That's right, kids. The crazy, long-iPhone prototype we saw demoed at IDF a few months back has made its way into our greedy hands. We've got to say, Intel should just bring this thing to market right now. While the UI wasn't up and running, just holding the thing, and checking out the demo shots of the interface was enough to give us big chills. It's thin, it's light, and we have to say, pretty darn fresh. If they keep up with this kind of work, we're fully prepared to be blown away in the future. Of note: the rep here claimed that the company now has even smaller and thinner versions of this thing in prototype -- though they don't seem to be at CES, and he kept reiterating that the prototype I was handling was slated for a 2009 release. Oh well, feast your eyes on the gallery.
posted Jan 8th 2008 2:38PM
Couldn't you guys at least try to fix the blue shift in these photos? Slobs.
"It's thing, it's light, and we have to say, pretty darn fresh."
should read
"It's thin, it's light, and we have to say, pretty darn fresh."
You're welcome. :-)
"It's thin, it's light and, we have to say, pretty darn fresh." (comma placement)
...since such details are important to you.
actually the first version is correct.... how could you be so stupid..you havjust embarrassed yourself you idiot
ps , dont bother correcting my grammar , i dont eevn check it kyself.
is that a rear view mirror in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
Yes but does it have GPS and tactile sensitive pressure sensitive buttons? By 2009, i am sure the iPhone 2 will be out which will most likely have better features.
Prove it ugly.
Let us get one thing right: Apple is one of the world leaders on design and OS/UI. It was a long time ago they were in front in the hardware technical features area. Sure, iPhone 2 will probably have 3G, MMS and copy/paste but I'm certain the hardware in an Intel product will be far superior the Apple dito.
what resolution does that output at?
very nice i must say, if i had the money i would buy it at launch
OhHh MyY gAwD AnOtHA IPHONEEEE ClOnE lLolO11!!three!!
Yeah, but does it blend?
jesus i hope you are being sardonic
I wonder if all the morons asking for blending would actually blend?
Ontopic: I never thought this was going to be more than a prototype, used as inspiration for hardware manufacturers. Very sweet!
But please, Engadget, take the next pictures either with a flash or in better lighting? They're really rather murky and unsharp...
So, uhm, let's see. They have created an empty box with a backlit(?) plastic front showing a Photoshop-mockup of a phantasy UI? And you're astonished by how small and light it is?
Wow.
It's almost as if a major american car manufacturer was causing a huge stir at an auto show just by showing a concept car that has a huge range with an incredibly small battery. Only downside would be that the necessary miracle-battery hasn't even been invented yet. But hey, if it existed, this battery would be performing incredibly well, lol.
Oops, you say that already happened some months ago? Dammit.
Spot on Peter.
Its a bit of plastic. A design concept with an LED and battery inside.
I don't even think its a Silverthorne concept as Intel said it would be based on Morestown (next gen late 2009) platform in IDF last year. See bottom of this article.
http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=924
Still, pretty cool if it happens but its nearly 2 years away. A lot can happen in 2 years!
Chippy.
Uhhh, yes. Like he said.
I don't see anything but a static image, which doesn't make it look like more than a lightbox. The active LCD area seems to be very close to all edges, which makes things like, oh, putting a LCD panel driver on the glass tricky... and ditto for OLED, before anyone suggests that...
It's one thing to make a mock up, another to actually make a prototype that lives in the realm of fitting the necessary components inside it, and yet another to ship a product that delivers the user experience.
(imo, obviously!)
And like the article said, they have an even thinner and lighter version of this light box prototype!
Wow, sign me up!!
wait... didn't you guys say that was just a lightbox basically? a static image with a light behind it? might have read that somewhere else. if that's true then i've just made up the smallest, thinnest version ever. its called a piece of paper i doodled on. how can you improves something that's only a mockup?
WTF is MID? You can't just start spewing new acronyms and expect people to understand them. DOTPE?
Thats why you have an internet connection, bossman.
MID = Mobile Internet Device, an off shoot of the UMPC.
Thanks, Matt.
DIAF, OneLove.
I thought this thing looked really, really long but when you compared the length with the iPhone it didn't seem that long at all.
I thought that thing was really, really long but when you compared it with the iPhone it did not seem that long at all.
Dam Engadget comment leaving system!
They made it long like that so "inadequate" guys could get a nice bulge going when they put this in their pants pocket.
Just a speculation but isn't there talk of an apple and intel partnership - maybe the os is apple designed hardware intel???...just a thought. Possible new iphone concept
Guys, that Iphone look-alike isn't Silverthorne!!! Silverthorne is Intel's 2008 UMPC CPU along with Menlow platform, while Moorestown is the 2009/2010 part!! The video about it in places like Youtube even says Moorestown, damnit.