Wayne pinged the Gear Diary Team with a special find on AVING USA this morning. It’s a blocky little beast, but the HDPC (Hybrid Dual Portable Computer) is slated for the Korea market, and it will be running dual OSs - supposedly Windows XP / Windows CE 5.0 or Linux Qplus.

Wayne said, “Unless the currency converter I found online is off — the price of 400,000 to 500,000 KRW converts to about $350 to $ 450, but I have no idea how much overhead import adds. This thing has 4GB of RAM….weird design but still…..looks like a T-Mo sidekick for adults….damn near the same US price (est).”

Hmmm, we’ve been down the dual OS road before, haven’t we? But I’m always up for a look…

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — MIU(www.miubit.com) introduced its new wireless IP-based hybrid portable device dubbed ‘HDPC (Hybrid Dual Portable Computer)’ in Korea market, which is equipped with dual OS(Windows XP/Windows CE 5.0 or Linux Qplus).

Adopting a keyboard of general PC and a 4-inch display with 800×480 resolution, the HDPC supports dual-mode function and wireless internet function. It is the concept that user can make a choice of any type of soft/hard ware according to users’ needs.

As the name ‘HDPC’ signifies, user can converge the stand-alone technologies of existing portable devices such as car PC, navigation, mobile phone, PMP, mp3, UMPC, electronic dictionary, internet phone, PSP, digital camera, voice recorder, mobile IPTV into HDPC.

The HDPC is expected to be available in July 2008, and the price would be between 400,000(KRW) and 500,000(KRW).

Lots more photos and a bit more information about the HDPC can be found here, and a video can be seen here. Obviously no word yet on whether or not we can expect to see it over here, but I would love to play with one.