Vodafone and Toshiba thursday announced a strategic partnership to market a range of exclusive
3G handsets in Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. Building on their
partnership in Japan, where Toshiba is one of the leading suppliers of
handsets to Vodafone KK, this expanded relationship marks Toshiba's entrance
into the European mobile phone market.
The companies will work together to market a range of exclusive 3G
handsets starting in the second quarter of 2005. The first handset to be made
available under the new relationship is the Vodafone TS 921, a high tier
multi-functional, tri-band device complete with a 1.9 Megapixel camera with
auto focus. Vodafone TS 921:

* 1.92 Megapixel camera, with auto focus
* 2.4 inch display
* Triband 900, 1800, 1900
* Video output
* High-quality Mpeg4 format
* SDTM expandable memory card
* 360 hrs standby
* 320 min talktimeThe handset should start shipping in Q2 2005, most likely in Japan first and then other regions