Toshiba shows off slate of smartphone prototypes at CEATEC (video)

The admittedly powerful TG01 has been carrying the flagship banner for awhile at Toshiba's smartphone division, but if a brief look at CEATEC gives us any indication of what's to come, we'd say you can look forward to hearing an awful lot more from Tosh in this here sector. Behind a small glass case, a smattering of smartphone prototypes were quietly sitting pretty in effort to be photographed. Naturally, we took 'em all up on the offer, snapping the K01, K02 and L01 and hosting them in the gallery below. We're told that the lot is actually nearing production, with the K01 packing a 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, the K02 a 3.5-inch resistive panel (with an 800 x 480 resolution) and the L01 a 7-inch screen within a MID-like form factor. Each of the three are to be powered by Windows Mobile 6.5, though we wouldn't argue if WinMo 7 ended up being the OS of choice. Video's after the break.

[Via Electronista]

Toshiba shows off slate of smartphone prototypes at CEATEC

[gage006 Posted Oct 7th 2009 11:54PM]

You lost me at Windows Mobile.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2009 6:48AM]

Exactly! The moment people hear Windows Immobile people start to puke!

[iprefresh Posted Oct 8th 2009 1:53AM]

The touch the feel the fabric of our lives LOL!!!! silly commercials !!!

[tylersmyler Posted Oct 7th 2009 11:54PM]

this is why I read engadget

[tylersmyler Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:00AM]

I'd also just like to say..
that last one (the L01) looks so damn tasty. imagine if it was dual AMOLED? I can dream..

[glenskey Posted Oct 7th 2009 11:56PM]

why aren't ms partnering with toshiba for winmo 7 instead of sharp??? anyone?

[GTR Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:01AM]

@glenskey - MS and Toshiba are partners... along with LG, Sharp, HTC, Samsung, etc etc. All these form factors and diffrent manufacturers is *just one* reason why WinMo sells a LOT per month around the *world*

[glenskey Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:14AM]

no, you misunderstand, sharp are providing the first hardware, to microsoft for winmo 7. there was a post on it the other day

[James Posted Oct 8th 2009 1:14AM]

Someone has to be first.

[glenskey Posted Oct 8th 2009 1:28AM]

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/09/19/microsofts-project-pink-finally-bearing-fruit-in-2010-with-two/

[Please forgive me Posted Oct 8th 2009 7:09AM]

The original article you linked says why, by way of speculation... Microsoft bought Danger which is developing portions or all of project pink, Sharp is apparently Danger's primary Original Device Manufacturer... they have a history of working together so they are, apparently.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 11:59PM]

does anyone agree that one of the phones looks like a nintendo ds without the buttons?

[Emitor Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:06AM]

so when you see clamshell you think ds huh? Interesting..............CLAMSHELL!

[newreformation Posted Oct 8th 2009 2:10AM]

mmmm.... oyster?

[Federaly Posted Oct 8th 2009 3:26AM]

ROCK LOBSTER!

[Emitor Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:04AM]

-_- Nice but the google ad at the end scared the hell out of me! (got to remember to turn down volume when not listening to anything.

I think we all get the chance to tell are kids

"I remember back in my day you didn't have to watch an ad after clicking hyperlinks."

[bigboy Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:16AM]

I'm not all into sexy phone, nice looking phones but these are sexy as hell... This is what a luxury phone should look like! Now throw in your optional WinMo 7, Android or even the Apple software and this would be a dream come true for us all!

[loocas Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:36AM]

So very unimpressive presentation. Phones turned off. Behind glass.

Tsss... tsss... :/

[ImDaIllest Posted Oct 8th 2009 12:59AM]

is it my lack of sleep or are those phones huge?!!

[Nightwheel Posted Oct 8th 2009 1:27AM]

What is that DS looking phone?

[Nimer55 Posted Oct 8th 2009 1:39AM]

To many good smartphones.... Competition is good, but im now confused..

Im sticking with my pre, but i will deff upgrade if a web-os phone comes out using the TI dual core 1 ghz+ cpu...


thats 2ghz!!

i forget the name, but it's on the TI site...

[Acey Posted Oct 8th 2009 2:50AM]

The slider phone actually looks like a Sony Ericcson Aino...

[va jj Posted Oct 8th 2009 7:11AM]

where are all the asian models?

[Eternity Posted Oct 8th 2009 9:01AM]

I'll reserve my judgment till I can see production models working and the specs.

[tmarks11 Posted Oct 8th 2009 10:33AM]

> I think we find it hardly surprising that the trend these days are touchscreen/multi-touch devices, ever since the introduction of the original TREO 180 in 2002. Palm is the forefront in technological advancement....

there, fixed it for you...