Toshiba TS10
Discontinued 6th September 2005
This fairly radical looking device is
the Toshiba TS10 clamshell phone - a pretty simple handset
that distinguishes itself mainly by looking like no
other handset on the market.
We
have seen phones a little like this before
- take for example the rather cool Nokia
6170, but the Toshiba TS10 is very much a love-it-or-hate-it
thing.. but whatever you feel about it, it certainly
looks like nothing else on the market.
It's a reasonably lighweight and compact
phone at 90 grams and 97x46x17mm, but the specifications
overall are disappointing, particularly the 128x160
pixel display that is dwarfed by the TS10's large interior
space. The digital camera is also only a VGA resolution
unit, and there's very little else going on except a
WAP browser and polyphonic ringtones.
The Toshiba TS10 lacks Bluetooth, an
email client or multimedia playback. For all its stunning
looks, it's clear that this is a very basic handset.
Underneath, this is a tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900
phone with GPRS, 2.5 hours talktime and 6 days standby
time. The battery life is frankly pretty poor considering
how little there is to power in the TS10.
However, this is a phone that will sell
on looks rather than technical specification, and as
a follow up to the high-end 3G TS921,
the Toshiba TS10 certainly gets itself noticed.
Toshiba say that the TS10 will be available
from October 2005 onwards in Europe. At present we do
not know which carriers Toshiba will be partnering with,
but given the specification of the Toshiba TS10, we
would expect to see it launch as a low end contract
and prepay device.
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Toshiba
TS10 at a glance
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Available:
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Q4
2005
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Network:
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Tri-band
GSM
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Data:
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GPRS
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Screen:
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128x160
pixels, 65,000 colours
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Camera:
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640x480
pixels
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Size:
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Slimline
clamshell 97x46x17mm
/ 90 grams
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Bluetooth:
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No
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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2.5 hours talk / 6 days standby
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