New Life for Windows Mobile : TG01: Shake It Up

By Mary Branscombe , published on February 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
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The TG01 also has what Toshiba calls a G-sensor, but that’s G for gesture rather than G for the G -orce an accelerometer detects (Toshiba hasn’t disclosed the details yet, but it may use the camera to detect movement). This lets you shake to answer and end phone calls, but you can set the shake gesture to have other functions like taking you back to the main menu. If you're watching a video, you can tilt the phone to the right to fast forward or to the left to rewind instead of tapping on-screen controls. When you get to the right place, just hold the handset straight and the video will start playing again.

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tntom 02/17/2009 4:17 AM
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Windows Phone why not just WinPhone

Igot1forya 02/18/2009 9:06 PM
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I say call it the "Phone Operating System" or POS for short... and everyone will ask "Is your phone a POS?" and companies will put labels on thier next gen phones saying "POS-Ready"!

hellwig 02/19/2009 11:13 PM
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Hmm.. so I have to hold the TG01 phone perfectly straight to watch movies on it, what a pain.

I remember being at Microsoft and going to a presentation of their smartphone OS (can't recall which version). They had big hopes for the market, but this was 2004. I had figured that marked had all but dried up on them, but this article claims they're the number #1 smart phone OS. When did that happen? Why don't I see more Windows phone advertisements? Seems very contrary to MS's whole philosophy.

redhat 04/17/2009 6:23 AM
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I still do not know very clear what's windows mobile!

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