at the time, and still is, with the Qualcomm | | | | 4.1-inch wide VGA with 64k colors. As stated above, |
| QSD8250 Snapdragon clocked at 1 GHz. | | | | this uses AMOLED capacitive touchscreen |
| But as a Windows Mobile phone with a clumsy UI, it | | | | technologies. It also has accelerometer sensors for |
| was more a disappointment. Now, Toshiba takes time | | | | auto rotate viewing and shake control. |
| to up the ante with a successor to it with a couple | | | | - With an energy-saving AMLOD display, we expect |
| of updated smartphones in the Toshiba K01 | | | | its 1,000 mAh Li-Ion battery used in the TG01/TG02 |
| QWERTY Slider Touchscreen and the nearly identical | | | | to provide talk times better than the 5 hours in these |
| TG02. | | | | handsets. But no information is available in this area. |
| First unveiled at the 2010 Mobile World Congress, | | | | Windows to the Rescue |
| there was more of a yawn greeting the handsets. | | | | Now if only the promising Windows Phone 7 Series |
| Because apart from an improved 3D UI on both, a | | | | can be out in time for the release of these Toshiba |
| capacitive touchscreen and water-resistant quality on | | | | smartphone by the 3rd quarter or middle of the year, |
| the TG02 and an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen on | | | | then we can expect to see some real challenge. |
| the QWERTY K01, there are just no major | | | | Demoed at the MWV, the new Phone 7 carries the |
| improvement over the landmark TG01. | | | | same functional innovative richness as the Android |
| AMOLED and QWERTY and Nothing New Up Close | | | | that can even exceed the iPhone's navigational |
| - You still get the same 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon | | | | challenge. |
| running a dying Windows Mobile 6.5 supported by the | | | | Unfortunately, we won't be seeing the new Windows |
| same 512 MN ROM and 256 RAM expandable to 32 | | | | anytime soon which brings us to question Toshiba's |
| GB from a microSD slot. | | | | claims that their new Toshiba K01 and TG02 |
| - Needless to say, the K01 is your basic 3G phone on | | | | handsets can be readily upgraded to the Windows |
| the dual band UMTS with HSDPA/HSUPA for a | | | | Phone 7. Early information from the Microsoft camp |
| no=wait internet downloading and surfing. It's also | | | | has clearly indicated that smartphones running the old |
| your quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE on 2G. You get | | | | Windows Mobile 6.x cannot be upgraded. |
| the same WiFi for hotspot surfing as well as wired | | | | So what is Toshiba saying? But for their sake, we |
| and wireless data connectivity with USB 2.0 and | | | | hope Microsoft can allow Windows Mobile |
| Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, respectively. There's also a | | | | upgradeability to the Phone 7 Series. |
| GPS receiver with assisted GPS and QuickGPS | | | | |