Edinburgh's own The Medical Phone is just about set to unleash the mobile for the true argonaut in the iCEphone. The Windows Mobile-powered "Swiss Army knife of mobiles" is dubbed a micro-notebook by its manufacturer, and while we're hesitant to go along with that, we can't deny the utility here. Sporting a Jacob's Ladder-style hinge and a full QWERTY keyboard, the unit features three independent panels, a 3-inch 400 x 240 resolution touchscreen, a mouse / tracker pad, dual SIM card slots, HSDPA support, quad-band GSM connectivity, GPS, a 3.1-megapixel camera, WiFi and a 532MHz Freescale iMX31 CPU. We're told that the phone is just weeks / months away from a release in Thailand, and it should be hitting the UK sometime in the March - April time frame for around $1,000. Bonus video coverage after the break.
I love how the EEE Pc has become a benchmark in pricing for "what you could get". No, seriously I do, I'm not being sarcastic. I'm about to get a 901 but am waiting to see what their "$307" product is first.
Well, by weight its the equivilent of a cinderblock and by deign its similar to a trifold wallet / computer / im not even going to try to call that a phone.
No silly, your medical records are saved by Google, then the doctor enters his username and password (almost certainly "medicineftw"), so no worries about security.
The term mini notebook reminds me of the Nokia Communicator 9500 (I think it was called).
To be quite honest, I would pick the communicator over this anyday if it ran WinMo rather than S90, because of availability of programs for WinMo over S90.
And, after looking my facts up, Communicator ran on S80 and the 7710 internet tablet on S90.. oops... the lack of application problem still holds true though.
"a micro-notebook"? Seriously? Only thing about it that's "micro" is the screen and horrible keyboard.. I bet if it's put together, its thicker than your average laptop..
It's a great idea, especially for the field. I don't care how good of a doctor you are, you can't know about every single treatment option for every disease. These are the things that make differences because of the deaths they prevent. Once someone makes this, well, practical, I think it will definitely sell.
They stole my idea! (I posted an idea, over a year ago, to the InternetTabletTalk forums for a tri-fold phone)
This phone, with Android and/or Maemo, would be ideal for me, I think. Dual SIMs, 3G, Wifi, looks like a great layout (though, replace the Windows oriented bits with Linux oriented bits). I'd buy it.
this is ridiculous.... still in prototype mode i'm sure. You don't even have any sort of functioning prototype a month before it's launch of 200,000 units?! glad i don't live in thailand.
The Smartphone just got a lot Smarter Las Vegas Jan 6th 2009 Official Launch
The iCEphone is part of a suite of highly innovative mobile phone products designed to save and protect life. iCE (in case of emergency) products feature both hardware and software, which can work independently or in combination. Although originally designed to meet the exacting requirements of the US and British military and the emergency services, the utility of the core technology has also generated significant interest from the consumer marketplace and two versions are now planned – a consumer version and a military/emergency services version.
The iCEphone is a stunning new micro-notebook phone. It is the Swiss army knife of handsets: it changes shape quickly and easily to be a touch screen phone, micro note-book, a games player, camera and video call handset. It is very much a productivity device, with large keys, designed as the ultimate in convergence devices. As one senior mobile executive remarked – ‘someone has finally figured out how to put a laptop into a mobile phone’. iCEaid is a mobile application that provides emergency first aid advice, based on internationally recognised protocols. This can be at several levels, from someone with no medical training, through first responders to ambulance crews. If this software is used once in a lifetime, it will be worthwhile having it on your phone. There are also accessories designed for specific markets such as the iCEpic (personal information carrier), a USB device designed to carry medical information in a safe secure manner and iCE e-notes, an e-notebook software application for doctors and other healthcare workers.
The iCE solutions are designed to assist anyone, anywhere in the world affected by a medical emergency, by reducing the time to receive appropriate treatment – the critical factor in emergency medicine. The iCEphone is due for release early in Q2 09 and the Company is seeking distributors and network partners. iCEphone is the brand of The Medical Phone Limited, a new ambitious company set up by a few individuals with significant business, medical, military and mobile phone expertise. They have offices in Edinburgh, London and Bangkok.
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posted Nov 18th 2008 10:28AM
so for the price of 3 ees, you get something that you can't really type on?
I love how the EEE Pc has become a benchmark in pricing for "what you could get". No, seriously I do, I'm not being sarcastic. I'm about to get a 901 but am waiting to see what their "$307" product is first.
Yes, but the EEE doenst have dual trackpads. Brings a whole new meaning to "multitouch".
for 3 eees i could get your mum
sorry...
I have a Touch Pro, and since I bought it I barey use my Eee.
Where's the space bar/ key? Am I the only one having trouble spotting it? I like to putspacesbetweenmywordswhenItypeevenifit'sonmymobile.
It's right there on the third keypad on both sides of the windows key.
I think when you open it up, it should make the Transformers morphing sound.
First!
This thing is pretty ugly...but cool at the same time:/
Umm wtf is that?
The Doctor will be right with you as soon as he finished unfolding his cellphone.
Don't know, but it looks awfully cheap for a $1,000 mobile...
Im not quite sure, but I wouldn't drop it on my feet.
I just threw up a little in my mouth....
I don't know, but it's trying to be an Xbox controller.
I don't know but no one in that video looks like they really give a shit.
Well, by weight its the equivilent of a cinderblock and by deign its similar to a trifold wallet / computer / im not even going to try to call that a phone.
So basicly it can just be reffered to as a wtf.
It stores my medical records? For some reason I don't quite feel safe with that, infact, I don't think any of us should feel safe with that.
No silly, your medical records are saved by Google, then the doctor enters his username and password (almost certainly "medicineftw"), so no worries about security.
"March - April time frame for around $1,000"
APRIL FOOLS!!!!
April fools joke... In November? I think not.
Wish it were a joke though - that thing fell out of an ugly tree, hit every branch on the way down and smacked it's face over the ugly rocks.
Not an April Fool's joke (though the price could be). Just Mr. T marketing with perfect timing in April...Fool!
Wow... looks user friendly! Utterly nerdilicious. o_O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw
Thanks Ayman - hillarious stuff. :)
The term mini notebook reminds me of the Nokia Communicator 9500 (I think it was called).
To be quite honest, I would pick the communicator over this anyday if it ran WinMo rather than S90, because of availability of programs for WinMo over S90.
And, after looking my facts up, Communicator ran on S80 and the 7710 internet tablet on S90.. oops... the lack of application problem still holds true though.
Presenting......
The Babushka Phone.
Finally, a real iPhone Killer emerges. Better sell your Apple stock while there's still time.
This could definitely not be labelled as an iphone killer. It's not marketing the same type of people. I think it'll be a flop. Also, it's bad timing.
"It could save your life one day". Gotta love salesmen...
Irony, rings any bell FireStar?
Apples meet Oranges.
How could you possibly compare the two?
@ Lowest Ranked
They're both fruit.
Actually, they're both phones...
I think the sarcasm of your post managed to escape quite a few people.
This must have sounded really good on paper.
..........where it was held by alien hands from Apple patents.
It's like a Swiss army knife, except the only way to use it is open everything at once!
And it should of stayed on paper.
I'm sure it sounded good on drugs too.
"a micro-notebook"?
Seriously? Only thing about it that's "micro" is the screen and horrible keyboard..
I bet if it's put together, its thicker than your average laptop..
And it's only 2" thick!
looks like some DIY guys raped the hell out of an env
I like the idea.
it needs something.... pew pew pew maybe? no, it's just stupid.
Ummm.. Is there actually a mobile device that costs $1000 and can't save your medical records which probably are just some jpg images and text files?
This is a phone? Even a MacBook Air is thinner!
my eyes!
he said sending data over gps didnt he? that totally looses me
I nominate this for CRAPGADGET!
ditto, but this is about 40x more expensive than the other crapgadget nominees.
when i saw this picture, i just assumed it was another titillating iteration of keepin' it real fake. looks like it could be made in taiwan.
Pulling one of these out in public must be like pushing an ugly baby in a stroller down a busy high street. Except it's triplets.
Pulling these out in public is worse than pulling out a cassette walkman with no auto-reverse in this day and time. ouch!
See, this is what happens when someone with a lot of money gets drunk, and cooks up an idea.
Look at whats on the screen. What doctor (or any medical personnel for that matter) doesn't know how to do CPR?
The last one you'll ever see probably.
Dentist! instead of giving mouth to mouth who would check your cavities
Gimme an F
Gimme a U
Gimme a G
Gimme an L
Gimme a Y.
What's that spell? FUGLY!
hi - is there an email address i could use to send you some info on some pandora/energizer news? thx!
You gotta be fuc*ing kidding me. What the hell was that! A joke?
I'm a diehard Windows Mobile fan, fanboy perhaps, but I won't stand to see the most functional Mobile OS get butt raped!
Look at the lady's face @ 0:25, lol, she's like "what the hell are you talking about, and why the hell are you bothering me." lol
Am I the only one who thinks this is an horribly badly implemented GOOD idea?
It's a great idea, especially for the field. I don't care how good of a doctor you are, you can't know about every single treatment option for every disease. These are the things that make differences because of the deaths they prevent. Once someone makes this, well, practical, I think it will definitely sell.
They stole my idea! (I posted an idea, over a year ago, to the InternetTabletTalk forums for a tri-fold phone)
This phone, with Android and/or Maemo, would be ideal for me, I think. Dual SIMs, 3G, Wifi, looks like a great layout (though, replace the Windows oriented bits with Linux oriented bits). I'd buy it.
you can be one of five or so people who mightactually purchase that. hav fun living in your own little: i have a agargantual trifold phone world
...but no FireWire? Just a lost sale.
this is ridiculous.... still in prototype mode i'm sure. You don't even have any sort of functioning prototype a month before it's launch of 200,000 units?! glad i don't live in thailand.
The Smartphone just got a lot Smarter
Las Vegas Jan 6th 2009 Official Launch
The iCEphone is part of a suite of highly innovative mobile phone products designed to save and protect life. iCE (in case of emergency) products feature both hardware and software, which can work independently or in combination. Although originally designed to meet the exacting requirements of the US and British military and the emergency services, the utility of the core technology has also generated significant interest from the consumer marketplace and two versions are now planned – a consumer version and a military/emergency services version.
The iCEphone is a stunning new micro-notebook phone. It is the Swiss army knife of handsets: it changes shape quickly and easily to be a touch screen phone, micro note-book, a games player, camera and video call handset. It is very much a productivity device, with large keys, designed as the ultimate in convergence devices. As one senior mobile executive remarked – ‘someone has finally figured out how to put a laptop into a mobile phone’. iCEaid is a mobile application that provides emergency first aid advice, based on internationally recognised protocols. This can be at several levels, from someone with no medical training, through first responders to ambulance crews. If this software is used once in a lifetime, it will be worthwhile having it on your phone. There are also accessories designed for specific markets such as the iCEpic (personal information carrier), a USB device designed to carry medical information in a safe secure manner and iCE e-notes, an e-notebook software application for doctors and other healthcare workers.
The iCE solutions are designed to assist anyone, anywhere in the world affected by a medical emergency, by reducing the time to receive appropriate treatment – the critical factor in emergency medicine. The iCEphone is due for release early in Q2 09 and the Company is seeking distributors and network partners. iCEphone is the brand of The Medical Phone Limited, a new ambitious company set up by a few individuals with significant business, medical, military and mobile phone expertise. They have offices in Edinburgh, London and Bangkok.
For further information contact
Graham Gilmour on 07764 575372 or
graham@themedicalphone.com
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SYO5gOzYpwI