Toshiba Portege G450 - when phones and Swiss Army Knives converge
Toshiba have announced the Toshiba Portege G450, a phone that quite simply looks like no other. In fact, it looks more like a USB key with a few bells and whistles on it, and that's not coincidence. Toshiba aimed to create a new mobile phone that acts as a Swiss Army Knife both in terms of function (well, not literally - there's no knife in it!) and form.
More details and pics of the Toshiba G450 Portege phone after the jump.
Looking at the G450, you can't help but be impressed by the way it looks. Looking like a combination of a Swiss Army Knife and an MP3 player, the G450 is surprisingly advanced, as you'd expect for a device bearing Toshiba's Portege brand.
Featuring a USB port, MP3 player, OLED screen, 160MB of memory, and 3G and HSDPA, the G450 somehow manages to squeeze all of this into a device just 36mm x 98mm x 16mm in size, and weighing only 57g.
As a blogger without a landline broadband connection (just moved house, and my broadband service won't be switched on until 25th Jan), I'd be lost without my Nokia E90 and its super-fast HSDPA to use as a modem. Having the same features available in such a tiny phone makes perfect sense for the traveller on the go, who doesn't perhaps need all the bells and whistles of a high-end phone, but does need to be always connected to the Internet, and at a high data rate.
For those of you looking for such a device, that's both stylish and super-portable, the Toshiba Portege G450 could be just what you're looking for.
[Source: Akihabara News]
