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Toshiba Gigabeat T401 and T401S

By: Travis Booysen on August 28, 2007 6:05 AM

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One month after documents of an unreleased Gigabeat were spotted on the FCC’s site, Toshiba has revealed their new T series of flash players. The Gigabeat T401 and T401S will share identical specs, apart from the alleged Wi-Fi capabilities which will only be included in the T401 to provide access to internet content over a wireless network.

Both models will run Windows Mobile and be compatible with both MTP and MSC protocols. The 2.4-inch LCD can playback WMV in 320 x 240 pixels and 262k colors, and H2C technology will also be applied to the T series, to compliment the loss of sound quality in MP3 and WMA files.

A single storage capacity of 4GB is offered, which may suggest that a larger capacity is in the works. The battery can endure 16 hours of audio, and 5 of video and while there is no word on price, the T401 and T401S can be purchased in Japan from the 7th of September.

[Press Release]

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Comments

fuugly on August 28, 2007 1:53 PM

what an ugly player

Utew on August 29, 2007 2:55 AM

Tosh keeps putzing around with these low cap flash players.. eventually they may get it right.. but I lost faith in their abilities quite a while back. Looks like a decent player other than that...

tim on September 5, 2007 6:07 PM

because we all know that toshiba's battery life is excellent... just like on the gigabeat s30

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