Toshiba’s handheld prototype is weird and shiny

Toshiba’s tiny prototype portable has a slick silver look and specs to relish. From Australian PC Authority:

We’re told the device runs Vista, and Intel’s Atom processor, and in our brief hand-on play, it ran relatively smoothly, though it was a bit awkward with the virtual keyboard taking up two-thirds of the screen.

The 5.6inch screen prototype has a motherboard half the size of the motherboard on the Portege R500 notebook. Onboard is a 64GB solid state drive, and GPS. Toshiba also said they have found a way to make antennas follow a curved surface.

Like it? Tough. Toshiba’s Mark Whittard says it will never go into production.

Toshiba reveals plans for mini-book [Australian PC Authority via Engadget and Ubergizmo]

1. [Moon]

   Now that is pretty much exactly what I want.

   Touch screen, small as a paperback, fast (??), what more could you want?

2. [Rob Beschizza]

   Them to actually sell it.

3. [ambrosiusamadeus]

   Is it multi-touch?

4. [Anonymous]

   re: #1 “what more could you want?”

   NOT VISTA!