May 18

Toshiba Qosmio X770 gaming laptop surfaces, 3D optional

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Toshiba’s Qosmio X500 gaming laptop got a modest update earlier this year in the form of the X505, but it’s now getting a proper successor with the company’s new X770 model. In addition to boasting a more metallic enclosure, this one actually shrinks the display from 18.4 inches to a slightly more portable 17.3 inches (still 1920 x 1080), but it expectedly doesn’t compromise much in terms of other specs — the standard config offers a Core i7-2630QM processor, 8GB of RAM, 1.25TB of storage from a pair of hard drives, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics. Also available is a separate X770 3D model, which adds a 3D webcam to the equation, along with a pair of active shutter glasses. Look for both to be available in the next few weeks, with prices starting at €1,300 (or roughly $1,850).

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May 18

Toshiba Write-Erasable Input Display hands-on at SID 2011 (video)

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Sure, we’ve seen oodles of light pen drawing boards, and e-readers that support doodling, but Toshiba’s “R&D project” at SID Display Week just… struck us. Weighing far less than the notepad used to jot down notes about it, this encapsulated device evidently sports a built-in battery, E Ink tendencies, a microSD card slot, proprietary charging port, an on / off toggle switch and support for stylus input. Drawing on it was both enjoyable and simple, and we were actually able to erase our typos with the press of a button (and a bit of eraser work with the pictured pen). Enough chatter — have a look yourself in the video past the break.

Gallery: Toshiba Write-Erasable Input Display hands-on at SID 2011

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May 18

Toshiba’s tablet-ready, glasses-free 3D display debuts at SID 2011 (video)

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The T-Mobile G-Slate may have a jump on the (red and cyan) 3D tablet market, but we can do better, and while strolling past Toshiba’s SID 2011 setup, we may have found the slate of the future’s killer component: an 8-inch, glasses-free 3D display. Tablet sized? Yes, indeed. We couldn’t get a Toshiba representative to admit the depth perceptive display was destined for any upcoming devices, but we were told that the screen certainly “made sense” for a tablet device. The technology seems to be designed with a smaller form factor in mind, as the firm warned that larger versions of the screen, while possible, would suffer a drop in image quality. At 8-inches however, it looks mighty fine — although you’ll still need to look on from a centered sweet-spot to catch the 3D effect, a plague it shares with its glasses-free brethren. Check out our hands-on video (sans 3D, of course) after the break.

Gallery: Toshiba’s 8-inch glasses-free 3D display eyes-on at SID 2011

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May 18

Toshiba declares victory in pixel density war: 367ppi coming to a phone this year (video)

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We got the lowdown on Toshiba’s latest four-inch LCD a couple of days ago, and today at SID 2011 we got up close and personal with the pixel-packed display. It’s one thing to read about a 367ppi screen that shows native 720p video, and it’s quite another to experience it in person. We can report that it is, in fact, as awesome as it sounds — onscreen images were clear, crisp, and chromatically brilliant. Pixel density enthusiasts will also be happy to hear that Toshiba confirmed the display will make it to market this year. Of course, the rep wouldn’t tell us which phone will take the iPhone 4’s crown as the ppi champ, though we imagine it’ll be something powered by little green bots. See the new king in action in the video after the break.

Gallery: Toshiba’s 4-inch 367ppi 720p cellphone display at SID 2011

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May 16

Toshiba enters pixel density fray with 367ppi LCDs for cellphones

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Toshiba LCDToshiba just fired its own salvo in the pixel density wars at SID 2011. The company is showing off a range of LCDs for cellphones that top out at an almost imperceptibly fine 367ppi on its 4-inch HD (720 x 1280) model. Beyond just cramming more red, green, and blue dots in each inch, these panels also top the bar-setting Retina Display in the contrast department with an impressive 1,500:1 ratio. The company also brought a smaller 3.3-inch screen with a resolution of 480 x 864 to Display Week that hits a respectable 300ppi. They’re not quite as impressive as these HAST LCDs, but who really needs to put 1080p in their pocket? (Want is a different story.) Of course, Engadget is on the scene and, if you’re lucky, we’ll let you live vicariously through us as we tour Toshiba’s booth — you know, as a reward for your loyal readership.

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Apr 30

Toshiba’s ET100/WT100 Honeycomb tablet clears the FCC

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Toshiba’s forthcoming Honeycomb tablet is already headed to Japanese stores as the Regza AT300, but it’s been a bit slower in arriving stateside. Now it seems the company could be close to shipping a real, working product here in the US. The still unnamed slate — dubbed the ET100/WT100 for now — has won FCC approval for its 802.11n and Bluetooth radios. To recap, the slate will have a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) display, run on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 platform, and sport dual cameras, HDMI and USB ports, an SD card reader, and, possibly, a removable battery. We say, bring it on.

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Apr 28

Toshiba Announces Write-Once SD Card, Film Nerds Rejoice

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The write-once SD card could tempt film-loving beardoes over to digital

Thanks to Toshiba, using an SD memory card can be as annoying as burning a CD. The new Write Once Memory Card allows you to write data once and never again, just like burning a non-rewritable CD. The storage size isn’t far off, either, at 1GB against a CD’s 700MB.

Why bother? The card is aimed at governments, police and other entities that need to record tamper-free data. Evidence photos, for example, could be stored on this card and couldn’t subsequently be changed. It could also finally tempt recalcitrant film lovers to come to digital, where they could still enjoy arbitrary and expensive storage limits.

I think its a worrying trend, and I hope desperately that it won’t spread to USB thumb drives. Currently, I have a bowl full of old, branded USB sticks which came loaded with press releases at CES, Mobile World Congress and other shows. I keep it by the door so guests can grab them like candies when they leave. Imagine how useless these would be if you actually had to keep the press blurb on them.

SD memory card with a tamper-proof Write Once [Toshiba via Crunchgear]

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Apr 26

Toshiba reveals 7-inch LCD with integrated touch, just 1mm thick

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Remember all that happy fuss over Samsung’s Super AMOLED display, and its more recent Super AMOLED Plus? Well now Toshiba Mobile Display has jealously stepped into the ring with its own answer to the world’s demand for thinner, lighter and less reflective LCDs. Its as-yet-unnamed technology seeks improvement in a roughly similar way to Super AMOLED, by fusing the capacitive touch layer and LCD. In so doing, Toshiba claims it can produce an integrated panel just 1mm thick, which it says is less than half the thickness of a conventional LCD touchscreen. Weight is also halved and surface reflection is reduced by 10 percent. Alas, Toshiba’s press release does not provide the stats we really want — a head-to-head comparison with Samsung’s best efforts or, say, the Synaptics ClearPad 3250 which also melds touch layer and LCD. And perhaps to avoid confrontation in the mobile arena, Toshiba emphasizes the use of its technology in “vehicle-mounted” and “industrial” applications. Seems we will have to wait until the screen is exhibited in LA next month before we know whether it is really up for a fight.

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Apr 21

Toshiba Launches Self-Erasing Hard Drives

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Toshiba_Hard_Drive_MK8022GAA_80GB.jpgToshiba recently created the perfect hard drive that will allow your data to be safe and still accessible.The MKxx61GSYG Series Hard Disk Drives know when it has been installed in a different machine, which then allows it to erase all of the data and encryption keys as well. Thus,Toshiba claims no one can steal your data.

While this sounds like a good idea, some people will argue that this might be an issue for those who want to use the same hard drive on a new computer. However, Toshiba seems to be marketing this new technology not to home users, but to business users. If that is the case, it could be a life saver for many companies.

The new hard drives have a wide range of sizes starting with a 160GB to 640GB. No price was released or slated date for them to hit retail stores.

Via Gizmodo. More at Toshiba.

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Apr 21

Toshiba’s waterproof Camileo BW10 does 1080p video, 5 megapixel stills for $150

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Flip might have died an untimely death, but spring is here, the birds are chirping, and the march of vacation-ready pocket cams continues — Toshiba just announced the Camileo BW10, whose rubberized coating makes it usable in water as deep as 6.5 feet. At $150, it’s a smidge cheaper than other rugged 1080p camcorders, but then again, you’ll pay a premium for models you can use in deeper water. In addition to video, it snaps 5 megapixel photos and has an SD card slot, USB port, and HDMI output, though Toshiba regrettably doesn’t bundle an HDMI cable. Not a deal-breaker? You can nab one in yellow or silver on Toshiba’s site today with an instant $20 rebate.

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