Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd, Mobile Communications Division, today announced the Portégé G710, a smartphone built for the demanding business user and prosumer that need fast and easy access to mobile email. Its slender, stylish design and built-in GPS function makes the G710 perfect for those who want reassurance of getting from A to B in time.






The Portégé G710 has a full QWERTY keypad making responding to emails quick, easy and efficient and being completely compatible with Microsoft Exchange server, the G710 offers push email access and the facility to open and edit attached documents sent. Everything you need to stay connected to the office whilst on the move can be found inside the Portégé G710, with its support for Windows Mobile 6 as well as SMS, MMS and Instant Messaging for the messaging enthusiast. The G710 also features the very efficient and easy to use trackball pointing system.

The G710’s slim and stylish design gives it an understated elegance, yet despite being light in weight it still offers an impressive standby time of up to 200 hours and up to 180 minutes of talk time. Additionally, it has a 2.0 mega pixel camera and a large TFT screen boasting 65K colours in order to display crystal clear pictures and maps. Furthermore, the built-in GPS function on the G710 clearly maps out directions and points of interests, perfect for time starved travellers trying to find their way around a new city or town.

As well as the usual functions you’d expect from a high quality smartphone, the G710 offers an MP3 player as well as Windows Media Player for listening to music and watching videos for entertainment whilst on the move.

Says Takashi Okamoto, Deputy Managing Director, Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd: “The G710 is an affordable, easy-to-use smartphone for those users that need to stay connected whilst out of the office. What makes it unique is that the G710 offers all the usual qualities found in a smartphone but the built-in GPS gives it the added bonus of making it a truly effective device when out and about. With our new product strategy of delivering a range of highly effective business mobile devices, the G710 is an excellent smartphone for expanding the messaging and navigation market.”

Portégé G710 – specification overview
• Form Factor: Bar QWERTY
• Size: 62mmx115mmx13mm
• Weight: 130g
• Display: QVGA (320x240), 65k colours, TFT 2.46”
• Camera: 2 mega pixel, x8 digital zoom
• Memory: 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM. Supports up to 2GB micro SD card
• Interface: Bluetooth™ 1.2 with a A2DP, USB 1.1
• Band: 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/EDGE Band, GPRS class 10
• Navigation: Built-in GPS
• Battery: 1,050mAh
• Standby: Up to 200hrs1.
• Talktime: Up to 180mins1
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-mail, Microsoft Direct push e-mail, Instant Messaging
• Sound: MP3, WMA
• Music Service: Windows Media Player
• Video: H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV
• Java: MIDP2.0
• PIM/sync: Mobile Outlook (address book, Calender) / ActiveSync (Address book, Calender, Mail, folder)
• OS: Windows Mobile 6 standard
• Accessories: USB cable, headset, charger, user guide, CD-ROM, battery

Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products spanning information & communications equipment and systems; digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems, including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 670 companies, with over 191,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing US$60 billion.