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Claimed as the world first USB Modem that’s also a Mobile Phone and MP3 Player, the new Toshiba G450 will be available across Europe in the first quarter this year. According to the press release, this G450 allows users to connect a laptop to the internet using a HSDPA mobile network, make a phone call and text message, store data, and play MP3.

Says Takashi Okamoto, Deputy Managing Director, Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd: “With increasingly mobile lives and flexible working practices, there’s a real and growing need for new solutions to connect people and enable them to work more effectively when they are away from the office. The G450 is an exciting product because it opens up new avenues for mobile access, keeping users in touch by email and the web via their notebook PC wherever they’re located as well as providing them with an easy-to-use voice device. The G450 is a great illustration of Toshiba Mobile Communications’ aim, which is to bring to market innovative new mobile devices that meet the changing requirements of our modern, mobile lives.”

Toshiba G450 – specification overview
• Form Factor: Bar (USB modem type)
• Size: 36mm x 98mm x 16mm
• Weight: 57g
• System: UMTS/HSDPA(3.6Mbps)/GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM6280
• Memory: 160MB (user available memory)
• Interface: mini USB
• Band: 2100 for UMTS, 900/1800/1900 for GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Battery: 600mAh
• Standby: Up to 200hrs*
• Talktime: Up to 140 mins*
• Display: OLED 96×39 pixels
• Messaging: SMS with T9 text editor
• Media Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+
• Utilities: Alarm
• Colours: Black, Red, White
• Accessories: mini USB cable, Stereo Headset (with microphone and switch), charger, user guide, CD-ROM

Via OhGizmo