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Phones

xpPhone Runs Windows 7 And Has Several Screen Sizes

3:36AM Danny Allen | A new order page reveals some surprising new info on the netbook-like xpPhone. Turns out that 4.3-inch, 4.8-inch and tablet-style 7-inch touchscreen versions will be available, and you’ll be to add a 5-megapixel camera, Windows 7 and dual GSM/CDMA support. More »
Phones

Oh My, Another Windows XP Phone: ViewSonic VPC08

11:53PM Danny Allen | Here I was thinking the xpPhone was the only handset crazy (brave?) enough to run Windows XP. Turns out ViewSonic may have one planned, too. The QWERTY-slider has a 4.3-inch touchscreen, Intel ULV processor, 512MB RAM and an 8GB hard-disk. More »
Hardware

Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP

11:33AM Matt Buchanan | Yeah, netbooks feel so much nicer running Windows 7 than Windows XP, but you’re paying a secret price: your battery. On average, Windows 7 seems to suck all the life out of it 47 minutes faster than Windows XP. More »
Random Stuff

Even God Runs Windows XP

2:00AM Matt Buchanan | Yes, that’s a Windows XP error floating in the sky. No, it’s not a Photoshop. And this is what it looked like after a reboot… More »
Phones

Windows XP Phone: First Look At Its Custom Touchscreen Interface

4:10AM Danny Allen | Remember the xpPhone? The 4.8-inch touchscreen slider has netbook-like specs, some sort of “AMD Super Mobile CPU”, and runs a full-blown copy of Windows XP. They’ve just sent through shots of its phone-function interface…and they actually look pretty good. More »
Software

7 Reasons To Stick With Windows XP

10:00AM Adam Frucci | Windows 7 is out today! Huzzah! But wait; if you’re still rocking Windows XP, you might want to think twice before upgrading. Here are some reasons to stick with an old OS. More »
Phones

ITG xpPhone Runs Windows XP, Taking Pre-Orders

8:09PM Danny Allen | The xpPhone has a 4.8-inch touchscreen, GPS, notebook-specs and runs a full-blown copy of Windows XP. Seriously. And while I’m still skeptical about the need for XP, the phone has come a long way since I saw it at Computex. More »
Software

Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now

5:01AM Matt Buchanan | Could Windows 7 accomplish everything that’s expected of it? Probably not, but it makes a damn good run at it. We’ve tested the gold master, the final version going out on October 22. Upgrade without trepidation, people. With excitement, even. More »
Software

Windows 7: The Best Features And Tips

5:00AM Jason Chen | You’ve read our final verdict, but since there’s a ton of new stuff in Windows 7, we’ve rounded it all up here, in one easy list, with a little bonus opinionating. More »
Hardware

Nvidia Ion LE: So Windows XP Netbooks Don’t Have Crappy Graphics Either

11:18PM Matt Buchanan | The Ion LE is a quiet launch from the usually boisterous Nvidia: It’s a cheaper version of their Ion graphics chip for netbooks, stripped of DirectX 10 support, which is only needed in Vista, so hopefully it’ll find its way into more cut-rate XP-powered netbooks. [Fudzilla via Engadget]] More »