ITG XPphone Gets Prices, More Details [Smartphone Running Windows XP Gets $400 Price Tag, 8GB Flash Memory]

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While it isn’t as notebook-like as the Bphone we covered some time ago, the XPphone is certainly an oddity in the smartphone market. It’s no secret that all sorts of small gadgets (digital cameras, MP3 players, MIDs) are facing stiff competition from smartphones that are increasing in their abilities, and this XPphone seems to be a UMPC that had phone functionality added on. We first covered the XPphone last year, but now new details are coming out.

The XPphone will be running AMD’s Geode LX 800 processor (which clocks in at 600 MHz). The Geode is a low-power processor that was commonly popular in UMPCs and very ultraportable notebooks (what we’d call netbooks today) before Intel came out with their more powerful Atom line of processors. It’ll have 512MB of RAM and 8GB of flash storage (with Windows XP using up 1.5GB of hard storage for its system files).

Obviously, there won’t be any sort of dedicated graphics processor. The screen will be 4.8-inches and will run at a resolution of 800 x 480, and as you can see, will feature a full physical QWERTY keyboard.

It’s worth noting that manufacturer ITG told website umpcportal.com that this will be the base configuration and buyers will be able to spend more money for more RAM/flash memory/etc.

For connectivity, it will run on GSM bands, and will have WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity. It will get released in its native China first for a price of ¥3,000 ($439), and a US/European release is planned.

Our original report on the XPphone said that AT&T, Vodaphone, and Orange were interested in carrying the phone. You may want to pass, considering you can pay less for a more powerful netbook, but obviously the attraction here is having a full desktop OS on a mobile phone.