Samsung creates a digital mutant

You say you want an all-in-one device? Be careful what you ask for. Samsung has created something that looks like it would have been created by Dr. Frankenstein if he were a computing engineer instead of a nut job with a lab.

Where to begin: The SPH-P9000 is part PC (Windows XP, 1GHz Transmeta processor, 30GB hard drive), part multimedia player (5-inch screen, MP3, video on demand), part PDA (QWERTY keyboard, WiMax) and part smart phone, without the phone part (1.3-megapixel camera, CDMA, Bluetooth). And it all folds up into a 5.6- by 3.7-inch case that's just over an inch thick.

No pricing has been released on this mutant, which is heading for the Korean market. But even if it reaches the states, we won't be getting one--too scared that it might unfold itself and come to life.

(Photo: Samsung Electronics)

[heat_fan1]

Overreacting?

I think you guys are overreacting a little bit. It's really only 2 items in 1, not 4 like you said. A PC and PDA are the same thing and they both include a media player. So basically it's a UMPC with a fold-out full-size keyboard that also has fake-phone capabilities. Looks pretty nice to me!

[Bart B. Van Bockstaele]

This is no mutant

There is nothing mutant about it. It is just an ultraportable PC with a more or less original layout and built-in mobile Internet access. Nothing more.

Greetings from 20061108-1803 10C Toronto

[gjonenson]

It looks super useful to me...

Don't know what the heck you authors are talking about, but I believe that is the
best all-in-one device I've seen to date! I believe an all-in-one device should
something like this