http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba TG01 with 4.1-inch WVGA touchscreen: a world's first Snapdragon http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
I don't see any use of device that isn't small enough to fit in a pocket, isn't powerful enough to play back 1080p content via HDMI.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
you put portable devices in your pockets, bags and briefcases. a LAPTOP is mobile for fuck sake.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/remove these
cutleries
from my knees]]>Feb 3rd 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePEPO751b1M]]>Feb 3rd 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/The mobile devices are called mobile because most of them are pocket-friendly. This... thing isn't. Its same size or bigger than HTC Touch HD, and this means its a GIANT piece of hardware.

Now I only wonder why nobody made Nvidia Tegra device yet... Should have even more power and a lot of juice...]]>Feb 3rd 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Thanks. Thats music to my ears. I've been waiting for them for a long time.
Finally a Touch Diamond with a non-lagging UI :)]]>Feb 3rd 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
I already love the Touch HD, but the Snapdragon processor should bring a huge step up in graphical capabilities. Still, I'm expecting more of Tegra, but the upcoming HTC devices look nowhere as thin, or as sexy, as this Tosh.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
I stand corrected. It does look like this is a 6.1 handset, which is a MAJOR downer, especially since we know 6.5 is going to be announced in a matter of days.

Trusted Reviews says it is 6.1:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile-devices/news/2009/02/03/Toshiba-Launches-4-1in-LCD-Touchscreen-Handset/p1]]>Feb 3rd 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Jun 11th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
Also, it's not the occasional system crash that bothers me. What really bugs me is that Safari will crash every 15 minutes if you use it for that long. Pocket IE is a piece of crap, but it's certainly more stable than Safari on iPhone. Skyfire is also more stable, and it can do most of what Safari can, and also Flash and Silverlight.

My point is this: the iPhone is way more usable than Windows Mobile, but stabe is not a word I'd use to describe the iPhone. Also, it still drops calls constantly, which is pretty irritating if you rely on the phone part of the iPhone.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
Unfortunately they have loaded on WinMo...while a CAPABLE OS...its a confusing, unintuitive pile of crap, and its lack of an App store just adds to the problems. Theres no standard when it comes to graphical overlays which is just annoying. Toshibas attempt will most likely not be as good as HTC's Touch Flo

What better way to use that processor than with nice applications and games, too bad you have to wade through all the crap at sites like Handango. FOr every good app theres 100 bad ones.

This will be no worse and no better than the Touch HD and will never be a "hit".]]>Feb 3rd 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
I wouldnt say crap....but usually the problems boil down to WinMo. I love turn by turn navigation on my PDA that the iPhone doesnt have...but everything on WinMo is just so *difficult* to use work out. Stylus is required for anything beyond touch flo...and using the keyboard is very difficult, and will sometimes freeze for a second..which is very frustrating.

Android is ALOT better...this phone could of benefited from it.

Microsoft got lazy, its as simple as that. They went over 5 years without any significant graphical update and Apple, Android and Blackberry swooped in and are stealing their marketshare. I cant say i feel sorry for them.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
Also, the AppStore has its pros and cons. Although it allows you to browse applications from a single place (who really needs that anyway) it also limits you to getting apps from Apple whereas WinMo doesn't care where your apps come from. It's very easy to write a simple app and load it on a WinMo device but the same can't be said for the iPhone. Either way, WinMo has never been limited by the number of good quality apps available for it.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
My current device has a 2.8" screen and its just about right screen real estate wise. Can a 4" device really be called a mobile phone?

Ive given up finding good Apps for it...theres just so much crap available, even the stuff that has been highly ranked is not upto my standards.

Even when you find a good App...it doesnt blend into WinMo like iPhone Apps do. They stick out like sore thumbs. Theres no continuity throughout WinMo...its just ugly, Windows 95-esque.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/The tragic fact is that it is quite possible that Mark really belive this B.S.]]>Feb 4th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/The tragic fact though is that this Mark guy maybe actually belive the B.S.he writes.]]>Feb 4th 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/No drag and drop file juggling
No Flash support inside Safari (where the heck is Opera Mobile for this thing)
No Java
No copy and paste
No front camera
No video recording
No video calls
No user replaceable battery
No radio
No VGA resolution
No IR port (it's something I take for granted, using my phone as a remote for well...anything just about)
No physical keyboard
No external storage card support (Micro SDHC cards are up to 32 GB now, 8GB is NOT enough these days, especially for a media device)
No voice command (WM devices and even some "el-cheapo" phones have featured this for years now)
No MMS (it doesn't have phone-to-phone MMS, it has phone-to-air-to-phone picture sharing necessitating a data plan)
No Live TV (that doesnt require you to be connected to an app like Orb on your home PC, which defeats the purpose, why would I want to watch it on a dinky non VGA screen instead of just on my home PC when im at home anyways)
No camera flash
No camera zoom
Same old, subpar, 2 MP camera for that matter
No multitasking
Limited video format support
Limited picture format support
Limited file format support in general
Only 128 MB of RAM (cant run many apps simultaneously, new WM phones are getting 256+ MB of RAM, with 220+ MB free on bootup, and with the Appstore opening up and 3rd party apps making their way to the phone, Apple is behind on the times)]]>Feb 6th 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
Seriously, it's an overhyped, underpowered, crippled device.]]>Feb 6th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
xoxox]]>Feb 3rd 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/It's trash quite frankly.

No bluetooth music streaming and/or file transfers (video is out of the question)
No drag and drop file juggling
No Flash support inside Safari (where the heck is Opera Mobile for this thing)
No Java
No copy and paste
No front camera
No video recording
No video calls
No user replaceable battery
No radio
No VGA resolution
No IR port (it's something I take for granted, using my phone as a remote for well...anything just about)
No physical keyboard
No external storage card support (Micro SDHC cards are up to 32 GB now, 8GB is NOT enough these days, especially for a media device)
No voice command (WM devices and even some "el-cheapo" phones have featured this for years now)
No MMS (it doesn't have phone-to-phone MMS, it has phone-to-air-to-phone picture sharing necessitating a data plan)
No Live TV (that doesnt require you to be connected to an app like Orb on your home PC, which defeats the purpose, why would I want to watch it on a dinky non VGA screen instead of just on my home PC when im at home anyways)
No camera flash
No camera zoom
Same old, subpar, 2 MP camera for that matter
No multitasking
Limited video format support
Limited picture format support
Limited file format support in general
Only 128 MB of RAM (cant run many apps simultaneously, new WM phones are getting 256+ MB of RAM, with 220+ MB free on bootup, and with the Appstore opening up and 3rd party apps making their way to the phone, Apple is behind on the times)]]>Feb 6th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
Let's wait and see how this one fares - the specs sure sound great.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/im gonna wait to see how long it will take them to make something 1mm :)]]>Feb 3rd 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
Most important issue.... codec support. ]]>Feb 3rd 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/Feb 3rd 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
plus, i know that winmo might not be the best platform out there but look at htc's step up on their new winmo devices. and don't even start blabbing until you actually see the actual device and how it works.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-with-4-1-inch-wvga-touchscreen-a-worlds-first-sna/
Here's a comparison pic with an iPhone:
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-hands-on-photo-fest/img_6554/
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Also, the hand model's fingernails are G-R-O-S-S.
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/02/03/toshiba-tg01-hands-on-photo-fest/img_6540/

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