Toshiba Portégé G900

[dannzz]

Browsing for a phone to replace my Hermes, I found this!

It's the Toshiba Portégé G900, it has EDGE (no HSDPA but I can live with that)
a 416MHz processor, 128MB of RAM miniSD, windows mobile 6, A screen resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, WiFi, bluetooth, full QWERTY keyboard etc.

BUT I've never actually heard of Toshiba making phones :P

Should I stick with the Hermes? or go for the Toshiba?

[Rudegar]

i believe that htc also get their gsm part oem from another company
nothing wrong with that same way they get their lcd displays

thosiba made pda's for a long time though

but personaly i dont see why it would be a step up over the hermes apart from the higher res
and a step down to go to edge from umts

[dannzz]

it has about the same processor, double the RAM, fingerprint/gimmick reader :p

it kinda appeals to me (even though i want a TRUE pocket size phone :p)

p.s. what is the difference between umts and edge? my service provider says theyre just as fast :/

[heov]

it DOES have UMTS and HSPDA.

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-14182-Toshiba+in+Paris%3A+the+Port%C3%A9g%C3%A9+G900.htm l

[Rudegar]

" my service provider says theyre just as fast"

typicaly service providers know as much about such things
as normal supermarket salespeople knows about the computers/hardware they sell :P
of cause it could be that their company have issues making umts work :P

GPRS == up to 115 kbps but more like 30 to 80 kbps irl.

EDGE == up to 236kbps but more like 100 to 160 kbps irl

UMTS == supports up to 2Mbps, but in real life deployments is limited to 384 kbps.

HSDPA == support up to 14 Mbps, but irl will prob be between 4 and 5 Mbps.

i like the screen of that toshiba but worry that old applications may have issues with such a res :S

[srmz]

The link posted by Heov (post # 4) states that the RAM is 64 MB.

Are we all sure that it is 128 MB. Is there an official Toshiba page which I believe would be more reliable source of information regarding memory specifications.

Regards

[heov]

The link posted by Heov (post # 4) states that the RAM is 64 MB.

Are we all sure that it is 128 MB. Is there an official Toshiba page which I believe would be more reliable source of information regarding memory specifications.

Regards


yeah, it's 64mb "internal memory" which means STORAGE (availalbe storage). toshiba's spec page is 128mb ram. ppl have confirmed this in other forums.

[dannzz]

sound pretty good then! I'll need to hold it in my hands first though, so I'll know it feels right aswell!

I did search for a smaller phone than my hermes with a full qwerty keyboard :p Anyone have any info on the S730 :p I doubt it'll come out soon after the vox launch though......

[imdnme]

800x480 ! :eek:

Ill get one tomorrow and post my comments asap .... :D

[imdnme]

Got the G900 4 days ago but am not pleased with it at all :mad:

[Hirudegarn]

Did you even bother having a look at the BIG Tosh G900 Post in this forum? All of your concerns have already been discussed.

[imdnme]

Uhh no ...

[tubeme]

Browsing for a phone to replace my Hermes, I found this!

It's the Toshiba Portégé G900, it has EDGE (no HSDPA but I can live with that)
a 416MHz processor, 128MB of RAM miniSD, windows mobile 6, A screen resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, WiFi, bluetooth, full QWERTY keyboard etc.

BUT I've never actually heard of Toshiba making phones :P

Should I stick with the Hermes? or go for the Toshiba?

It has HSDPA! I use it.