
KDDi has released the Toshiba Sportio mobile phone that has a motion sensor counts the calories burned in a workout. Available in orange, white, black, red and green, the phones comes equipped with a 2.2 inch TFT (240 x 320), 2MP camera, GPS and 1 Seg Tuner. The handset also features GPS to read your jogging route along with average speed and running logs. Measuring 52mm × 93mm × 13.7mm and weighing 86grams, the Toshiba Sportio is compatible Bluetooth headphones with the ‘BEAT RUN’ function which adjusts the tempo as per your workout. [Newlaunches]

Toshiba is dropping the new Cosmic Shiner handset which is a better version of the FanFun 815T cell phone with studded diamonds. There will only be about 1,000 of these being issued through an invitation-only scheme, and perhaps benefit from a Prestige Gold membership service. Each phone will be going for $4,000. [BornRich]

Japan will be launching a new phone by Toshiba inspired by the Japanese cartoon Transformers. There’s no specs revealed so far or release/price info. Stay tuned for more updates. [Akihabara]
by Gizmo Girl on February 26, 2008 · 1 comment

Emobile will release some new phones in the Spring collection: the Toshiba H11T and the HTC S11HT. Both are HSDPA phones, the H11T features a 3.2MPx digicam, bluetooth, audio/video player, microSD port. The S11HT comes with a 3MPx digital camera, 2.8 inches screen, windows mobile 6, GPS, bluetooth, and a microSD port. No word on prices or when these will drop. [Akihabara] More

Toshiba will release a new smart phone called the G810 which is a Windows Mobile 6 device that features support for HSDPA and HSUPA, along with built-in GPS and A-GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth along with a 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen, a 3 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot for expansion and an FM radio. No word on pricing, but the Portege should hit Europe the 2nd quarter of 08.
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The Toshiba 911T by Softbank has been unlocked and is compatible with WCDMA networks. It comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and video capture ability, a 3″ 480 x 800 display and Bluetooth A2DP support. However the following features probably wont work such as GPS, 1Seg DMB, Felica e-money, and the internet.
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