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Mystery hybrid phone pops up all over the Internets

Posted by Marc Flores on Dec 8, 2008 8:13 am 14 comments
Filed in Handsets, Opinions, Rumors, Wacky Gadgets

We’re not quite sure what to make of this beast, but it’s all over the blogosphere and our guess is as good as any for now. It looks like a weird hybrid of a Helio Ocean, Palm Centro/Treo, Sony Mylo and touch of Open Moko. Judging by the unusual number of smudges on the screen, common sense points to a touchscreen / QWERTY combo. Your standard five-way toggle and smart buttons are there but when the T-swivel phone opens up, you see a mini-mouse pad and left and right mouse buttons. The keys look like the firm, bubbly keys we’d see on the Palm Centro or Treo Pro, which leads our buddy Dieter Bohn of TreoCentral to think that this might be the new “Roteo” that’s been in the rumor mill. Regardless of what this phone turns out to be, we’re afraid it’s going to be slapped onto our “do not want” list unless the final version gets some major tweaks.

[Via TreoCentral]

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14 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 8:19 am, bluehorseshoe Said:

    That is one ugly device. Here’s one for do not want.

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  2. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 8:47 am, Dorian Said:

    Duh!

    That’s the Helio Ocean 2!
    Come on Marc, you know that!!!

    haha….

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  3. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 8:51 am, kansei Said:

    That phone looks to be good for clubbing someone to death. Otherwise, on paper it looks promising. A treo with a large, high res screen but still retaining the qwerty keyboard in the familiar portrait layout. Oh wait, no doubt running windoze mobile *blech*

    I’m still confused about how a touchpad could be useful on a touchscreen phone. Well I guess with Windows Mobile that isn’t at all designed for use with finger touches, perhaps they included the touchpad in lieu of a stylus (since Apple has trained everyone that a stylus is a sin).

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  4. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 8:52 am, Yomama Said:

    I think I would like that. Anything has to be better than my Treo 755P. video chat on a mobile? Im interested.

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  5. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 9:37 am, visterm Said:

    I remember seeing this device a while ago (year maybe!) as an Intel MID reference design.

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  6. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 9:54 am, Jeremiah Said:

    That would make sense because the website it’s from talks about the failure of UMPCs and MIDs.

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  7. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 10:08 am, Richard Ward Said:

    That looks like a touchpad. Is this the extreme Windows 7 phone I’ve been hearing about?

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  8. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 10:47 am, Lester the molester Said:

    This phone is GAY!

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  9. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 11:18 am, Livecrunch Said:

    You could of ask me , its G2 god damn it… :)

    Ups, did I just said something I shouldn’t said?

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  10. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 11:42 am, Nerfman Said:

    Could it be the new Palm One that is supposed to be hitting Sprint in April? From my Sprint friend it’s supposed to be a touchscreen Palm device.

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  11. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 1:00 pm, JustMe Said:

    That thing is HUGE! No thank you - yet again.

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  12. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 2:25 pm, Bryan Said:

    I know people at Palm, and that’s not their next device.

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  13. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 5:48 pm, JakeyBoy Said:

    @Marc Flores
    Do we have more than one internet??? I was unaware of internets as suggested in your title. Please correct me if i’m wrong. Or were you trying to use some sort of asian stereotype words?

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  14. On Dec 8, 2008 @ 5:50 pm, Marc Flores Said:

    @JakeyBoy
    Yes, I said it jokingly. I actually gave some time to decide whether I wanted to say “Internetz” instead… :)

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