Toshiba has launched its G450 product. Not just a tri-band GSM phone, the Toshiba G450 also function as a “USB memory stick, alarm clock with snooze, MP3 player, and a 7.2Mbps HSDPA USB modem.” The Toshiba G450 measures just 98 x 36 x 16 mm, weighs 57 grams, sports an 96 x 39 pixels OLED display. It works plug-and-play for PCs but needs a special driver for Apple computers. The special driver may be downloaded from the Toshiba G450 page.
The G450 contains a Qualcomm MSM6280 chipset and has 160MB internal memory. It can also play MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ tunes and tones. The G450 is larger than your average modem-only USB dongle, as there is a dual rotary-layout keypad on one side – plus a screen. The two-line display could have been a disaster, but Toshiba has made good use of the available screen estate, and once you work out the power switch/rocker and volume rocker are the navigation keys, things are really quite simple. The new Toshiba G450 will be available across Europe in the first quarter this year. Coming in three colors (red, white, black), the G450 package comes with a mini USB cable, a stereo headset, battery, charger, user guide and CD-ROM. Still, that’s a lot of device for £140. and it’s out in parts of Europe and countries with a penchant for the backward “R” and “N
