Toshiba Qosmio X500

via Gizmodo

This big 18.4-incher with Windows 7 has plenty for gamers to drool over. A Core i7 mobile processor and 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics should crunch out respectable framerates, and the Blu-ray drive and Harmon/Kardon speakers are nice, too.

Yep, that's Blu-ray on a Toshiba laptop. Don't be shocked, you knew it was coming. The X500 also has an HDMI-CEC port, Harmon/Kardon speakers, a multi-touch touchpad (two-finger pinch, swipe, rotate, scroll), and a LED-backlit keyboard with a 10-key numberpad.

Toshiba says you'll be able to tailor the processor and DDR3 memory (it's still deciding on specifics), opt for a 1080p or 720p-capable screen, and go with either a 7200rpm hard disk on its own, or combined with a solid-state drive. We'll know full specs and pricing sometime in mid-October.

Looks like a pretty decent addition to the Qosmio family, but you'll have to wait until Windows 7 arrives on October 22 to get your hands on one.

Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card Is the World's Largest, Fastest

via Gizmodo by John Herrman on 8/4/09

On one hand, it's great to see the SDXC standard�which theoretically tops out at 2TB�flexing its muscles a little bit. On the other, I kinda wish Toshiba wouldn't announce a record-breaking SD cardsix months before release.

Toshiba's upcoming line update stretches from 16GB to 64GB, with read speeds of 60MB/s (that's megabytes, folks) and write speeds of 35MB/s. The one we're really interested in is obviously the 64GB SDXC unit, since prior SDXC cards, while fast, haven't hit capacities beyond the highest end of the SDHC spec. And look! Sample shipments for the largest card start arriving in November! That's great, if you're an OEM manufacturer. Regular folks will have to wait for "Spring, 2010" to splurge on one of these, however much it'll cost; these SD cards, which are literally from the future, haven't been priced yet.

Toshiba'sNETBOOKS, TOSHIBA NB205, TOSHIBA, NB205, LED-BACKLIT, LAPTOPS, HARDWARE First Netbook: LED-Backlit Screen & Monster Battery Life

via�Gizmodo�by Dan Nosowitz on 6/2/09

Toshiba's NB205, similar to the�NB200�available in the UK, will be coming to the US, and given Laptop Mag's�glowing recommendation�as possibly "the best netbook yet," we've got reason to be excited.

It'll feature the same specs as the NB205: LED-backlit 10.1-inch screen, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, full-sized keyboard, and Intel's Atom N280 processor, along with the supposed 9-hour, 6-cell battery. Available in late June, the NB205 should come in at an MSRP of $399. [Toshiba]

Leaked Toshiba K01, K02 and L01 Ultraportables Love Folding and Fuel Cells

via�Gizmodo�by Mark Wilson on 4/14/09

Techblog.gr claims to have just leaked Toshiba's mobile product line for the next year, and there are threeproducts we found especially exciting�a 7-inch netbookish transformer and a series of touchscreen QWERTY cellphones.

The�Toshiba K01�is a 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreen QWERTY slider. It features a 1GHz processor, 3.2MP camera and WM 6.5. The K02 is a clamshell version of the chipset, but it features a 3.5-inch touchscreen with QWERTY on the inside and a 10-button pad with a secondary LCD on the outside.

Toshiba's most exciting plan, however, is the HTC Advantage-like L01. Featuring a 7-inch screen and wireless QWERTY. It would make a heck of a netbook...if the platform weren't built on Windows Mobile 6.5. Engadget points out that when they spotted an L01 prototype earlier in the year, it was loaded with a fuel cell. Interesting...

All devices are planned to come out near the end of 2009 in some market or other. [Techblog�via�Engadget]