Toshiba unleashes the TG01 - the uber-smartphone to rule them all

03 Feb, 2009
Making a large step from a regular WinMo PocketPC to a heavily armored MID (Mobile Internet Device), Toshiba today launched the TG01 PocketPC. Packed with a 4.1" WVGA screen and measuring only 9.9 mm...

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  • 05 May 2010

After Toshiba bailed on HD-DVD I called and asked about the premium I paid for it...fell on deaf ears. Don't trust them to stand by their products. If you don't believe me, go ahead and buy this.

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    • forelli
    • MqF
    • 09 Jul 2009

    Lines for a winmo phone? At last people lining up for a smartphone, not for an Igadget. Great!

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      • Timmie
      • 4k%
      • 05 Mar 2009

      There will be lines forming to buy Toshiba TG01

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        • Anonymous
        • M6n
        • 25 Feb 2009

        Battery is user replacable according to Toshiba, so just get a spare one

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          • Anonymous
          • muT
          • 15 Feb 2009

          Stop dreaming: battery life of this device will never be satisfying! It can't - not in 2009!

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            • ecco
            • muT
            • 15 Feb 2009

            Anonymous, 08 Feb 2009bear in mind that capasitive touch screen is not working wi... moreOperating a phone's touchscreen with gloves - come on, that's a ridiculous argument! :-)))

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              • Anonymous
              • UD}
              • 08 Feb 2009

              Anonymous, 05 Feb 2009I believe, by design, Windows Mobile is not designed for ca... morebear in mind that capasitive touch screen is not working without minute electrical current coming from our finger. if you are using a gloves... you can't use it. resistive is by far more flexible means.

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                • Stone
                • meC
                • 08 Feb 2009

                Very nice looking device. Still, Windows is not ready for Touch Screen to compete with iPhone. And, higher the screen will be, higher will be power consumption. Toshiba should think and take care off the battery life regarding this device. Otherwise, they'll make exactly the same error as Sony Ericsson with their unbelievable P910i (lack of long battery life).

                Cheers.

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                  • Seth
                  • YfX
                  • 07 Feb 2009

                  While this is a neat looking smartphone it still suffers from really small buttons and widgets. look at how tiny the icons are in the top right of the screen. The guy in the vid has trouble hitting the speaker icon. Ridiculous.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • iIR
                    • 06 Feb 2009

                    i really think apple and the rest should pull there finger out now this has just spanked them all! lovely phone!

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                      • Anand
                      • vwr
                      • 05 Feb 2009

                      nice pda phone

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                        • Anonymous
                        • PIQ
                        • 05 Feb 2009

                        respa, 05 Feb 2009touchscreen will be capacitive or resistive?I believe, by design, Windows Mobile is not designed for capacitive screens. While HTC and Acer introduced their own UI, it covers only certain areas. The key areas, messaging, e-mails, settings, etc is still oriented towards stylus which means resistive. Capacitive screens will probably come to Windows Mobile only from WM7 onwards if the WM roadmap circulating around is true. That said, there's nothing stopping capacitive screens in WinMo. Its just not optimal given WM structure.

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                          • Oli
                          • ibn
                          • 05 Feb 2009

                          Give us a review ASAP..!
                          Thx GSMArena..
                          ;)

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                            • respa
                            • L0@
                            • 05 Feb 2009

                            touchscreen will be capacitive or resistive?

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                              • Kim.
                              • CpK
                              • 05 Feb 2009

                              stefn22, 04 Feb 2009man, what have you been doing over the last 2 years?? have... moreU B**** u noe wat

                              all this fone is better than the phone u just told me iPhone n G1 or wateva is that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • nj$
                                • 04 Feb 2009

                                2009 PDA Phones are capable to run Win XP.

                                Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional
                                64 MB of RAM minimum supported; may limit performance and some features
                                300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required
                                1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space
                                Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor

                                But those specs are for PC hardware, not mobile hardware.

                                Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional on mobile phones:
                                512 MB DDR RAM
                                1Ghz CPU
                                5" or higher WVGA touch screen with dedicated GPU.
                                Dedicated SPU (Sound)
                                Standard hardware keyboard.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • mst
                                  • 04 Feb 2009

                                  Anonymous, 04 Feb 2009This is nothing compared to what Toshiba released nearly tw... moreI agree!

                                  For some reason corporations spoon feed us with technology - this is already outdated and naturally the rest of the industry is even slower to release their best models.

                                  I hope finally there will be phones under 10mm thickness and decent screen.

                                  The remaining tech delays are the :

                                  - OS: WinMo just horrible

                                  - battery performance

                                  I guess they just want us to buy new phones every x months - producing tons of toxic waste worldwide.

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                                    • stefn22
                                    • MPh
                                    • 04 Feb 2009

                                    Anonymous, 04 Feb 2009This is nothing compared to what Toshiba released nearly tw... moreman, what have you been doing over the last 2 years??
                                    have you heard of iphone or g1?
                                    gees, wake up, drink a red bull, and go online to check 'em out
                                    then you realize that tg01 is the next big thing.......

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                                      • hargs48
                                      • N9k
                                      • 04 Feb 2009

                                      Wow this screen size & rez is exactly the same as that on my N810 Internet Tablet...very impressive.

                                      Cannot get over Winmob as the choice of OS though...

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                                        • Bodisson
                                        • SXh
                                        • 04 Feb 2009

                                        Drool...

                                        But... I drooled after Omnia, I drooled after Touch Pro, I drooled after Touch HD, I drooled after Eten Glofiish series...
                                        Let's wait till summer... I don't need to be first owner of this device in my country... ;)