ITG xpPhone 2 to feature Windows 8

ITG has not given up on its xpPhone endeavor and now they have announced a revamped version called the xpPhone 2. It too, like its predecessor, runs Windows as its main operating system, but this time its the more modern Windows 7 and when its ready to come out Windows 8, too.

Yep, this xpPhone 2 wants to be taken seriously, something the original couldn't achieve, and its effort to do so are clearly visible in its hardware department. Just like the original xpPhone, the xpPhone 2 rocks a QWERTY keyboard, but unlike its predecessor features a slimmer, 140mm x 73mm x 17.5mm body. However, it still looks ridiculous for a 2011 device.

As to the improvements under the hood, the xpPhone 2 features a dead-end 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and 2GB of RAM, which shouldn't give you any headaches running the aforementioned operating systems. Its display measures at 4.3-inch diagonal, but it remains to be seen what its resolution will be, as Windows 8 is said to require at least 1024 x 768 at minimum. And to be honest, we can't quite figure out who would prefer this wanna-be-a-tablet-and-smartphone instead of a full-fledged tablet running Windows 8 natively.