Toshiba and T-Mobile extend borders with the Portege M400

Toshiba Information Systems today introduces the Benelux Portege M400-155 notebook, which is ready for direct use of mobile broadband Internet on the HSDPA network of T-Mobile. To increase the speed of HSDPA to try, T-Mobile offers buyers a free and free trial (Try & Buy) of 30 days.

The tablet PC is standard with a built HSDPA module and SIM card. These customers have the decision on mobile broadband Internet without the need is a loose data card to buy and install special software. At the end of last year announced T-Mobile and Toshiba to cooperate to their customers mobile solutions. Customers of Toshiba have it, in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom, the decision immediately on mobile broadband through T-Mobile's HSDPA network. Owners of a Toshiba Portege M400 can easily and with a speed up to 1.8 Mb / s surfing the Internet, check on their email, access corporate networks and easily download very large files.

The Portege M400-155
The new tablet PC has a very bright Toshiba TruBrite 12.1 inch screen, a fast Serial ATA hard drive, 4GB DDR2 533 MHz dual channel memory and Ultra Slim SelectBay support for the DVD SuperMulti Drive. Also a second hard disk can be connected with RAID 1-support (mirroring) for extra protection against data loss.

The powerful Toshiba Portege M400 combines the productivity of a tablet PC with the Toshiba Easy Guard security features, including Toshiba Fingerprint Reader and the Trusted Platform Module, an additional security access to confidential information and bedrijfsgevoelige effective blocking. The Anti Theft Protection Timer makes theft of the Toshiba M400 absolutely meaningless. After a user set certain period, the system BIOS-level closed to unauthorized users.

30 day free trial
In the Toshiba Portege M400-155 is a SIM card from T-Mobile. A phone call to T-Mobile is sufficient for the customer directly to 30 days free unlimited mobile Internet in the Netherlands to try. After this period the customer has the option flatfee an Internet subscription from T-Mobile to close.

Both Niek Jan van Damme, general manager at T-Mobile Netherlands, as Jeffrey Willis, General Manager at Toshiba Information Systems Benelux countries, are of the opinion that such cooperation in combination with the trial, more laptop users make the transition to mobile broadband Internet. Especially when customers once the speed of HSDPA en route have experienced, they can not live without.

"Toshiba has more than 20 years experience in mobile computing and in that time the need for mobile solutions see grow to an absolute necessity in today's business world," says Jeffrey Willis. "T-Mobile aims to offer mobile solutions where customers really benefit" adds van Damme. "Together with Toshiba we offer our customers the ability to receive simple and effective way to always have the information and applications they need, even if they are on the move."

Availability
The Toshiba Portege M400-155 with built HSDPA card is available from February in the Netherlands in electronics and computerspeciaalzaken. The price is € 1899, - excluding VAT.

T-Mobile HSDPA
In August 2005 demonstrated T-Mobile during a meeting with business customers in Rotterdam as the first Dutch provider to the possibilities of HSDPA in practice. HSDPA there appeared to be comparable in speed with ADSL. In november 2005 T-Mobile started an external HSDPA test with a number of companies in the vicinity of the industrial Plaspoelpolder in The Hague / Rijswijk. Over 40 participants were available on the Web 'n' Walk Card. The test has valuable information on the quality and services. There are aspects of the new service reviewed as speed, stability, ease of use and invoicing. With the launch of the HSDPA network on 18 april 2006, T-Mobile was the first mobile operator in the Netherlands that offered on mobile Internet ADSL speed.

About T-Mobile
T-Mobile, the global mobile network in the Netherlands has 2.46 million active customers at the end of september 2006 and with a turnover of 286 million euros in the third quarter of 2006 holds a solid number 3 position on the Dutch market. T-Mobile offers products and services for both consumers and business users. T-Mobile in the Netherlands has a very modern mobile network for voice and data services and an extensive network of HotSpots, where users have a very high-speed mobile Internet access.

T-Mobile Netherlands is part of T-Mobile International, one of the leading mobile communications companies in the world. As one of Deutsche Telekom's three strategic business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States. The subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom deliver at the end of the third quarter in 2006 mobile services to more than 91 million customers. Meanwhile PTC consolidated, bringing the total number of customers at more than 103 million. The common platform based on GSM, the world's most successful digital wireless standard. T-Mobile is the only mobile communications provider in the world with seamless transatlantic service.

T - Mobile is also part of FreeMove, an alliance of the four leading European mobile operators - Orange, TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile), T-Mobile and TeliaSonera. This FreeMove supports its customers in their communication needs, when they are travelling abroad, in a way home as they are accustomed.

About Toshiba
Toshiba Information Systems Benelux is a subsidiary of the Computer Systems Division of Toshiba Europe GmbH, supplier of portable computers.