So it turns out that the huge HTC Magnum actually is, of course, a prank cooked up by the guys at Pocketpt in Portugal as a Carnival stunt. Built from an HTC X7500 and a boring old HP monitor, it seems it got a lot more attention on the intertubes than originally intended. [Pocketlint]
Giant HTC is Just a Joke, Just Like We Thought
7:47 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Kit Eaton
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...... why would it even be real?
Good thing you guys told us it was a joke. They had some of us going for a while! *snicker*
omg i already ordered it... does that mean i've been ripped off?!?! darn ebay to hell...
did anyone really think that would be real?
that's like saying those HUGE iPhone's in Apple stores are real
I win! (look at yesterday's comment. I was going to say an HP LCD..but went with Dell)
@dysh: yea, who believeb the story in the first place...Gizmodo writers, if you answered yes we got some serious issues to work through. Maybe you should step away from the computer and go outside...just for a bit
Istillwantthat.
You wouldnt like me when I'm angry.............or when Im armed with an oversized fake pocket PC.
Ha! Got it.... this guy is playing Dennis Waterman in the TV show Little Portugal!
/repost (why?)
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