| Taking a successful product and making it better with | | | | band UMTS with HSDDPA/HSUPA as well as a quad |
| a nod to some markets is what the new Toshiba K01 | | | | band GSM/GPRS/EDGE on the 2G. It comes with |
| is about. It's the same TG01 that Toshiba launched to | | | | WiFi 802.11b/g for hotspot internet access and local |
| market acclaim in the summer of 2009 as the world's | | | | data transfer options with Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with |
| first Snapdragon smartphone with one of the largest | | | | A2DP and USB2.0. You also get SatNav functionality |
| screens at 4.1 inches and the thinnest at 9.9mm. | | | | form its built-in GPS receiver supporting A-GPS and |
| Now, it gets a twin for successors announced in the | | | | QuickGPS |
| 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. | | | | - It retains the superb 4.1 inch WideVGA screen size |
| There's the touchscreen TG02 which is its direct | | | | that makes movie watching on the road the best |
| successor and the K01 that comes with a full | | | | anyone can have on a smartphone. But it gets |
| QWERTY side sliding half that should appeal to some | | | | stymied a bit by the limited 65k colors constrained by |
| market segments that prefer a tactile keyboard. | | | | its OS. It also comes with the same accelerometer |
| In addition, the Japanese consumer electronics giant | | | | for auto rotate viewing and shake control |
| enhanced the TG01 with capacitive touchscreens and | | | | - In retaining most of the TG01 features, Toshiba may |
| a more responsive 3D UI over the same Windows | | | | have overlooked its modest imaging now considered |
| Mobile 6.5 running in both. | | | | outdated for an upscale smartphone of this class. |
| Updated Features while Retaining TG01 High Marks | | | | That means you still get the same 3.2 megapixel |
| The K01 gets a better hardware enhancement with an | | | | autofocus snapper with video recording at VGA |
| AMOLED display that has better picture contrast with | | | | resolution and 30fps. You also get a front secondary |
| blacker blacks. It also brings power efficiency to | | | | VGA camera that support 3G video calls. |
| smartphones with a non-backlit screen that TFT LCDs | | | | Conclusion |
| can't do without. That means you can expect a | | | | The new Toshiba K01 is expected to get an upgrade |
| more generous battery life with a longer than 5 hours | | | | to the more capable Windows Phone 7 Series but |
| of talk time in the TG02 and TG01 using the same | | | | that may not be forthcoming until after the 2010 |
| 1,000 mAh Li-Ion battery. Other than that plus a | | | | Christmas holidays when the new OS starts to appear |
| QWERTY half shell slider and capacitive touchscreen, | | | | in a new smartphones. This should improve its |
| the K01 has the same TG01 features. | | | | capacitive touchscreen capability as the current |
| - It gets powered by the same 1GHz Qualcomm | | | | Windows Mobile has no native support for capacitive |
| QSD8250 Snapdragon processor. Its phone memory | | | | technology. This may account why Toshiba is silent on |
| consists of the same 512 MB ROM and 256 MB RAM | | | | the release timeframe of its TG01 successors, hoping |
| with microSD expandability for up to 32 GB. | | | | perhaps to get the upgrade before letting it hit the |
| - The K01is the same 3G smartphone on the dual | | | | markets. |