A Korean company has announced a unique mobile device melding an x86-based nano-PC with an ARM-based mobile phone. Miu’s HDPC can run Linux, Windows CE, or Windows XP on its 500MHz Via C7-M processor, while a 200MHz ARM9-based system-on-chip runs an unspecified mobile phone OS.

Miu appears to be an ODM — a company that designs products for other companies to market. As such, the HDPC (”hybrid dual portable computer”) seems to be a proof-of-concept design available to OEMs for rebranding and manufacture, likely with operating system customizations.

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