Toshiba have announced the G450 HSDPA USB Modem – that also doubles as a mobile phone, MP3 player, and USB storage stick!
Now I don’t know what you all think, but I wonder if Toshiba are on to something here – 3UK have been successful with their cheap as chips USB Modems, but they are just that – adding in some extra features, such as storage stick or basic handset, could be a genius stroke….!
Apparently it’s going to hit in Q1 2008, which can only be good news, and sports the following specs:
- Form Factor: Bar (USB modem type)
- Size: 36mm x 98mm x 16mm
- Weight: 57g
- System: UMTS/HSDPA(3.6Mbps)/GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- Chipset: Qualcomm MSM6280
- Memory: 160MB (user available memory)
- Interface: mini USB
- Band: 2100 for UMTS, 900/1800/1900 for GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- Battery: 600mAh
- Standby: Up to 200hrs*
- Talktime: Up to 140 mins*
- Display: OLED 96×39 pixels
- Messaging: SMS with T9 text editor
- Media Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+
- Utilities: Alarm
- Colours: Black, Red, White
- Accessories: mini USB cable, Stereo Headset (with microphone and switch), charger, user guide, CD-ROM
So come on, form a line – who wants one?!
[Via: 3G.co.uk]