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Toshiba started as a technology company in 1875. 132 years later, Toshiba is still driving technology today with many world’s firsts. Here are some of the firsts that we’ve accumulated.

1985 - Toshiba develops the world's first industry standard Notebook .	1986 - World's first Notebook with an Intel^® 286 Processor.	1987 - World's first Notebook with an Intel^® 386 Processor.	1988 - World's first Notebook with an internal hard disk drive.	1989 - World's first Notebook with a nickel metal drive battery.	1991 - World's first Notebook with an active matrix screen.


1992 - World's first Notebook with a colour thin film transistor (TFT) display.	1993 - World's first pen based Tablet PC	1994 - World's first Notebook with an Intel® Pentium® 386 Processor.	1995 - World's first Notebook with a CD-ROM drive.	1995 - World's first Notebook with Lithium Ion battery.	1997 - World's first Notebook with an integrated DVD drive.	1998 - World's first Notebook with a CD-RW drive. .


2002 - World's first full performance convertible Tablet PC..	2003 - World's first Notebook with a DVD writer.	2003 - World's first Notebook with a 17” widescreen display.	2004 - World's first 4-in-1 AV Notebook with in TV tuner .	2005 - World's first RoHs compliant Notebook	2006 - World's first AV Notebook with integrated HD –DVD ROM drive.	2007 - World's first Notebook with 7mm Super-Multi DVD Drive..

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Toshiba and the Guinness Book of World Records

First published in 1955, Guinness World Records™ has developed its annual book into an international phenomenon published in more than 100 countries and 23 languages. Guinness World Records is the universally recognised authority on record-breaking achievement.

Toshiba's Direct Methanol Fuel Cell officially certified as world's smallest by Guinness World Records, 2006 edition

"Guinness World Records has officially certified Toshiba Corporation - the world leader in fuel-cell technology for handheld electronic devices - its highly compact direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) as the world's smallest DMFC. Designed for integration into devices as small as digital music players, Toshiba's DMFC is only 22 x 56 x 4.5mm (maximum of 9.1mm with fuel tank). This size advantage offers greater design freedom to developers of handheld electronic devices, without any compromises in performance. Although small enough for integration into a wireless headset for mobile phones, the prototype is efficient enough to power an MP3 music player for as long as 20 hours on a single 2cc charge of highly concentrated methanol. The DMFC outputs 100 milliwatts of power, and can continue to do so, non-stop, for as long as users top up its integrated fuel tank-a process that is as simple as it is safe. ...more

Toshiba enters Guinness World Records Book, 2005 edition, with the world's smallest hard disk drive

Guinness World Records has certified Toshiba's 0.85-inch hard disk drive (HDD) as the smallest HDD in the world. Toshiba's 0.85-inch HDD is the first hard disk drive to deliver multi-gigabyte data storage in a sub-one-inch form factor. The 0.85-inch measurement refers to the diameter of the magnetic disk to which data is recorded. With initial capacities of 2 to 4 gigabytes (GB) the drive delivers enhanced storage to smaller, lighter, more efficient products, such as mobile phones, digital camcorders and portable storage devices. ...more