Toshiba Portege G810 Review
Toshiba launch their first attempt at an i-phone style touch friendly device with their Portege G810.
Priced at around £358 this is the 3rd Windows based mobile in the Toshiba family and has a touch friendly interface.
The screen face is 2.8 inches and the blue illuminated buttons are easy to follow and use. There are side buttons for camera, voice recorder and volume and these are all well integrated.
At first use the Toshiba G810 gives you a choice of which interface enhancements you require, such as finger scrolling. This allows the user to have control over programming rather than having to install everything whether you need it or not.
The Toshiba G810 has been packed with software to assist scrolling and navigation and have produced a powerful and highly customisable unit. However, the scrolling function can feel a touch slower than an i-phone and is therefore more difficult to use with great precision.
The device is equipped with an 3MP camera on the back with flash and auto focus. Additionally there is also built in GPS, wi-fi and HDSPA for connectivity (but no 3rd party web browser). There is ample RAM and ROM, however battery length could be better, requiring charge at the end of a days usage.
In terms of design this product maybe slightly behind the pack, but performance and price mean this device at around £350 offers superb value for money and puts the Toshiba G801 in direct competition with the best of Apple and HTC.
Technical Notes
Operating system - Windows Mobile 6.1 professional
Processor - Qualcomm 400MHz
Memory - 128MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Dimensions - 110×58x14mm
Weight - 120g
Display size - 2.8 inches
Display Resolution - 240×320
Expansion Slot - microSD
Competition
HTC Touch Diamond £440
Apple iPhone 3G £contract
HTC Touch £250
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i-Phone Technical Notes
Motorola Z10 / HTC Diamond / iPhone & Nokia N96
With a growing number of I-Phone type devices on the market, follow our handy specification guide to work out which is the best unit for you.
Device Name - Motorola Z10
Approx Price - £352
Web Site - www.motorola.com
Platform - Symbian OS v9.2 UIQ 3.2
Memory - 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, 70MB internal memory
Processor - TI 2420 multi media processor
Display (Pixels) - 2.2” 240×320
Dimensions (H x W x D) - 109.7×50.7×16.8mm
Weight - 119g
Bluetooth - Yes, version 2.0
3G / HSDPA
GPS - No
Camera Res / Flash - 3.2 / Yes
Device Name - HTC Touch Diamond
Approx Price - £398.33
Web Site - www.htc.com
Platform - WM6.1 Professional
Memory - 192MB RAM, 256 MB ROM, 4GB internal memory
Processor - Qualcomm MSM7201A – 528 MHz
Display (Pixels) - 2.8” 480×640
Dimensions (H x W x D) - 102×51x11.5mm
Weight - 110g
Bluetooth - Yes, Version 2.0
3G / HSDPA / Wi-Fi
GPS - Yes
Camera Res / Flash - 3.2 / No
Device Name - iPhone 3G
Approx Price - £ contract
Web Site - www.o2.co.uk
Platform - Mac OS X v10.4.10
Memory - Shared 8/16GB
Processor - N/A
Display (Pixels) - 3.5” 320×480
Dimensions (H x W x D) - 115.5×62.1×12.3mm
Weight - 133g
Bluetooth - Yes, version 2.0
3G / HSDPA / Wi-Fi
GPS - Yes
Camera Res / Flash - 2 / No
Device Name - Nokia N96
Approx Price - £ contract
Web Site - www.nokia.co.uk
Platform - Symbian OS 9.3, S60 rel 3.2
Memory - 128MB RAM, 256MB system memory 16GB storage
Processor - Dual Arm 9 264MHz CPU
Display (Pixels) - 2.8” 240×320
Dimensions (H x W x D) - 103×55x18mm
Weight - 125g
Bluetooth - Yes, version 2.0
3G / HSDPA / Wi-Fi
GPS - Yes
Camera Res / Flash - 5 / Yes