http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/ Engadget Comments for ViewSonic VCP08 keeps Windows XP, clamshell style alive 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/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 16th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/
Obviously to this point, the power to drive a full-OS just wasn't there, but I think we're on the cusp of that being a possibility. I'd love to see an absolutely lite version of Windows 7 running on my phone. Obviously that requires an x86-compatible smartphone CPU, but...it could happen...]]>Nov 12th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/
It is like the all-american Ford.... build in Brazil.

Take note than most american corporation are anything but loyal to their respective countries, specially Apple
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This is from the Google Translation: "The official said, according to ViewSonic, VCP08 PC Phone Europe and the United States market price is 800 U.S. dollars, equivalent to about 5,000 yuan."

That indicates it's coming out in Europe and the US first.]]>Nov 12th 2009 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 16th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/
*photoshop fail*]]>Nov 12th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 15th 2009 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/]]>Nov 12th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 15th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/
You mean people who still have the reflexes to type on them?

You might be old and busted, but don't hate. ]]>Nov 12th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/
Hopefully they did this right; which means an "always on" operating system (such as WinCE, Android, or WinMo6.5... but my bet is on WinCE) that handles the phone software, PIM, email, IM, etc. That means decent battery life.

You only have to wake up XP for the serious desktop application sort of work. Of course, once you do that, your battery life will be only measured in minutes... 90 minutes if you are lucky.

Think of it as a slimmed down modern version of the Shift. If they did the dual OS correctly, it will be a winner. If they rely on WinXP to handle your phone calls, it will be a big time loser. BSOD discussions aside.]]>Nov 12th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/Nov 12th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/viewsonic-vpc08-keeps-windows-xp-clamshell-style-alive/and left and right mouse click on the top left corner.
I want it.
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