Toshiba shows alternatives to iPhone, Netbook

At the Consumer Electronics Show, Toshiba was showing prototypes that offer different takes on iPhone- and Netbook-like devices.

Toshiba is not offering a Netbook for the U.S. market but that doesn't mean it's not offering interesting alternatives--though, for now, only prototypes. The Japanese company was also showing a number of iPhone-like (both large and small) prototypes at CES.

Toshiba's "Internet Viewer" uses a display that is about 10 inches diagonally (same as a large Netbook) and can be detached from the keyboard

(Credit: Brooke Crothers)

Some iPhone-like Toshiba prototypes--and some not at all like the iPhone: one (lower, middle) appears to have two screens

(Credit: Brooke Crothers)