| The Japanese consumer electronic giant Toshiba | | | | band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA and a quad band GSM |
| hasn't created many waves lately after its | | | | GPRS/EDGE on 2G. It comes with WiFi 802.11b/g, |
| introduction of the ill-fated HD DVD home video | | | | Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP and USB2.0. There's |
| format to compete with Sony's Blu-Ray in 2007 and | | | | SatNav functionality from its built-in GPS receiver for |
| then pulling the plug a year later. | | | | A-GPS and QuickGPS. |
| It has entered the highly competitive mobile phone | | | | - The same 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon engine |
| industry at about the same time with a set of rather | | | | used in the TG02/TG01 powers the K01 with the |
| boring products until it flexed its muscles to finally | | | | same 512 MB ROM and 256 MB RAM. The usual |
| make its presence felt with the TG01 last June. It | | | | microSD expandability for up to 32 GB is likewise |
| was the world's first Snapdragon smartphone on a | | | | supported. |
| touchscreen monoblock that also sported one of the | | | | - You get the same 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera |
| largest displays on a smartphone at 4.1 inches. It | | | | with geo tagging the same 30fpx VGA vide |
| took a 2010 Mobile World Congress to confirm its | | | | recording. There's also a front secondary VGA |
| successor in the TG02 with a twin variant sporting a | | | | camera to support 3G video calls. |
| full-QWERTY slider form in the Toshiba K01. | | | | Windows Phone 7 to the Rescue |
| Features Up Close | | | | Out of the box, the Toshiba K01 will be configured |
| The K01 gets a full QWERTY keyboard half shell that | | | | with the lackluster Windows Mobile 6.5.3 which |
| effectively adds 3 mm to the thickness of its TG02 | | | | Toshiba claims can be upgraded to the more capable |
| twin. Its main strength lies in the AMOLED display | | | | Windows Phone 7 Series out soon. Now just how |
| technology that edges out the TG02. Both have | | | | soon that would be is anybody's guess. |
| gorgeous 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreens with | | | | Announced in 2008 and already delayed on its |
| WideVGA resolution, 64k colors and gravity | | | | promised 2009 release, the new WinPho7 was |
| accelerometer sensors for auto rotate viewing and | | | | demoed at the same MWC and it looks like it got the |
| shake control. | | | | more heightened anticipation Microsoft had wanted. |
| OLED and AMOLED displays require no backlighting | | | | Finally, this is the Windows platform that can |
| that regular LCD screens have and thus get blacker | | | | challenge the Android. |
| blacks and eat less energy. That should give the K02 | | | | And the K02 is sure to benefit from upgrading to |
| a brighter screen and talk times longer than the 5 | | | | one. Its capacitive touchscreen has no native support |
| hours that TG02/01 has for the same 1,000 mAh | | | | from its current Windows Mobile OS and the |
| battery. It's a curiosity though that Toshiba prefers | | | | WinPho7 has. Not all current Windows smartphones |
| to be silent on this area during the MWC event. | | | | can be upgraded as only those meeting the WinPho7 |
| Other that that, the K01 gets the same TG02 | | | | minimum requirements presumably can and Toshiba |
| features. | | | | claims the K01 is one of them. |
| - The K01 is your basic 3G on the dual band dual | | | | |