Came across this interesting looking mutant in my Possibly Posts file today, as I was whiling away a Sunday, struggling mightily not to post anything more about Ebooks until sundown (must…HOLD….ONNNN)

This is C-motech’s Mangrove 7-inch tablet, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon based MID (Mobile Internet Device)/Smartphone/Thing that against all odds, common decency or human understanding is running Windows Mobile 6.5. All that extra chassis space means that the Mangrove can run WiFi, 3G and WiMAX (jeepers, does WinMO even SUPPORT WiMax?). The display switches from portrait to landscape modes and the unit also features two standard USB ports and a microSD card slot.

No word on when (if?) it will be available, or how much the Mangrove would cost…but it sure makes WinMo 6.5 web browsing look nicer (if a bit upside down) doesn’t it? I admit it….I would buy one, just to show it off to people and do my Crocodile Dundee impression.

“Ya call that a smartphone? THIS is a smartphone….”