BPhone netbook / smartphone hybrid now available to order

Why carry around a netbook and a smartphone when you can have a netbook / smartphone? Why indeed. Especially when you can have something as sensible as the BPhone, which is now finally available for the completely reasonable price of $569.99 (unlocked, of course). That will get you a not-quite-pocketable convertible device with a 5-inch touchscreen, along with a 624MHz Marvell CPU, ARM Linux 2.6 for an OS, 256GB of flash storage, built-in Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS, and quad-band GSM connectivity on the "phone" side of the equation. Sound like just the thing you've been looking for? Hit up the link below to get your order in.

[Thanks, BrianB]

[KGBSmurf Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:26PM]

Wow!

[pdotg Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:30PM]

@KGBSmurf
Not sure if want...

[pdotg Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:38PM]

@pdotg
Actually, no, I don't want.

[aubreyq Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:01PM]

The Mini 5 has a 5" screen, so why get this?

[emopoops Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:10PM]

@KGBSmurf wow in a,,, "WOW this is absolutely rediculously lame" sor of way. i mean wouldnt you like look back on this kind of gadget and be all, "back in 2010,, there were actually smartphones that looked like mini laptops and they called them a smartphone/netbook....
now days we just get on our 5in1 devices that has internet/phone/toilet/toothbrush/and cooker" lol

[Blackflag486 Posted Mar 25th 2010 8:36PM]

@KGBSmurf

Now I can finally play CS on my PHONE! WOOT! STEAM TOO!

[OCEAN CLAK Posted Mar 25th 2010 8:42PM]

@KGBSmurf

''256GB of flash storage'' thats more memory than the adverage gadget

[illuminerdi Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:27PM]

Wow. Just wow.

Those are not good wows, by the by...

Good idea. Bad execution.

[aroGADGET Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:28PM]

"hyrbid" = higher bid?

[eattheirdead Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:29PM]

@aroGADGET I think they just spelled hybrid incorrectly :)

[aroGADGET Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:37PM]

@eattheirdead I know. I'm just being a smart-ass!

[BLEH is my middle name Posted Mar 25th 2010 6:58PM]

@aroGADGET He was too. Sarcasm missed.

[Alexpeegs Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:29PM]

these terrible specs make me want to kill someone

[crawdad689 Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:31PM]

@Alexpeegs

256GB of flash storage, though!!! (I'm guessing that's a typo)

[Alexpeegs Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:33PM]

@crawdad689 its probably 256mb RAM??

[mark29 Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:31PM]

Thats alot of storage!

[stueck Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:33PM]

@mark29 Memory - 256MB NAND Flash ...

[mark29 Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:38PM]

@stueck Yeah i guessed as much, this would be cool to have but just to show off

[stueck Posted Mar 25th 2010 6:41PM]

@mark29 true ^^

[Oli D Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:35PM]

A bizarre concept, if it was cheapside I'd like it, but $500? Your having a giraffe.

[logicbombde Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:08PM]

@Oli D

Are you taking the piss?

[kingstu Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:35PM]

It's just 256MB of flash storage. I wish it had 3G of some sort. I wonder why most of these 3G enabled netbooks don't have voice. Most of the 3G chips can enable voice with the firmware. That would be sweet.

[Alexpeegs Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:38PM]

It's processor makes me cry "WHYYYYY" the shizz needs 1ghz at least

[SomeGuy42 Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:54PM]

Um, how do you talk on it?

[Information Central Posted Mar 25th 2010 6:00PM]

You yell at the keyboard.

Or use Bluetooth, I suppose.

[Warzone Posted Mar 25th 2010 6:03PM]

@SomeGuy42

Errr...I am guessing it is video conferencing? like on the PC with skype or any other VoIP application but disappointed in the spec and at that price...no

[HemanC Posted Mar 25th 2010 6:07PM]

Oh man, I remember this form factor. There is one from HTC not too long ago.

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_advantage_x7510-2267.php

The only difference that matter is the OS and the inital price. Another thing is. When you want to make/answer a call, obviously you can't hold the unit to your head. You'll need to either use the build-in speaker or bluetooth.

[Warzone Posted Mar 25th 2010 6:11PM]

@HemanC

Indeed, smartphone in netbook form factor

[MichaelPB Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:01PM]

...But I do believe that there is a market for a mini ipad. Something between iphone and ipad. Nokia did it with succes with the N97 and N97 mini.

[barry99705 Posted Mar 25th 2010 9:39PM]

@MichaelPB Dell's releasing one "soonish".

[lasered nugget Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:04PM]

Dear Bphone,

Please get a minified Thinkpad keyboard + pointer. Please reduce your bezel. Please dual-boot Android + Ubuntu. And um, like grow some decent specs. Thank you, come again.

[SHoe Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:20PM]

Why would anybody buy this over a Pandora - which is what it kind of looks like? OK - so the Pandora doesn't have GSM connectivity and is just starting production now. But its much cheaper and better in almost every other way than this thing.

[GiliusThunderhead Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:52PM]

About as useful as an iPhad will be.

[InspectorEngadget Posted Mar 25th 2010 8:03PM]

This thing looks like a knockoff of a KIRF.

[Waltah Posted Mar 25th 2010 9:16PM]

Exactly how much time would you say you spend on those TPS reports?

[barry99705 Posted Mar 25th 2010 9:38PM]

So basically it's a Zaurus, without the flip over screen, and no compact flash or sd card slot, but with a cellular radio. Ehhh.

[rtdunham Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:27PM]

a hyrbid! cool.

[TechHead2 Posted Mar 26th 2010 2:58AM]

Sorry, I'm not quite feelin the smartphone/netbook crossover thing. Now the Dell Streak, that I'm feelin!

[Alex Posted Mar 26th 2010 9:05AM]

HYRBID A DURKA DURKA DURR