[tj21]

It looks no 850 gsm or any us 3g

Toshiba Europe

That would be a complete deal breaker for me. It looks like my Tytn stays a little longer.

[tj21]

It looks no 850 gsm or any us 3g

Toshiba Europe

That would be a complete deal breaker for me. It looks like my Tytn stays a little longer.

[Dyvim]

Originally Posted by tj21

It looks no 850 gsm or any us 3g

It also looks like no SDHC (note "up to 2GB mini SD slot")
And it also looks like Toshiba is still using the same POS BT stack they had on the e800BT and e830: no HID, no A2DP, no AVRCP profiles.

Sorry, but I won't be giving up the 12 GB of combined storage I currently have loaded in my e830 for 2 GB of miniSD (esp. since I would have to purchase said 2 GB miniSD card) just for the pleasure of downgrading from a 4" to a 3" screen (even if it is WVGA).

Also disappointed that the screen seems to be 65K color. iMate's Ultimate lineup will be sporting 262K color VGA screens (makes a big difference in the appearance of video and photos).

[alese]

Originally Posted by Dyvim

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And it also looks like Toshiba is still using the same POS BT stack they had on the e800BT and e830: no HID, no A2DP, no AVRCP profiles.
...

I can live with no SDHC and only 65K colors, and beeing in Europe lack of US frequences doesn't really bother me, but the above quote is something different.
If it's really only BT 1.2 and there is no HID, A2DP and AVRCP, why do they even bother with including BT at all?
It's really funny how every device has something lacking for no apparent rational reason.
I think that the only exception to that is Athena - this one doesn't really lacking anything, it even has too much in size and price...

[Dyvim]

Originally Posted by alese

If it's really only BT 1.2

I'd actually missed that, but you're right that's what the press release says.

There's no excuse not to have BT 2.0 with EDR on your top-of-the-line model in 2007. Many devices announced for this year have it. And BT 1.2 is exactly what they had in 2004's e830 (if you could really call such a useless implementation BT).

[King_Dani]

having BT tech of 04s sucks , what sucks more is , to have a screen ideal for watching movies and havee 65k , also , if you are so thoughtful to give the device 128 RAM , why not include at least 256 ROM ? even 1gb?

as others said , the ultimate series really have the edge in very many aspects.

the only advantage here , is the ability to control USB dongles with this device , while it can be leveled out by the TV out of imate series.

next big disappointment i guess

[bnycastro]

Originally Posted by tj21

It looks no 850 gsm or any us 3g

Toshiba Europe

That would be a complete deal breaker for me. It looks like my Tytn stays a little longer.

maybe they will make a US version for you guys and gals... Is the BT on Tosh really that bad? Surely they would've made improvements already?