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In Technology's xpPhone (right) will be familiar to loyal readers, because it's had an extended gestation period. The device was first revealed in July 2009, and the company started accepting unpriced pre-orders in September of the same year.In an seeming attempt to allay suspicions that the phone was merely vaporware, In Technology emailed WindowsForDevices.com in December 2009 with a video showing the device booting Windows XP. The company contacted us again in May with new photos (plus the videos embedded at the end of this story), noting that the device had been switched from the originally mooted Windows XP to Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
Now, according to In Technology's website, the xpPhone is on sale at last. With Windows Embedded Standard 2009 but "without 3G," it goes for a not-inconsiderable $732, while a 3G version is $798, the company says. (Oddly, a version with only DOS is also cited, priced at $666.)
The device isn't exactly pocket-size, as the photo above discloses. The phone measures 6.88 x 3.3 x 1 inches (175 x 84 x 25.5mm) and weighs 12.1 ounces (345g), In Technology says.
According to In Technology, the xpPhone offers an AMD processor described only as a "Super Mobile" CPU, with 512MB of RAM, plus 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB of SSD (solid state disk) storage. The company claims that its patented technology allows incoming phone calls or SMS messages to bring the operating system out of standby, though no word was provided on whether the xpPhone is compatible with push e-mail.
According to In Technology, the xpPhone includes 802.11b/g wireless networking and Bluetooth, while its cellular radio is capable of supporting both GSM and CDMA networks. Users can download data using either HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access), HSUPA (high speed uplink packet access), or EVDO, the company adds, listing AT&T, Orange, and Vodafone as networks the device is compatible with.
