MWC 2008: Hands on with the new Toshiba devices!

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Here at Mobile World Congress today, I headed over to the Toshiba stand to have a play with their new devices, the G710, G810 and G910.

I'll be posting my initial impressions shortly, but here's some videos too for you to cast your eye over (uploads in process).

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Toshiba Portégé G710 – specification overview

• Form Factor: Bar QWERTY

• Size: 62mm x 115mm x 13mm

• Weight: 130g

• Display: QVGA (320x240), 65k colours, TFT 2.46”

• Camera: 2 mega pixel, x8 digital zoom

• Memory: 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM. Supports up to 2GB micro SD card

• Interface: Bluetooth™ 1.2 with a A2DP, USB 1.1

• Band: 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/EDGE Band, GPRS class 10

• Navigation: Built-in GPS

• Battery: 1,050mAh

• Standby: Up to 200hrs

• Talktime: Up to 180mins

• Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-mail, Microsoft Direct push e-mail, Instant Messaging

• Sound: MP3, WMA

• Music Service: Windows Media Player

• Video: H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV

• Java: MIDP2.0

• PIM/sync: Mobile Outlook (address book, Calendar) / ActiveSync (Address book, Calendar, Mail, folder)

• OS: Windows Mobile 6 standard

• Accessories: USB cable, headset, charger, user guide, CD-ROM, battery

Portégé G810 – specification overview

• Form : PDA

• Size : 58mm x 110mm x 14mm

• Weight : 120g

• Display : QVGA (320 x 240), 65K colours, TFT, 2.83”

• Camera : 3 mega-pixel, autofocus

• Memory : 256MB ROM / 128MB RAM, micro SD slot up to 4GB

• Interface : Bluetooth v2.0, USB v2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

• Battery : 1,530mAh, Standby: up to 200hours, Talktime: up to 4hours*

• Band : 850/900/1800/1900 for GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900/2100 for UMTS/HSDPA (3.6Mbps)/HSUPA (2Mbps)

• Navigation : Built-in GPS & A-GPS

• Music service : Windows Media Player Mobile

• Browser : Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile

• Messaging : SMS, MMS, E-mail, Microsoft Direct push e-mail

• Sound : MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA

• Video : H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV

• Java : Yes

• Processor : Qualcomm MSM7200 (400MHz)

• OS : Windows Mobile

• Others : FM Radio with RDS, Customized UI

Portégé G910 – specification overview

• Form Factor: Horizontal Clamshell

• Size: 145cc, 117mm x 64mm x 19.8mm

• Weight: 183g

• Camera: 2 mega pixel VGA camera

• Memory: ROM 256MB, RAM 128MB

• Interface: Bluetooth™ 2.0, USB, WiFi

• Band: 2100 HSDPA, 900/1800/1900 GSM/EDGE, GPRS class 10

• Navigation: Built-in GPS

• Battery: 1320mAh

• Standby: Up to 330hrs*

• Talktime: Up to 265mins*

• Display: Wide-VGA (480x800), 65k colours, TFT 3.0”

• Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-mail, Wireless push e-mail, Windows Live Messenger

• Media Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA

• Music Service: Windows Media Player

• Security: Fingerprint authentication

• VoIP: Over WiFi

• Java: MIDP2.0, JSR179

• PIM/sync: Mobile Outlook (address book, Calender) / ActiveSync (Address book, Calender, Mail, folder)

[Guest nickcornaglia]

How many times can manufacturers make the same looking device?

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

With the same specs :)

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[Guest creamhackered]

god knows why they gotta make it look like a Blackberry. Oh well

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Can't be worse than the G500 tho :)

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[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Added the other two videos :)

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[Guest dan13l]

The G810 looks to be really snappy in that video. The 910 looks a little bit laggy though.

Not sure they've got the Wow factor of the Xperia though.

[Guest Syphon Filter]

Is it just me or the Tosh devices always a bit "meh" ?

[Guest Confucious]

What's 'meh' ?

[Guest Looby]

What's 'meh' ?

so-so, boring, dismissive shrug.....

[Guest Monolithix]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meh

:)

[Guest Menneisyys]

I didn't like the 910 at all. Much worse than, say, the Xperia X1 because, most impotantly, it's a clamshell-only device (read: you can't really use Portrait mode on it).