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Toshiba 815T PB: Transformers-Like Cellphone of Geeky dreams

Toshiba's new Softbank 815T PB is the robot/cellphone hybrid I would've dreamed of if cellphones had been around when I was a kid. It's made for an upcoming Japanese TV drama called Ketai Sousakan 7 and it really does transform, Transformers-like, into a robot toy complete with tiny bunched fists. Even the display-face is part of the robot effect, and the phone comes with games with the same theme. It's in silver and black, has a QVGA screen, 3.2 megapixel camera and is a 3G phone, so it might venture outside Japanese shores. We don't know much else other than an April release date, but we'll keep you posted. [Gizmodo Japan]

3:22 AM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Kit Eaton
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emptythought at 04:30 AM on 02/27/08
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now what i really want to know is what it looks like in its non-transformed state.
strider_mt2k at 07:22 AM on 02/27/08
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Needs more Philips head screws.
geekinky at 07:31 AM on 02/27/08
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Second and fourth pictures on bottom row, from the left. It looks like a phone.. and a little suitcase. :)
reddingofish at 09:13 AM on 02/27/08
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Does it have its own robot voice?
001 at 09:37 AM on 02/27/08
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so...which one is the good guy?
SuppleMonkey at 09:51 AM on 02/27/08
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These really remind me of those '80s-era calculator watches that transformed into little robots. You could pop them off of the wristband and stand them up, even.

Sadly, the teachers got wise to them pretty quick and you couldn't wear them during math tests.
Kiteaton at 10:53 AM on 02/27/08
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@SuppleMonkey: OMG, I'd forgotten about those. I acutally had one, though I think it was just a plain digital watch. :)
SuppleMonkey at 02:38 PM on 02/27/08
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@Kiteaton: Awesome! Found a page with examples of both (robot / calculator / robot + calculator).

[homepage.mac.com]

The text is in Japanese, but the photos are great!
Kiteaton at 11:34 AM on 02/28/08
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@SuppleMonkey: Ah... thanks for those. That really took me back! :)