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Don't worry if Dubai-based smartphone maker i-mate had slipped your mind. The business [unceremoniously collapsed](http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/r-i-p-i-mate-we-barely-knew-ye/) back in 2009 after allegedly suffering a "[major fraud](http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/i-mate-ceo-says-company-isnt-dead-yet-just-dealing-with-major/)" that led it to [fire all of its employees](http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/i-mates-us-outpost-implodes-most-laid-off/). 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](http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/24/ubuntu-for-android-hands-on/) 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 ](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/07/motorola-phases-out-webtop-points-to-a-lapdock-shy-world/)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 _Seattle Times _that he'd be showing off the device here at [MWC](http://www.engadget.com/event/mwc2013/articles/). We can't find it on the exhibitor list, but we're about to go hunting...
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/)
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**Via:** [WPCentral](http://www.wpcentral.com/windows-8-phone-no-its-not-typo), [Ubergizmo](http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/02/i-mate-has-plans-for-a-windows-8-phone-product/)
**Source:** [The Seattle Times](http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2013/02/25/new-windows-8-pc-phone-revealed-plus-tablet-and-desktop/)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/26/i-mate-intelegent/
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