i-mate talks up the Intelegent, a 4.7-inch slab of vaporware

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="imate talks up the Intelegent, a 47inch slab of vaporware" data-src-height="381" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/i-mate1.jpg" /></div>Don't worry if Dubai-based smartphone maker i-mate had slipped your mind. The business unceremoniously collapsed back in 2009 after allegedly suffering a "major fraud" that led it to fire all of its employees. Fortunately, CEO Jim Morrison is back with a new mobile device that, he claims, runs full-fat Windows 8 in the same way that Ubuntu for Android will behave. The i-mate Intelegent is a 4.7-inch handset running the desktop OS on a Clover Trail CPU with 2GB RAM and 64GB storage. The secret, however, is that the $750 handset will slot into a Webtop-esque desktop dock to become your work machine when you get into the office. Morrison has said that there's a factory in California ready to produce 10,000 units a week, and told the <em>Seattle Times </em>that he'd be showing off the device here at MWC. We can't find it on the exhibitor list, but we're about to go hunting...<br /> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="imate talks up the Intelegent, a 47inch slab of vaporware" data-src-height="391" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/i-mate2.jpg" /></div></div></div>

i-mate talks up the Intelegent, a 4.7-inch slab of vaporware

Don't worry if Dubai-based smartphone maker i-mate had slipped your mind. The business unceremoniou...

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