Toshiba TG01 exclusive to Orange?

02 July 2009

The 1Ghz smartphone will be on sale at the Orange UK site from July 9

Toshiba's answer to the iPhone 3GS just made its first UK appearance online, after we reported earlier about its launch date on 9 July.

It's on the Orange UK site, but the question is, will it be exclusive to the operator? Orange could use an ace in its pocket, after O2 managed to bag the Palm Pre from under their noses.

Just for the hell of it, we've got the world's first high-performance / low-power usage 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU-powered smartphone. Specs look good on paper; ultra-slim 9.9mm form factor and a 4" 800x480 pixel TFT resistive screen (what, no capacitive, still?) display, Wi-fi, GPS and all the social-networking apps you can throw at it.

See it in action in our hands-on demo. And watch for it in Orange UK stores after the July 9.