Care For A REALLY Big Phone?

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/mangrove-winmo-tablet-rough-handled-teased-for-being-tubby/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/...or-being-tubby/</a><br /><br /></div><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1259024986.usr14226.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>No, I'm not talking about the Touch HD2. C-motech, a Korean company, showed off a prototype of a 7" tablet running WM6.5 on the same Snapdragon platform. Details are sparse, but it supposedly has every wireless option known to man (bar CDMA), 2 USB slots, and a WVGA resistive touch screen. I'd expect pretty long battery life even driving that big screen, but try fitting this baby into your pocket! Manbag, anyone? Admittedly, this is more a candidate for the netbook/UMPC space, which makes the inclusion of cellular capability a plus point, but I think there are better alternative device strategies for the kind of usage scenarios this is meant to fill - especially if you're replacing your phone in the bargain. It is possible to take convergence a little <em>too </em>far.</p>

[Fritzly]

The most interesting thing is the OS that appears to be WM 6.5.1 or whatever it will be called.
Note the big soft buttons on the bottom of the screen.

[cweeks]

I don't really have a problem with this, since I use my BT headset for nearly all conversations. Keep that bad boy in your jacket/purse/man-purse until you really need to look up or enter data.

Give me the same thing in a very thin form-factor, throw in 1024X768 or better resolution, and run a stripped-down version of Vista with an instant-on capability. Oh, yeah, multi-touch, too! And at least 128GB flash drive.

And there you have it... the Star Trek PADD!

Where do I get one?