Toshiba's unusual G450 cellphone / MP3 player / HSDPA USB modem reviewed, liked

After a flurry of leaks and announcements caught our attention last year, we've heard nary a peep from Toshiba about its multi-faceted device since. Suffice to say that's it's out in parts of Europe and countries with a penchant for the backward "R" and "N." Great, but what is it and how well does it do what it does; that's the convoluted question. Fortunately, IntoMobile went hands on with the USB memory stick / alarm clock with snooze / MP3 player / 7.2Mbps HSDPA USB modem / tri-band GSM cellphone and came away with the opinion that "the device is excellent." It pulled a respectable 2.7Mbps off O2's UK network and performed reasonably well as a "backup phone." The 160MB of storage for MP3 / AAC music playback was disappointing but it served its purpose in a pinch. Still, that's a lot of device for £140.

[Via IntoMobile]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 18th 2008 4:41AM]

Wow this thing is cool........ for my 8 yr old daughter!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 18th 2008 5:28AM]

Toshiba is following Nokia's path of coming up with some weirdly shaped phones. However, history tells us, those "unconventional" phones never sell. Now Nokia has stopped selling those things. How long will it take Toshiba to learn the lesson?

[efekt Posted Nov 18th 2008 7:03AM]

"Its a phone! Its a modem! Its an MP3 player!" ...and its outdated... you can buy dozens of this kind of phones, some of them are ever cheaper, and most of them are much better than this one... (hint: they have a real screen).

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 21st 2008 5:14AM]

I don't get it. Toshiba can come up with some great stuff (witness what they sell in Japan) but it seems like they lose all their marbles when it comes to Europe. Just throw some Euro language support on a 921T and put it on Vodafone already.