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Ok, so it runs Windows Phone 7 but dang, it looks good! Not a be-all-end-all tech specs: 4.1" AMOLED capacitive display, 1GHz, 8GB/16GB memory, 5MP cam with 720p vid, but for $500ish, daddy want one (limited supply, so take a number).

http://www.themobilefanatics.com/han...ell-venue-pro/

http://www.dell.com/us/p/mobile-venu...e-pro#TechSpec

(I apologize if this is old news, just got a little excited about the form factor...)
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Nice hardware keyboard.
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WOW DAYUM THAT IS SUPER SEXY!!! :O
but it kind of looks like the sony ericsson aino in my opinion.
 
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Windows 7 can execute the same binaries normal Windows can, correct? If so, it's sexy the way a prostitute is sexy - possibly very, depending on preferences - but you just don't know what it may contract while you're not paying attention.

Seriously, it's not my kind of phone body style (I like land-scape slide-outs more), I can see how it looks nice. I can also see why Windows 7 is looking promising. But I would also want a firewall and IDS ported to it as soon as I got the damn thing, especially if I was getting IPv6 connectivity from my provider in the near future, because then all those port-scanning bots out there constantly hammering everything would jump all over your phone.

And I would really want to have access to something to watch outbound traffic.
 

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Sexy? on the outside yes.

But can we root it with linux and have all the goodies working?

Otherwise.... . . .
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Will it run Nod32? I'm not going near it if it doesn't, I might catch something!
 
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Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur View Post
Windows 7 can execute the same binaries normal Windows can, correct?
Windows 7 can. Windows phone 7 is a very different beast The main reason I'm skeptical about Windows on ARM is that X86 is so deeply engrained in desktop Windows development that even if the OS magically ARMified itself overnight, you still couldn't do much as all the libs (closed source, at that) would be X86 for many years.
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The phone displays a sign of promiscuity. Be warned!!!!!
 
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It's a very, very sexy phone. Shame that it's so huge though.
 
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Portrait hw keyboard looks good but what's the point, really? Why would someone opt for a more cramped keyboard just to be able to view more vertical space on the screen? What is the application where this is a good idea?
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