Toshiba Preps New WM Phones

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-15368-Toshiba+Port%C3%A9g%C3%A9+G910%2C+the+other+HTC+universal.+Hands-on..html' target='_blank'>http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/new...+Hands-on..html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"In a Nutshell, our G910 has everything the HTC Universal had but with some improvement, like a reduced size and a smaller weight. Also a 2Mpix VGA Camera, 256MB of ROM and 128MB of RAM, an A-GPS, 3G HSDPA... This device will be sold in France in March for around 599€. 117mm x 64mm x 19.8mm for 183g only."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/hisham-20080122-akihabaranews_Portege_G910_006.JPG" /><br /><br />Akihabara News has the goods on two new Toshiba WM Phones. The first is the <a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-15368-Toshiba+Port%C3%A9g%C3%A9+G910%2C+the+other+HTC+universal.+Hands-on..html">rumoured successor to the G900</a> with a form factor similar to the Universal, but keeping that cool WVGA screen. Up next is a lower-spec Blackjack lookalike, <a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-15367-Toshiba+Port%C3%A9g%C3%A9+G710%2C+the+other+Blackberry.+Hands-on..html">the G710</a>, sporting GPS but with only EDGE for a data connection. Warning: the links go to pages with some <i>very</i> large images.

[Duncan]

So - no easy use in portrait (i.e. not flip screen), no touchscreen, only Windows Mobile Standard, a screen resolution that throws up problems with some software, and from the company that released the buggy mess that is the G900.

Is it too much to hope for a genuine successor/improvement on the Universal? The Eten M800 has had poor press, the Toshiba G900 is buggy, the imate 9502 is still nowhere to be seen, the HTC Advantage is a monster and the iPAQ 210 is without GPS or phone capabilities.

Who do we have to kill to get a genuine improvement over devices now years old?

[RobrechtV]

So - no easy use in portrait (i.e. not flip screen)
Why, why did they design it like this!? Ok, there's that neat external caller/time display but not being able to hold it in tablet position just kills one handed or stylus use.
no touchscreen, only Windows Mobile Standard
Where did you hear that? It looks like a WM Professional device to me.
a screen resolution that throws up problems with some software
That's actually barely a problem with the g900. Most 3rd party software is well designed and behaves surprisingly well on a wvga screen.
and from the company that released the buggy mess that is the G900.
Not that it makes Toshiba look any better, but a ROM upgrade was recently leaked that seems to fix most issues. I've never had that many anyway, since my device was not one of the earlier versions. I upgraded from an HTC Universal and have generally been very happy with the g900.

[Duncan]

Where did you hear that? It looks like a WM Professional device to me.

Several places have indicated it is only WM Standard. Mind you - that could be an error.

Not that it makes Toshiba look any better, but a ROM upgrade was recently leaked that seems to fix most issues. I've never had that many anyway, since my device was not one of the earlier versions. I upgraded from an HTC Universal and have generally been very happy with the g900.

Not exactly something that would inspire people to trust Toshiba though is it.

[mbranscum]

This has to be one of the uglist devices I've seen.