If you like the touchscreen style phones, take a look at the Toshiba TG01 multimedia phone. With a super slim casing at just 9.9mm thin and a large 4.12 Wide-VGA (800×480) touch-screen display, the phone utilises technology from Toshiba’s LCD TV ”Regza” to ensure a bright, vivid display for video playback making it a nifty portable entertainment device. Features are accessed via the 3D interface and it also has intuitive controls – for example, there’s a tilt sensor to access features by tipping the phone left or right.

It’s built around Windows Mobile so users will get mobile web browser Internet Explorer® Mobile – useful for social networking or online banking – and Microsoft Office Outlook® Mobile for emails, contacts and the calendar function and Windows Live Messenger. Blueooth, 3G HSDPA, WiFi and GSM/GPRS/EDGE should make connectivity a breeze. There’s a better than average 3.2MP camera with autofocus, micro SDHC slot up to 32GB, 11 hours standby, 5 hours talktime and  MP3 player to complete the roundup.

So far, I like the casing style and feature set but the coloured menu doesn’t appeal. It will be out in black or white throught Europe this summer with price and networks tbc.