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  Toshiba has announced that they’ve develop the world’s fastest SDHC memory cards. The SDHC and microSDHC UHS-I cards boast world’s fastest read and write speeds and are compliant with SD 3.0 and UHS 104 (SDHC), UHS50 (microSDHC) standards. The SDHC UHS-I cards give a maximum read/write speed of 95/80 megabytes per second whereas microSDHC [...]

  iPad competitors are gaining traction as Toshiba has also jumped in the fray with its Folio 100. The Folio 100 is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 System-on-chip and runs Android 2.2 Froyo. Expected to come in October, the Folio 100 features a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen display (1024×600), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11n, 3G, 16GB internal memory, [...]

  Toshiba’s upcoming tablet pictures have made its way out on the web. The tablet will be known as SmartPad, which suggests that Toshiba is trying to take on the iPad with a similar moniker. The convincing press pictures and some info along with it claims that the SmartPad will run Android OS and feature [...]

  Toshiba has announced Wipe technology for Self-Encrypting hard drives (SED). The Wipe tech adds another layer of security to SED HDDs making the encrypted data inaccessible when the drive is powered off or is removed. Toshiba has been selling its 2.5-inch SED HDDs and with the integration of Wipe, users can rest assure about [...]

  Samsung and Toshiba have agreed to develop a high-performance NAND flash memory that will use toggle DDR 2.0 specification with 400Mbps interface. The new NAND memory is said to be beneficial to NAND-based consumer electronics goods and both Samsung as well as Toshiba will support it to allow broad-scale adoption amongst NAND vendors and [...]

  Nokia’s N8 device due to launch in Q3 this year will be the last Nseries device to run Symbian OS. Nokia has confirmed that after N8, all Nseries devices will be MeeGo powered. “Going forward, Nseries devices will be based on MeeGo,” said Nokia spokesman Doug Dawson. Although Symbian holds the largest share in [...]

  SD cards with wireless capability are synonymous to Eye-fi cards but Toshiba is also set out to create and market similar functionality SD cards with the establishment of a forum named, Standard Promotion Forum for Memory Cards Embedding Wireless LAN. the forum is jointly founded by Toshiba and Singapore-based Trek 2000 Int. Ltd. The [...]

  To mark Toshiba’s 25 years of business in the portable PC market, they have announced the world’s first dual touchscreen ultraportable PC and an internet-centric “cloudbook”. Both the products along with few other notebooks will go on sale from June 25 in Japan. The dual touchscreen computer is known as Libretto W100 and features [...]

  Toshiba has announced industry’s highest storage NAND flash module that is used in various consumer electronics items like cellphones, music players, tablets etc. Toshiba has increased the capacity to a whopping 128GB and the module is created using sixteen 64Gbit (about 8GB) NAND chips fabricated with 32nm process. The memory module is compatible with [...]

  Toshiba has created a display that can zoom in or out on bending the panel. The display prototype was showcased at the SID expo last week where it was demoed with Google Earth being used to zoom in and out without effort. The LCD panel uses a bend sensor that is located at the [...]

  Apparently, Toshiba is preparing a powerful 13-inch notebook that will not only take the crown of being the lightest notebook but will also come with Toshiba’s Super-Charge Ion Battery (SCiB), which are known to charge devices in as little as 10 minutes. The notebook is expected to be under a kilogram and will integrate [...]

  Toshiba Mobile Display has developed a unique 21-inch 3D Display that does not require any special glasses. The autostereoscopic display makes use of the integral imaging system that helps to reproduce 3D images that can be viewed without any glasses and also claims to reduce eye fatigue, which is said to be one of [...]

  Toshiba has launched a new notebook targeted at suit clad consumers. The all professional Tecra M11 boasts powerful specs as well as offers various security options. The notebook comes with Core i3/i5/i7 processor options, up to 8GB RAM, 320GB HDD or 128GB SSD, Windows 7 OS, optional webcam, eSATA/USB port that allows users to [...]

  au KDDI has rolled out Toshiba’s WinMo powerhouse in Japan. The phone better known as K01 will be known as IS02 in Japan and will be one of the thinnest WinMo phones for au. Toshiba IS02′s impressive spec sheet boasts a powerful 1GHz Snapdragon processor running Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and features a sliding QWERTY [...]

  Toshiba has expanded its 2.5-inch range of hard drives with the inclusion of MK7559GSXP 750GB and MK1059GSM 1TB HDD. The former one is a 9.5mm drive that boasts a two-platter design, achieves industry’s highest areal density at 839.1M bit/mm2 and consumes up to 14% less power as compared to its older 640GB sibling. The [...]