04-18-2002, 04:26 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,350
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Yet Another New Toshiba
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/url/body?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.co.jp%2Fmobile%2F0204%2F18%2Fn_nge.html&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2
Somehow I have the feeling that Toshiba has tested the waters with their earlier corporate only products, and now join the Pocket PC ranks full force. Brandon Hill sent in two links to a new XScale based Toshiba 550G. Although not all Japanese Toshiba's come to Europe and the VS, this one shows hardware that means a new route for Toshiba: a new 4" screen, and that leads me to believe that this will cross over sooner or later. The Japanese Toshiba Genio e-feature page calles this screen "Poly-Si TFT LCD". The next picture shows the new model next to the 'old' Toshiba e570.
The specs state that it will keep the Compact Flash type II slot, and a SD/IO slot. According to the second page of a preview on the Japanese ZDNet, there will be battery and PCMCIA extensions for this new model. And again they show that nifty Bluetooth SD card. To top it off, this model will feature a USB host function, just like the Casio E-200 has now!
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04-18-2002, 04:32 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Lovely! Beautiful! Gorgeous!
Screen size is EVERYTHING on these little things, so this model looks incredible!
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04-18-2002, 04:35 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 298
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Screens
Screen looks nice, but when are we going to Oled (Organic LED) screens on palm-size devices? They're coming in the next year on a 3G wireless SmartPhone device from Sanyo, marketed by Sprint PCS. Self-illuminating, and auto-adjusts to available light conditions. The advantage is ultra-low power consumption, faster refresh rates, better contrast and brightness...God I hate reflective TFT Lcds. I bought two Sony LCD TVs last year, the little 2.2" portable jobs. The low end model had a passive-matrix screen, and the high-end model an active-matrix TFT LCD screen w/ triple twister transistors. What a difference. Several people commented the $150 Sony Portable TV looked MUCH better than the 27" TVs they had at home!
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04-18-2002, 04:43 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 287
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Is it my imagination or does this screen look WAY better? 8O The contrast and colour look way better than the older Toshiba.
I want!!! :twisted:
Dazz
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04-18-2002, 04:47 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 103
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Sold! Where can I pre-order?
I think Tosh have really got this right, big screen, looks slightly thiner than the previous model. It has the ability to alter the prcoessor speed on the fly, or the user can underclock to save power. The accessories look great, I'm very interested in the earphones with a remote control for media player. It would be nice if it had bluetooth built in, but I can probably live without that and use an expansion card for that instead - probably CF as I think CF is going to become primarily used for connectivity and SD will become the primary storage medium for new devices.
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04-18-2002, 04:49 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 28
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Shoot yeah!
I have seen my PDA future...and it is TOSHIBA!
If this thing is as solid as my ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop that still gets daily use after five years...I WILL BUY! :twisted:
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04-18-2002, 04:50 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,389
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aarrrgghh... Must... control... gadget... fettish... :x
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04-18-2002, 04:50 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 864
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Cancelling my order for the Loox, put down for one of these babies!!! wow great looks, great screen makes me wonder whats in store from the other PPC manufacturers, looks like Toshiba may be the Sony of the Pocket PC world!
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04-18-2002, 04:59 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 106
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Ugly, but it makes better use of the size of the device with the bigger screen and less other "stuff" on the face. Hopefully this screen won't have dust.
No built-in bluetooth, which is okay, because having SD I/O is a better compromise (IMHO).
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04-18-2002, 05:01 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 10
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The big screen is pure sex. However the battery rating is even lower than the original e570. That means 0.5hr of actual use per charge...?
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