http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/ Engadget Comments for ViewSonic VCP08 seen clearly, largely in the wild 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/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
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If only this could match current netbook specs. What would it be called?
Pocketbook? haha]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
Netphone]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/if they added the tablet option it'll at least be touch usable like the HP tablet...]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/ +1 Ubuntu]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
Just begging to be hacked and loaded up with something better.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
XP is a "good" operating system, but when nothing special is done with it, it gets stale.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/a smartphone is capable of running programs. this is even better than a smartphone it'll run almost anything not just java apps and it's unlimited and customizable to infinite degree with stardock]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
At the rate we're going with ever shrinking CPUs Windows XP just might end up BEING Winmo 7...]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
Any ideas about price range? I would hope it's in the same range as other netbooks (~$300), but sometimes these companies come up with one innovative idea and think they can charge a ton of money extra for it.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanzhai]]>Dec 2nd 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
Shanzhaiben.com now covers news about notebooks, netbooks, smartphones, and UMPCs in general, not just KIRF anymore. ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 2nd 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 3rd 2009 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/
Basically ViewSonic took a smallish clamshell MID and taped a cell phone to it. As far as I can see, there is no integration. The cell phone appears to be a plain old dumb version, and the whole thing is huge - about 1.5 times bigger than a regular smart phone. :-(

I hope their competitor produces an actual XP phone. IE a smart phone running XP, in the phone form factor. Not a cell phone attached to a crappy laptop.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/viewsonic-vcp08-seen-clearly-largely-in-the-wild/Dec 3rd 2009 5:28AM