xpPhone teased with specs and pictures, makes Windows XP young again

Don't panic, we haven't gone back in time. What we're looking at here is the world's first but still-yet-to-be-released phone that runs on Windows XP, and its Chinese maker has just released some juicy specs and interface images to tease us all. The ITG xpPhone will be blessed with the chutzpah-filled AMD "Super Mobile" CPU, coupled with either 512MB or 1GB RAM. Storage options range from 8GB SSD to 120GB HDD (probably 1.8-inch) and everything in between. While the sheet confirms both GSM and CDMA support, ITG's pre-order page -- which looks more like a newsletter sign-up page at the moment -- is still vague on the phone's availability and price. For now we'll just continue to gaze at the interface pictures until something happens.

xpPhone teased with specs and pictures, makes Windows XP young again

[Via Gizmodo]

[Gadgety Posted Oct 31st 2009 5:26AM]

I like the idea of a mid-phone. Only one thing to bring with me. Just a tad heavy at 400g. I would prefer to use this with a bluetooth watch and a headset to be able XPphone in the bag most of the time. Smartmadsoft need to develop their OpenWatch in a hurry.

[GGG Posted Oct 31st 2009 5:56AM]

That GUI looks quite heavily modified, can this thing even run windows programs? Because i can't see anything that looks like a windows program in those screenshots.

[Lundmark Posted Oct 31st 2009 6:59AM]

This has got to be the worst idea ever.

[Tommy Five Posted Oct 31st 2009 1:32PM]

I could think of a couple other ideas.

[iknowaeiou Posted Oct 31st 2009 5:18PM]

Naw. Mixing sleeping pills and laxatives is the worst idea.

[artshark Posted Oct 31st 2009 10:34AM]

That GUI looks so goddamn KIRF-tastic. if it'll accept regular XP apps though, that's pretty cool. I am always wanted Audacity and Norton on my phone

[bolezhinkov Posted Oct 31st 2009 6:02PM]

what a weird message in the texting interface box

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2009 2:14PM]

might be kinda cool for the old folk !

[Jive Turkey Posted Nov 2nd 2009 11:32PM]

How is this the world's first phone to run XP? The HTC Clio (Shift/Atlantis/ShangriLa/X9500) has been around for years.