Toshiba TG01, Thin
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
TG01 full
TG01 Side
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Toshiba TG01
The TG01 is surprisingly lightweight and alluringly thin. At just 9.9mm it’s significantly slimmer than the iPhone 3G (at 12.3mm) and the Touch HD (at 12mm), despite having a larger display than both rivals. The casing is finished in soft-touch plastic, with a chromed strip running around the edges, and aside from a few hardware buttons - camera (controlling the 3.2-megapixel shooter that seems to lack a flash of any sort), volume and power being two obvious ones - and the touch-sensitive “home”, “back” and scroll-strip along the base of the display, and the microUSB port lurking under a hatch, it’s generally a clean design. Make no mistake, this is a very pocket-friendly handset.
Toshiba wouldn’t say exactly when the TG01 would launch - only over the Summer in Europe - nor would they reveal which carriers they’re in discussion with, only that an exclusivity deal was likely. The 9.9-mm thin handset will feature a 4.1-inch WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) touchscreen display, HSDPA data, GPS, WiFi, a microSD slot, and custom Tosh 3D GUI to hide the Windows Mobile 6.1. Most notable is that 1GHz Snapdragon chip that Toshiba claims makes the TG01 considerably faster than any device currently on the market with the promise to “revolutionize the mobile entertainment world.”
This is a great looking handset, surely to get a rise out of LG and Toshiba lovers out there.
