Did you know that there used to be phones running Windows XP?
posted by Nick T.
/ Sep 14, 2014, 8:42 PM
The xpPhone, however, wasn't the only member of the rare breed. ViewSonic announced its own Windows XP-powered phone that same year, the VCP08. Unlike the aforementioned handset, ViewSonic's offering had a dual-screen, clamshell design – flipping it open revealed its 4.3-inch screen and its QWERTY keyboard. Under the hood were an Intel ULV processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of storage expandable with the use of microSD cards. On its back was a 2MP main camera.
The fate of these two odd devices isn't clear, but apparently, ITG sold enough xpPhone units to justify coming up with a Windows 7-based successor. As for ViewSonic and its phone lineup, all of the company's current smartphones run Android.
references: Pocketables, (2)
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26 Comments
1. fzacek
Posts: 2486; Member since: Jan 26, 2014
An HDD on a smartphone???
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 8:44 PM 9
4. aksa123
Posts: 365; Member since: Jan 30, 2014
It was 5 years ago and already had 120GB of HDD, which is even bigger than today's flagship phones (excluding external card support).
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 8:51 PM 9
2. Duketytz
Posts: 534; Member since: Nov 28, 2013
Should I be laughing that these has probably the same number of ram as the iPhone now?
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 8:45 PM 21
6. gregoryyy3 unregistered
No, not really. iPhones run fine with the amount of ram they have so it's not a very funny joke.. Maybe next time
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 8:58 PM 14
10. Mxyzptlk unregistered
No, you should be laughing at how bad your comment sounds. The iPhone doesn't need as much ram as other phones do since iOS is optimized for idevices that run it.
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 10:41 PM 5
15. Mxyzptlk unregistered
Why don't you lend me your time machine and we'll find out
posted on Sep 15, 2014, 1:11 AM 1
17. Joulukas
Posts: 107; Member since: Jun 05, 2013
You know, that 64bit system in essence needs moore ram than 32bit, so the fact that Apple moved to 64bit with same amount of ram present in its 32bit phones might be serious downside for current generations. The opimization is the key ofcource, like the best on the market "Nokia" showed with its symbian phones - but growing amount of multitasking and 64 bit applications, is going to hurt the low RAM in devices.
Apple might get the message out, and optimization will win in the end, but its douptful, since Android is moving to 64bit and people demand more preformance from its apps.
posted on Sep 15, 2014, 3:06 AM 2
26. VHMP01
Posts: 93; Member since: Aug 27, 2014
Exactly. Also it is very funny that 1.2 million apps are NOT needed for 95% of Smartphone owners! Yet iPhone main crap excuse is "we have more Apps", so more ram is definetly much better, yet iPhony does not need it! Ha, what a joke!
posted on Sep 15, 2014, 7:08 PM 1
5. ryanlockovich
Posts: 27; Member since: Jul 17, 2014
Lol it says super big 4.8" display.
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 8:56 PM 1
8. RaKithAPeiRiZ
Posts: 1488; Member since: Dec 29, 2011
at one time , 5" was considered as a mini tablet (dell streak)
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 9:07 PM 6
7. WendyFromCircus
Posts: 40; Member since: Sep 02, 2014
Simply because Nobody pay attention on every smartphones, tablet or smartwatch before Apple does it, glad to have 'did you know' article on PA :)
posted on Sep 14, 2014, 8:59 PM 7
22. sraive
Posts: 80; Member since: Aug 21, 2014
Don't forget that you can run old Windows on Symbian S60v3 phones like Nokia N82, N95 with Dosbox.
youtube.com/watch?v=Uw2LlgEJw-I
youtube.com/watch?v=24DoZqM2ObA
You can run even Windows XP on today's android phones, but it's slow.
youtube.com/watch?v=auIZtmbPu_Y
The future is that the smarphones in the future are going to be much faster so you'll be able to run XP at a reasonable speed and run desktop apps and games on your mobile.
posted on Sep 15, 2014, 1:41 PM 1
24. theguy2345
Posts: 1216; Member since: Jun 24, 2014
one of the original smartphones. and it actually compares to that of todays phones, which is really funny
