06-28-2006, 08:00 AM
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Is That A CE-Based PC On Your Wrist???
"The last time we saw this wrist-worn PC it was a mere concept, and a sketchy one at that. With some outlandish claims like 8 hours of battery life, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, SD card expansion and a QVGA 3.5-inch LCD, we just figured we'd let it sit until its creators managed to throw it together for reals. Well, it looks like they managed to do just that, and the new ZYPAD WL 1000 from Parvus has all those capabilities and more. An interesting supplement to the GPS function is a tilt sensor to recognize if the user is moving, providing an extra Big Brother factor for employers. The unit can run Windows CE 5.0 or a Linux OS based on Kernel 2.6 with its 400MHz processor, and there's also a USB port, backlit keys and an audio jack to flesh out the feature set."
A wrist-worn device, such as this one, may not be exactly what we want in a Pocket PC, but this CE-Based device may fit the bill in some conditions. As is noted, this device - the Zypad, was shown to military buyers in the hopes that soliders on the battlefield would have need for a PC strapped to their wrist. Whatever you think of the usability of these sorts of devices, they do look cool!
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06-28-2006, 08:07 AM
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that is soooo coool :rock on dude!:
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06-28-2006, 08:47 AM
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As is noted, this device - the Zypad, was shown to military buyers in the hopes that soliders on the battlefield would have need for a PC strapped to their wrist.
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That would be weird. A solider on the battlefield with a PDA. I wonder if they would use Pocket Informant or similar to remind themselves of up and coming battles. What would be on their agenda? Do you think they'd have time to assign catogory icons and colours during battle?! :mrgreen:
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06-28-2006, 11:43 AM
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"they do look cool!" - you think so?!
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06-28-2006, 12:00 PM
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NOOO. It does NOT look cool 8O . I can't imagine how stupid I would look and feel walking anywhere in public with that thing strapped to my wrist. You would have to have some long flowing thing with big sleeves to cover it up... kinda like a Jedi cloak... hey, now there's a thought  ukeface2:
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06-28-2006, 01:31 PM
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Re: Is That A CE-Based PC On Your Wrist???
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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
they do look cool!
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You're kidding, right? I can't imagine cool popping into peoples minds when they see someone wearing one of these...outside a Star Trek convention anyway. Given the screen size and the OS, how different is this from gluing a wrist strap to a PDA-N?
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06-28-2006, 02:26 PM
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There are many adjectives one could use to describe this. Cool isn't one of them :lol:
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06-28-2006, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by dringo
That would be weird. A solider on the battlefield with a PDA.
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Actually, the military has been working hard and long to keep their people in the field connected. Eye-level viewfinders that show maps of enemy and friendly personnel, objective locations and tactical commands are not that far away.
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06-28-2006, 06:56 PM
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Maybe this would be cool for soldiers... typical situation... soldiers out on the battlefield, wearing his cool pda on this wrist, always connected, and he gets a PIM from his wife "hi john, are u busy" soldier Responsed "well a little,a couple of gernades hitting us and heavy fire, how is everyone?" then the soldiers gets another PIM from bill, " hey john, how are thing?" soldier says"not bad, couldn't be worse, where u at bill?" bill says " ohhh, i'm at ur place, nancy wanted a recipe for my famous chinese dish "kokineras" lol
Guess it not a great device afterall.
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06-28-2006, 07:07 PM
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Seems strange to me the controls are located on the top. So one would have to cover the screen with one arm to navigate around the screen.
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