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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