Toshiba Portege G920 High-end PocketPC

• Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2008
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: Gadget, Smartphone

Toshiba have finally presented all the details about the Toshiba Portege G910/G920 high-end PocketPC along with the Toshiba Portege G710 - a compact Windows Mobile smartphone. Both devices look interesting enough to challenge the HTC product lineup and we are yet to see how good they are with some hands-on experience - at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 2008.
Later on rumors narrowed it down to only Toshiba G920. The official unveiling event of the devices however spoke only of Toshiba G910. But now it's official - there will be two versions of the devices - one is called Toshiba Portege G910 with Qualcomm's gpsOneXTRA Assistance technology, and the second one is indeed Toshiba Portege G920, which will have A-GPS (Assisted GPS) support for those network operators that offer the service.

The Toshiba Portege G910/G920 PocketPC has a clamshell form factor in an obvious attempt by Toshiba to make it look more of a mini-laptop. The Toshiba G910/G920 is armed with 3G and HSDPA, Wi-Fi and an integrated GPS receiver.

Since both devices are based on a Qualcomm MSM7200 platform which is becoming increasingly popular in the HTC product portfolio too, the Toshiba G910 integrated Qualcomm GPS receiver benefits from the Qualcomm's gpsOneXTRA Assistance technology, which is said to provide a faster 'first fix' with greater GPS sensitivity indoors and in dense urban environments.

The Toshiba G920 is an identical device, but it comes with A-GPS support and will be available for network carriers that support it.

The Toshiba Portege G910/G920 3" touchscreen TFT display has a wonderful WVGA resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, and the device runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 Pro. Unfortunately the initially suggested 3 megapixel camera was dropped in favor of a 2 megapixel one. That would make it somewhat hard to battle the HTC TyTN II, which has a 3 megapixel module on board. There is also no USB-host feature - a little something that made the original Toshiba G900 PocketPC an attractive feature combo.

The Toshiba Portege G910/G920 is also equipped with a biometric fingerprint scanner for security, and it also has Bluetooth support and VoIP capabilities. The processor under the hood of the G910 is yet unknown, but it's rumored to be a 528 MHz one, there is also 128MB of RAM available on board.

Here are some features for Toshiba G920 and G910:

• Network: Tri-bands GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), 3G (2100 MHz), GPRS Class 10, EDGE and HSDPA (3G+)
• Support: Integrated GPS Receiver chip Qualcomm MSM7200 (A-GPS, only for G920)
• OS: Mobile Windows 6 Professional
• Display: 3-inch touch-screen 800×480 pixels, 65K colors
• CPU: Qualcomm MSM7200 (528 MHz)
• Camera: 2MP digital camera; 0.3MP front camera for video conference
• Security: Biometric finger print reader
• Memory: 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM
• Connectivity: USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP) and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g module
• Card slot: HC microSD HC port that supports up to 16 GB; MiniUSB 2.0
• Battery: 1320 mAh lithium-ion with 460 hour standby and 5 hour talk time
• Dimensions: 11.7×6.4×2 cm
• Weight: 183 gram
  

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