WWPC gets real with ZYPAD WL 1000

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. Parvus just showed this off to some military types in DC, but the product is still listed as "coming soon," so there's no word on when this will be out or how much it will cost.

[Via AVING]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2008 11:02PM]

I would definately like to own one of these things. I carried my old laptop everywhere (a 10lbs modified Dell Inspiron 8200 that I dubbed frankenstein) and I will probably carry my new laptop (HP DV2000SE weighing in at 5lbs) everywhere but this can probably work a lot better and you wouldn't have to worry about dropping the thing because it is attached to you and not to mention you wouldn't have to boot it up every time a class began it pretty much is a practical solution for not having what I call "Data withdrawal when you are going out to school or any other function that requires you to leave your personal terminal at home I happen to have a lot of extras such as Printers, External harddrives, other networked computers, attached televisions for presentations, external drives (ancient drives such as floppy drives, zip drives, external cd drives, just to name a few so I can only take the basic components of a very large network of machine whereever I go.

[Radar Posted Jun 26th 2006 11:13AM]

This looks like a prototype of Leela's wristband from Futurama....

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 11:20AM]

Good news, everybody!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 11:42AM]

For it looks more like the devives used in the last episodes from Galatica when the found earth :)

[Geirskogul Posted Jun 26th 2006 11:46AM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 12:03PM]

Man this gives me bad memories of working at UPS! It looks exactly like the old wrist worn scanners!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 12:10PM]

So... When are they going to make a left-handed version, I wonder? More to the point, how much extra is it going to cost? As a leftie, I'm feeling rather discriminated against, here...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 12:42PM]

I would totally wear one of these.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 12:54PM]

Wouldn't it just be easier to put a strap on an OQO and put it on your wrist? Not only would it look much cooler than this ugly thing, it would have more capability with XP. I actually am waiting for someone to develop and sell the one the predator used sans self-destruct option.

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Jun 26th 2006 1:17PM]

Regardless, you'll look like a tool wearing it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 1:39PM]

hmm....why this? they should just make a cheaper version of the samsung or sony pc tablets. just a thought..

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 1:41PM]

Nah, keep the self-destruct option, you never know :P

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 2:23PM]

It doesn't even look THAT bad, you know. I mean of course its a nerdy thing, but it's still not that bad. As long as its not uber-expensive, i'd love to have it.

[Blackfeather Posted Jun 26th 2006 2:43PM]

@T-D

I fail to see what makes this right-handed... it seems like it will look equally stupid on either arm.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 3:50PM]

Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, let this thing have a laser pointer built in so I can finally live out my Space Ghost fantasies.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 4:47PM]

I'd hate to see this one overheat! :)

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 5:22PM]

I too would wear one in a minute. ultra geek right there. but, i too am left; i think that the little hook that you see would interfere with my wrist bending up.

i am afraid these things are going to cost a lot closer to $2,000 than to $200. how hard would it be for someone to do this for the rest of us non-military types?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2006 6:24PM]

Windows CE 5.0?! This ain't no PC, it's a big PDA with a wrist strap!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2006 7:26AM]

Hmmh... So you cant get a normal PDA and strap it into your arm?

Specs like "8 hours of battery life, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, SD card expansion and a QVGA 3.5-inch LCD with 400mhz" are totally the specs of a normal modern PDA.