Toshiba Portege G900 Review

The G900 is a smartphone in Toshiba’s Portege line. It is a Windows Mobile device and is capable of operating on single and tri band networks such as UMTS, HSDPA, GSM, GPRS and EDGE. It measures 61 x 119 x 21.5 millimeters and weighs 196 grams with the battery in. It features a horizontal slide out QWERTY keyboard. For security, the G900 features a biometric fingerprint sensor that can lock and unlock the device. Certain functions can also be controlled with the sensor.

Its touch screen is 3 inches and has a resolution of 800 by 480 pixels. It also has 2 cameras, one on the front and the other on the back. The main camera on the back is 2 megapixels with a digital zoom and a flash, the one on the front is 0.3 megapixels and is used for taking video and pictures of yourself, as well as for video calls.

The G900 can operate as a single and tri band device on the UMTS, HSDPA, GSM, GPRS and EDGE networks. It also has Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. It comes with 128 MB if ROM and 128 MB of RAM which is expanded through the use of miniSD cards (which should not be confused with microSD). It also operates as a USB host device which means you can have added functionality through plug in USB components.

Although the G900 comes with the Windows Mobile OS, it also comes with a lot of third party applications as well. Since it’s a Win Mobile device it automatically comes with features for viewing Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, as well as the ability to create and edit them. However it also comes with Picsel Viewer which lets you open various document types as well.

It has a full featured multimedia player as well. The G900 is capable of playing back audio in AAC, MP3, WMA, AMRNB and can use ringtones in these formats as well as XMF and SMAF formats. Video playback of H.263, MPEG4, WMV and ASF is available as well. The G900 uses the Windows Mobile Media Player for these tasks. As for ringtones, the G900 is capable of using video as a ringtone too.

Another unique feature of the G900 is its ability to use TIPtalk. This is an application that allows VoIP calls to be made similar to SKYPE…more or less. The G900 also comes with another browser outside of the default Internet Explorer Mobile one. It comes with Opera Mobile as well, giving you a choice in the way that you interface with the internet. Each browser has its pros and cons, but both work well.

There are also many of the basic features such as an extremely large capacity phone book, calendar and organizational features. There are also many other full software features not mentioned in this article. With all that said, the G900 is packed full of everything you could want in a smartphone, including a few things you probably wouldn’t even know you wanted until you see them on this smartphone.

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