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Back in February this year, the Toshiba TG01 was announced with its impressive Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. While we are heading into Q3 of 2009, the TG01 is finally getting ready for UK smartphone users. SlashGear has been invited to its press event, we will bring you the latest info here!

The new TG01 smartphone is running Windows Mobile 6.1, uses a big 4.1-inch WVGA touchscreen (800 x 480 pixels) and comes with a slim 9.9mm thickness body, microSD card slot, HSPA, WiFi, GPS and customize Toshiba’s own user interface. Here is a demonstration video:

Featuring a full touchscreen interface, 3G capabilities and video calling, the LG GD910 will be available later this year and offered by Orange. The Watch Phone has a curved tempered glass face, high quality metal casing and is a mere 13.9mm thick. It is the first touch watch phone in the world to feature 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA compatibility, enabling high-speed data transmission and video phone calls using the built-in camera.

LG did not sacrifice functionality in favor of size and the Watch Phone is fully capable of sending text messages, making phone calls, and, of course, keeping accurate time. This is all achieved using the phone’s touchscreen interface on its 3.63cm (1.43-inch) screen and LG’s intuitive Flash Interface.

Voice recognition features, which can be used with or without a Bluetooth headset, make it easier to place calls and look up contacts. Text to Speech (TTS) reads text messages and other information out loud for even greater convenience. The phone also includes stereo Bluetooth and a built-in speaker for playing back music files. A large phonebook and scheduler help with organization.

LG GD910 Specifications:

• GSM Quadband
• 2 hours talk time
• Size: 61 x 39 x 13.9 mm
• Weight: 84 grams
• Bluetooth
• Touch Screen
• Water Resistant
• 3G with HSDPA support

Here is a official video from Toshiba, showing a summary of what you can expect from the TG01 user interface. Running on top of the Windows Mobile OS, the 3D touch inteface is powered by the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 1GHz CPU and designed for one-handed use with shake control. Check out the video inside. 

Apparently RIM is going full speed with touch screen phones. BGR has posted about the new BlackBerry that is reported to make an appearance at WES 2009 (Wireless Enterprise Symposium, May 2009): a US bound HSDPA Storm and a touchscreen BlackBerry with a full QWERTY keyboard!

The first, yeah, might be least surprising, would be a new US-spec HSDPA Storm.

The second one, it’s a mix between the Bold/Storm/with a Javelin form factor — but definitely touch (see the mega-blurry photo).  Watch out Palm, a new horror is coming soon. “This could be a really hot device as many current BlackBerry owners love the physical keyboard,” as i4u wrote. Information Week added, being able to use the excellent Bold keyboard for messages while still having a touch-screen for quick-launching apps would be a dream.

The handset, according to BlackBerryNews, is in the alpha stages right now. Its internal name is “Magnum.”  Obviously, no pricing is available at this time.

I certainly am excited about this, but when it comes to the launch dates, I became more sceptic due to RIM’s track records. “RIM takes something like forever to release anything these days, so we probably won’t see any of this till 2034,” as CrunchGear wrote. He eh.

Yeah, it’s just the matter of time Nokia would come up with other touchscreen devices after XpressMusic 5800. Logically, the next touchscreen devices will be coming from E-Series and N-Series portfolios. At this weekend, the Finnish giant confirms that an N-Series touchscreen device!

“We will have lot of touchscreen phones coming up, including an N-series device very soon,” said Devinder Kishore, director marketing, Nokia India at an event in New Delhi as quoted by CellPassion.

The “very soon” might be meaning as “it will happen before the end of 2008, or at least in early 2009″. Yay!

[CellPassion via Engadget]