http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/ Engadget Comments for ITG's Windows XP-loving xpPhone now accepting pre-orders worldwide http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
I would not be surprised that a few hacks would allow users to install any x86 OS on it (well, except Leopard, that would require more than a few). Is is, after all, "The World First Breakthrough".]]>Sep 17th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
No, I cant say that...]]>Sep 17th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
Damn it how did you know!]]>Sep 17th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
Besides, whilst XP is a good desktop OS, I have serious doubts that it'll be as good a mobile OS.]]>Sep 17th 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
Here is the size comparison with the OQO and iPhone. Have you ever had an iPhone in your pocket? Pretty much pushes the limit of what is "pocketable", right? Now check out that Sizeasy and just imagine...

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That's ridiculous. The problem is the size of the device, not where to put it. Getting bigger pockets isn't gonna make it any smaller. If a laptop is too big, the solution isn't "get a bigger laptop bag".]]>Sep 17th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/The problem is not the size of the device. Unless they find a way to magically put a 5" screen in a 2" that's what will happen. If you look at this device as a phone which just happens to have a full desktop OS running, then it might be seen as large. If they had marketed it as a bloody small laptop running a full OS -- which just happens to also make calls -- then it's suddenly not so problematic. Perception.
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My personal preference is an N900 all the time, and a U820 when I need more, but if you want it all in one device that you can carry always, this looks pretty sweet.]]>Sep 17th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
That's exactly what I said in my original post. If you look at it as a UMPC which can make calls, then the size is fine and even quite svelte. But, if you look at it as a phone, we haven't seen "mobile" phones this big since the days of the original Motorola with luggable battery pack. And the fact remains, they ARE marketing it as a phone, and it is much more useful as one. A UMPC which can make calls is simply not appropriate as an every day device. Can I fit this in my pocket? Uncomfortably, but yeah. Do I want to? Hell no, and neither do 99% of people.]]>Sep 17th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
@ 1024x600 and default font size 10 it's difficult though. ]]>Sep 17th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Maybe it helps that I just watch porn.]]>Sep 17th 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/I regularly have a vision. Someone must be putting something in my absinth.]]>Sep 17th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
Desktop OS? Phone capabilities suggest that it has to last for at least a day, is a battery from a truck included?]]>Sep 17th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/I'm sure there's a third party on screen keyboard somewhere, and besides, without the keyboard it would just be a small tablet with phone capabilities.]]>Sep 17th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Actually that is exactly what I'm looking for. So yes, that would be great!]]>Sep 17th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
Let's see some 7 on that puppy!]]>Sep 17th 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/
Boot phone.

waiting.

*ring*

almost booted.

Desktop shows.

*ring*

background apps showing.

"Yes, hello? Hello? They keep hanging up!"]]>Sep 17th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/itgs-windows-xp-loving-xpphone-now-accepting-pre-orders-worldwi/Sep 17th 2009 11:27AM