The Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01 sure didn’t get a lot of love when it was announced. Toshiba just doesn’t have the same brand recognition that HTC or even Samsung have when it comes to Windows Mobile devices. Yes, it was the first device to ship with Qualcomm’s 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, but the operating system sitting on top of that power hardware was Windows Mobile 6.1. Yes, it did eventually receive and upgrade to 6.5, but the damage to the TG01’s reputation was already done when Toshiba’s public relations people showed off their “innovative” skin on top of Windows Mobile that was no where near as nice as HTC’s Sense UI or Sony Ericson’s Panels.

Enough poo pooing on the TG01, the TG02 is making its way through the FCC which means it will probably be announced next month at Mobile World Congress! No specifications to share with you, except that it’s a quadband device with 2100 MHz and 900 MHz HSPA, sorry North America. The leaked image below is the best/only leak we have so far:

[Via: Engadget]

Yep, it’s a video shootout between three heavyweights in the touchscreen smartphone arena…

In the black corner: the Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01

In the white corner: the HTC Hero

In the black, with silver bezel, corner: the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone 3GS

It’s a fight to the death – kinda…

Ben gets his hands on the Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01, in it’s Orange UK livery, and unboxes it:

Another video for ya – this time the Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01 gets the once-over:

Toshiba is pushing out a little present to Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01 owners today. Following on the official launch of Windows Mobile 6.5, TG01 users around the world can now update to the new Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional OS for free! The update is being rolled out to English, German and French language devices, which should just about cover all TG01 owners out there.

You can download the Windows Mobile 6.5 through Toshiba’s website here.

[Via: WMPowerUser]

Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) announced its Snapdragon-powered TG01 smartphone… again! This time around, the Japanese company said they’ll ship it with Windows Mobile 6.5. Not that we didn’t knew it will be upgradable to the latest version of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s mobile OS once it’s released, it’s just that Toshiba’s PR folks decided to get some additional media attention. And as you can see, they’ve succeeded.

Anyway, the updated TG01 will start shipping in Europe on October 6th, whereas the existing TG01 owners will get a WinMo 6.5 upgrade, free of charge.

[Via: slashphone]

We dig the idea Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) is working on the TG01 successor, or other models that will complement the all-touchscreen offering. In that sense, we’ve spotted the TG02 and TG02 models on a roadmap and even in some “in the wild” photos. Now we have one more proof for the first of the two upcoming devices – TG02. It has been spotted at the Wi-Fi Alliance website. There we found a document which says that the phone has the model number TM5-E01, indicating this is the same phone we’ve seen at the FCC in March of this year.

What do we know about the specs? WiFi is definitely on board, a touchscreen, GPS, Bluetooth, HSPA, and so on… I’m getting tired of speculation, and I do want to see another Snapdragon powered phone. C’mon Toshiba, announce the damn phone already!

[Via: Unwired View]

The Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01, which was announced at Mobile World Congress in February (see Will’s hands on), and then launched in the UK last month, has quite a few number of features that make it one of the more attractive Windows Mobile devices on the market today. At the top of the list of new hardware innovations is a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running at 1 GHz. Combine that with a body that is only 9.9 mm thick, and a huge 4.1 inch screen (iPhone has 3.5), and you get something that the Toshiba marketing department ran with to create a funky commercial that is one part Daft Punk, two parts foreign language, shaken into a martini glass, and then spat out once the flavor hits your tongue.

[Via: Daily Mobile]

The single most powerful smartphone on the market in terms of CPU clock, Toshiba TG01, has been cleared by the FCC. And we’re talking about the CDMA version here, which could end up in Verizon (NYSE: VZ)’s or Sprint (NYSE: S)’s portfolio. You know the specs — there’s virtually everything you could imagine under the TG01’s hood (GPS, WiFi, huge WVGA screen, and so on) — but the main trick is in that fast Snapdragon CPU which ticks at 1GHz. Finally, we are hoping that once released, Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF)’s speed racer won’t ship with the “pre-installed virus,” like it was the case with O2 Germany…

[Via: Engadget Mobile]

If there’s one super-model-thin mobile phone I can’t get enough of, it’s the Toshiba (OTCPK: TOSBF) TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone. Measuring an impossibly thin 9.9mm thick and packed with a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor (with a second processing core dedicated to handling all communications) from Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM), the Toshiba TG01 is just about the slickest Windows Mobile smartphone on market. I’ve covered the TG01 extensively over the past several months, but there’s nothing wrong with another hands-on.

Qualcomm was on hand at Mobile Beat 2009, and seeing as how Qualcomm is responsible for the processing and 3G technologies stuffed into the TG01’s crazy-thin body, it makes sense that they had the TG01 on hand for some play time. Inside, the Toshiba TG01 boasts 256MB of RAM, a 4.1-inch WVGA (800 x 480) touchscreen display, WiFi, GPS, 3.2-megapixel camera and 3G data connectivity.

Toshiba TG01 hands-on @ Mobile Beat 2009 from IntoMobile on Vimeo.

If this Toshiba TG01 was infected with a virus, I certainly couldn’t tell. This particular handset didn’t sport Toshiba’s custom Windows Mobile overlay, but we won’t hold that against Toshiba. Too bad the TG01 has yet to be announced in the US.