Softbank Mobile has announced this Toshiba made 815T PB handset with an uber-cool Robo Design which is sure to grab lots of mainstream, not too mention full-blown geek luvin, media buzz. This transfomer styled device features a 2.4 inch QVGA screen, 2MP camera, music player, IrDA, Felica e-wallet and microSD card slot along with Push-to-Talk and usual slate of services.

Full details via Softbank press release (Japanese), also see the Akiba News crew posted this report from the launch event with TV Tokyo, SoftBank, and Toshiba – note a dedicated TV Show will be coming soon!

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