ITG xpPhone seen powering up on video

ITG has managed to keep its xpPhone in the news ever since firing up its pre-order page back in September. Just a day after seeing the Windows XP-based MID / phone / whatchamacallit in the wild, we're now looking at the first known video of it booting up. Granted, the device shown after the break is just an "engineering sample," but hey, progress is progress. Go 'head, take a peek -- ain't no shame in the game.

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[Outsider Posted Dec 15th 2009 10:38AM]

Wonder if you can play starcraft on it._.

[wachtrij Posted Dec 15th 2009 5:57PM]

@Outsider Then this is a must buy :)

[Kant Posted Dec 15th 2009 10:41AM]

Is it just me or does it look rather large?

[thenoseknowsall Posted Dec 15th 2009 11:50AM]

@Kant
If Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell had a smartphone, this would be it!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:22PM]

@Kant

Yeah it is pretty big. If they can make about 1/3 smaller it'll be reasonable.

[anonymouspimp Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:58PM]

@Kant

R.T.F.A.

[shogunmaster Posted Dec 15th 2009 2:09PM]

@Kant

That's what she said...

[Anphaser Posted Dec 15th 2009 6:06PM]

@shogunmaster Wow its really big! Not pocket friendly, not my friend...

[Average White Boy Posted Dec 15th 2009 9:57PM]

@Kant

Maybe it's a six-year old holding that phone. Otherwise, that "phone" is freakin' huge. Running Windows XP it should run out of battery life in about an hour.

[arnavdesai Posted Dec 15th 2009 10:45AM]

That monstrosity is not a phone. That is a MID

[shu8i Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:50PM]

it wouldn't even fit in a pocket, so why is it called a phone?! it's almost as larg as a netbook.

[praetor87 Posted Dec 15th 2009 2:17PM]

@shu8i Netbook? No, it's closer to the subnotebooks in the size. I wonder why they choose this name. Xp on a phone? Why they don't use the nettable edition?

[Hexydes Posted Dec 15th 2009 10:46AM]

I guess I don't see the point in something like this. I'd rather have a form-factor that actually fits in the pocket, has a Snapdragon/Tegra under the hood, and has a mobile UI for the touch screen, and a regular desktop (running out via HDMI, keyboard/mouse via USB or bluetooth) to use when stationary.

Mobile is mobile, stationary is stationary. The device runs both, but the peripherals used are different. I don't need a big-ass screen on the go, just like I don't want a tiny screen when I'm sitting and using the computer for an hour.

[ascenvia Posted Dec 15th 2009 10:47AM]

There seems to be some odd cuts in the video.

[kris120890 Posted Dec 15th 2009 10:51AM]

That was pretty fast.

[Enad Posted Dec 15th 2009 2:27PM]

@kris120890

That's what she said!!111

[galius Posted Dec 15th 2009 10:53AM]

The screen-to-bezel ratio is not good.

[seven5suited Posted Dec 15th 2009 11:12AM]

I think this thing is spectacular. Remember when it was uncool to have the latest technology? No? Just me? Well these guys have brought back the days of the databank watch, and I can't wait to regain the pride of being uncool again. Useful technology looks too damn cool lately. This is the real anti-iPhone, and me likey. It's ugly, impractical for normal people, and runs the best/worst/best MS OS ever. SP3, I hope. If it has an easily distorted, tiny speaker, I'm buying one.

[tonicboy Posted Dec 15th 2009 11:56AM]

@seven5suited
I was going to argue vehemently with you, but how do you argue against someone when every single one of your arguments "against" is their argument "for"?

[N8theGr8 Posted Dec 15th 2009 1:09PM]

@seven5suited Duct tape a piece of leather to it and it makes a nice watch. You will be the envy of everyone.

[HardToBelieve Posted Dec 15th 2009 11:25AM]

I won't buy one. I don't plan on carrying a "man-purse" just for something that isn't better than a BlackBerry.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:24PM]

@HardToBelieve

If it's a full functional PC than it can do what Blackberry, Droid and iPhone don't...

[HardToBelieve Posted Dec 15th 2009 1:49PM]

@(Unverified)

But it's not fully functional. It's like what you'd get if a Droid had children with a Dell. It's not a phone, but it's not a PC either. It's a halfbreed. of course, I am a bit of a cynic, when it comes to stuff like this. It might be better than what I've seen of it, who knows.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 15th 2009 11:48AM]

It's faster than my computer from 2 years ago.

[lareeth Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:10PM]

The only phone that needs an anti-virus!

[apw76006 Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:20PM]

There is way too much bezel.

[koehler83 Posted Dec 15th 2009 1:11PM]

That's no phone! It's a space station!

[va jj Posted Dec 15th 2009 1:17PM]

an overweight dsi

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 15th 2009 2:20PM]

you could build a house inside that monster

[johnvillar Posted Dec 15th 2009 2:50PM]

I would be curious to know how much horsepower does this little PC (hahahaha) has... It would work very nicely as a Apache server on a Round-Robin load balancing scheme, just with an integrated UPS and less Electricity used. Hmmmm.... interesting...

[Kid Red Posted Dec 15th 2009 3:32PM]

That's huge!

[Johannes NewGadgetsde Posted Dec 15th 2009 8:25PM]

Here is one more video of the xpPhone, now the touchscreen & right clicking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9UhPkPYhZ4

[Faslane66 Posted Dec 15th 2009 9:22PM]

That is one big-ass phone!! I thought the big "Bricks" were out like 15 years ago?

[onyx1980 Posted Jan 19th 2010 9:30PM]

this thing is huge!!! i'm gonna but it for sure but i'm not gonna use it as a phone never evar!! but it's really cool , and it can beat Sony Vaio's UX serries (small laptops) i'm just wondering when this thing is gonna release?