C-motech shows off Snapdragon-powered Mangrove tablet

No, the device you see above is not simply a comically large smartphone (at least we don't think it is). It's actually a Snapdragon-powered, Windows Mobile 6.5-running tablet developed by the folks at C-motech. While complete details are still a bit hard to come by, this so-called "Mangrove" device reportedly packs a 7-inch touchscreen, along with a full range of connectivity options including WiFi, 3G and WiMAX, plus a pair of USB ports and a microSD card slot for a bit more flexibility. Of course, it is still just a concept at the moment, but C-motech is apparently looking at ways to bring it to market -- although your guess is as good as ours as to whether it'll actually hang onto Windows Mobile during that transition or not.

[Via jkkmobile]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:17PM]

Does it come with the creepy giant baby hand?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:23PM]

I was just about to say! It's a good thing some companies have the right mind in hiring a hand model to show off their devices.

[TWiz Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:22PM]

Looks resistive to me.....*PUKE*

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 7:59PM]

I hear you man. The minute you hear WinDULL Mobile people started to PUKE!

[N900 Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:23PM]

Looks nice. I hope it comes with bluetooth because holding that to my head just isn't a reality for me.

[Average White Boy Posted Sep 30th 2009 12:23AM]

Mass exodus from WinMo. Everyone seems to be going to Android. No one will be coming back to WinMo until WinMo 7 is released.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:26PM]

Would be interesting with Android, but WinMo? Why not DOS while you're at it.

[Satz Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:33PM]

god, these Android freaks , they will even ask to port Android on a dead man.

[mrspiteri Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:40PM]

LOL so true. Funny thing is I bet most of them haven't even got an Android phone (maybe this poster does, but still...).
I've got a G1 and tbh it's not significantly better than WinMo at all. It's quite clunky & slow, just like WM. Figures really, seeing as it uses no GPU acceleration at all.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:48PM]

Gah, people like you are why the world hates linux.

[Kit Posted Sep 29th 2009 4:17PM]

@Satz

Perhaps in our future, RoboCop is going to be powered by Google.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 4:39PM]

You "put Android on everything under the sun" folks are almost as annoying as the iDiots out there, almost...

[Jordan Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:31PM]

All these nice looking, useful tablets yet still no iTablet

Sorry applebots, looks like iphone os tablet will be too little, too late

[Xeno Posted Sep 29th 2009 3:06PM]

All those tablets will be sorry when Apple invents the tablet. How dare they copy Apple!

[LAY Posted Sep 29th 2009 3:17PM]

@chris

Uh, sorry. We have to apply the Apple fanboy standard to their tablet. if it even exist.

Since it is not the first, then they are:

"late to the party"

"too little too late"

"They copied *insert company here*"

"ugly, chunky, clunky"

[Average White Boy Posted Sep 30th 2009 12:38AM]

Not much any of the hardware manufacturers can do against the Apple tablet. Apple is using an end-to-end solution of developing its own hardware, huge developer base, retail stores and content delivery. There isn't any competitor solution to beat iTunes for multimedia content delivery. iTunes already has a 100,000,000 credit card users just waiting to spend money on content. Apple's tablet will be all about content delivery and joint projects with Pixar and Disney.

Most of you tech-heads are just hung up on hardware and you think all a manufacturer will have to do is throw some fancy hardware on the table and the average person will think it's wonderful. Hardly. It's going to take a company such as Apple to show the people what it can be used for and give them the content they need. A complete solution, not some half-baked, 95% hardware, 5% content solution.

[Nightwheel Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:43PM]

Dang thats huge!! WinMo on that size of a screen? *shutters*

And why does it seem that I see phone buttons?

[Reisa Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:43PM]

It's the new AmigaPhone.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:45PM]

Are you sure it has WiMAX? as Snapdragon doesn't have any WiMAX stuffed in it.

[Peytral Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:52PM]

What is this used for?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:59PM]

Tableting

[Abuzar1 Posted Sep 29th 2009 4:14PM]

Better question is, who is your avatar?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 3:03PM]

will it run SPB Mobile Shell?

[Gorilla800lbs Posted Sep 29th 2009 3:07PM]

The text in Korean says stuff like "Munch Message" and "Change Mail". Huh.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 3:10PM]

I want to test this one myself, just wanna if it works something like a tablet...

[Kit Posted Sep 29th 2009 3:09PM]

I just want to watch a video demo.

[morissen3k8 Posted Sep 29th 2009 8:18PM]

is it running winmo 6.5?

[jon Posted Sep 29th 2009 8:33PM]

It's got 3G, and it's running WinMo 6.5.

Doesn't that categorically make it a comically large smartphone?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 11:04PM]

Yeah I was about to say that looks just like the 6.5 chome I have on my omnia.