A Windows 8 Smartphone Could Be Coming Next Year

In Technology Group has seemingly dedicated itself to merging the Windows PC experience with the smartphone. They started with phones running Windows XP, and by earlier this year, ITG's XPPhone was available with Windows 7. Now a Chinese company says that a far slimmer, lighter, and energy efficient XPPhone 2 will be released and it will run both Windows 7 and the PC version of Windows 8 (once it's released).

Though it seems doubtful that many consumers will find a need for so much Windows in their pocket, ITG has made sure to pack the XPPhone 2 with the meaty hardware to pull it off. This beast will boast a 1.6GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. ITG's Web site also mentions the possibility of an insane 2GHz model. There's also plenty of storage space to house Microsoft's notoriously bulky OSes, with 112GB on board.