DigiCube unveils newest MID, doubles as a giant cellphone

Jkkmobile's gotten a hold of DigiCube's just unveiled MIDPhone-50 at Computex, and we have to say that from the looks of it, it's quite a wild affair. The MIDPhone-50 is a Windows XP, full QWERTY-boasting, touchscreen mid, and a 3.5G mobile phone to boot. The tilting, 800 x 480 touchscreen is 4.5-inches, with mini-USB, standard USB, and microSD slots, plus a docking station with VGA output. Specwise, the phone / MID has an Intel Atom Z-series CPU with up to 1GB of RAM, with Bluetooth and WiFi. The battery supposedly gets a quite sad two hours of life. There's no word on price or availability yet, but there is a video after the break.

[Via Jkkmobile, Slashgear]

[santela Posted Jun 4th 2009 4:50AM]

That's gonna be my new phone!

[Kelvinyam Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:00AM]

That's gonna be your new phone that lasted 2 hrs per charge.

[Armchaircritic Posted Jun 4th 2009 8:18AM]

your new phone is enormous and weighs a ton...there are better options out there.

[joihan777 Posted Jun 4th 2009 7:52PM]

BIT large for a phone, but the product definitely a step in the right direction for folks who don't need a laptop AND cellphone all the time. A little trimming down without sacrificing screen area would be nice.

Did the video mention a camera?

Also, the docking station really ought to have a S-Video or at least composite video out as this can greatly serve as a mini-entertainment console.

And yeah, 2 hours.... NOT!

[MaxSMoke777 Posted Jun 5th 2009 1:14AM]

I think he heard that wrong. I haven't heard of any MID getting less then 4 hours, because of the new low-power Atom processors. They aren't fast (1.3Ghz max) but they all seem to get excellent battery life.

[breaklaw Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:01AM]

It's like a big Xperia X1 running XP with an extra extender.

[Gad Get Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:53AM]

And horrendous battery life because it's trying to do to much.

[Gad Get Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:53AM]

*too

[CJ Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:01AM]

it would be great if there were seperate batteries for the MID and the Phone, so you could keep recieveing calls after you've run out of computing time.

[misund007 Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:09AM]

You would think this would be a good device to have Android on

[plwh888 Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:17AM]

iWant !!! this gonna be my netbook replacement ! hehe

[Shinigami Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:28AM]

I've always dreamed of a giant cell phone that won't fit into any pocket of mine...

[Shinigami Posted Jun 4th 2009 5:31AM]

... and a battery that lasts for 2 hours when I'm not talking. Must buy!

[htd Posted Jun 4th 2009 7:58AM]

phone doesnt need to use windows OS at all and recent news just mentioned that some one doubled lion battery capacity, this is the future.

[epic Posted Jun 4th 2009 8:37AM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYLMk8xplqw

when they get this big, I am buying one!

[wrsu1996gmailcom Posted Jun 5th 2009 7:19PM]

looks nice but it is a big cellphone i like the computer and webcam, yet the cell phone is a convienience