One of the strangest things we came across at the Mobile World Congress was the Toshiba G450. Marketed under the title ‘So Much, Yet So Small’, as well as acting as a phone, this tiny device is designed to work as a 3G/HSDPA modem for workers on the go.
The thinking seems to be that it’s so small you can use it as some sort of backup emergency mobile (it also does MP3 playback and comes with 160MB of memory), while you can plug it into your laptop via mini USB to get online with download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps. It will simultaneously work as a phone in such a configuration but apparently you have to dial out using a PC software utility, selecting from your contacts list or typing in the number via the laptop’s keyboard/mouse.
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Toshiba’s always struggled to break into the top tier of phone makers but with its three new devices, unveiled a few days ago, it’s showing signs of ambition.
The G910 (right) is a clamshell smartphone looking suspiciously like a Nokia E90, albeit without a keypad on its front. To use it you really do have to open it up. The device itself does Windows Mobile 6 Professional (can you guess who it’s aimed at?), has all the usual quad-band, GPRS, HDSPA and GPS so beloved of smartphones these days. It’s expected Sim-free price is going to be around €600.
The second device, the G710 (right) is another business smartphone looking like a BlackBerry. It too has GPS and Windows Mobile (but only the standard version) and doesn’t have 3G. It does have a 2.4-inch screen though and will be cheaper at €300 Sim-free.
The third, and by no means least phone, is the G450 (below). This is by far the most interesting. It has 3G/HSDPA compatibility, but the tiny device (98×36x16mm) also doubles as a USB modem for computers, a MP3 player and has an OLED display and 160MB of memory. And it’s going to be dead cheap at only €100 Sim-free.
