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Well, it definitely looked a bit more desirable in the concept photos that popped up a couple of weeks ago. Today, there are more specifications on this "phone" from Viewsonic. We already know that the VPC08 has: an external 2-inch display with a numeric keypad, an internal 4.3-inch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, and a 2MP camera. In addition to all of that, it looks like it will also be outed with: 512MB of RAM, a microSD card slot, an Intel Atom Z500 800MHz CPU, Windows XP, and just a 1,200 mAh battery. This may not be enough seeing that it's running Windows XP and wants to be a phone - but it's more like a UMPC to be honest. It even makes the Nokia N97 look puny as you can see in the picture below.

[Pocketables]

Viewsonic has just announced a new and large "phone" that will run full-blown Windows XP. This is the VPC08 and it features: an Intel ULV CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, a QWERTY keyboard, a 2MP camera, and an external 2-inch display with a numeric keypad which is pictured below. However, it'll be available for $800 when it launches - likely just in China - and, uhh, yeah.

What is the point of these large MID-looking devices - but they're apparently phones - running Windows XP. You know, like the xpPhone. This phone reminds me of the BYD Mars handset that we saw back in April.

[Engadget]