Zypad mil-spec wrist PC gets a refresh

Looks like the Parvus wrist computer we last saw almost three years ago has received an upgrade. The Zypad WR1100 is a 3.5-inch color touchscreen device aimed at the defense industries, soldiers of fortune (who, surprisingly enough, make a large part of our readership), futuristic Boy Scouts, and anyone else who needs a Linux device strapped to their wrist. Aside from a high strength / low weight fiberglass-reinforced nylon-magnesium alloy housing designed to take a licking in the field, this wrist-worn bad boy rocks 256MB memory, 128MB flash storage, various connectivity options (including WiFi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee), a GPS, a compass, biometric fingerprint sensor, and an accelerometer that puts the system in standby when the arm is hanging down beside the body. Let us take a moment to ponder the irony of the inevitable Quake mod this device will certainly see at some point in the near future.

[Via CNet]

[technologic Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:32AM]

Pip Boy Version 1.0

[synrg023 Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:37AM]

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw it.

[pekosROB Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:37AM]

I thought the same thing! I can't believe the author did not make a reference to Fallout. Perhaps Mr. Flatley is more into being Lord of the Dance than being a gamer! :-)

[TomTom2010 Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:42AM]

Exactly, it's dying to be modded to a Pip-boy.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:53AM]

I thought Pip Boy as well @_@

[KAL326 Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:50PM]

It can't be a Ver 1.0, its got a color screen. Everybody knows the older models had a green screen, but where more reliable.

[F orrest Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:41PM]

Older models? My Pip-Boy 3000 still has a green screen :|

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:02PM]

@PLUR74

You said it man, took the words out of my finger tips.

Greetzzz

[maveric101 Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:27PM]

i can't wait for the mod.

[superhobo Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:55PM]

Oh Boy!

[TTownEP Posted Mar 13th 2009 7:07PM]

Where is the light? I need to find a couple Stim-Paks.

[proxifuel Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:31AM]

Wow it's just like splinter cell....Lambert....

[OneLove Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:39AM]

Download their porn and attack their base, at the same time!

[barCODE Posted Mar 14th 2009 12:49AM]

It may not play splinter cell, but with a 400MHz processor and 256MB of ram, it can play two instances of doom at once.

[MaxSMoke777 Posted Mar 14th 2009 2:51PM]

Looks more like the PipBoy from Fallout 3.

[Joshua Przygocki Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:31AM]

Wow, how much does that thing weigh!?

[OneLove Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:43AM]

if you have to ask, then you wont be going on any missions. :)

[Sea Urchin Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:32AM]

People likely to buy it use their right wrists for "other" purposes, (wacking off)

[JJjjjjjjjjjj Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:13PM]

Thanks for the clarification there (sarcasm intended).

[IlBaffo Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:38AM]

my htc diamond is smaller, faster and has much more memory

[Raziel66 Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:54PM]

Yeah, I go to the defense industry conventions/conferences all the time and can never get past that. Make me a ruggedized shell and I'll just stick my own components in without be gouged on the price.

Some companies have wrist mounted OLED computers they've been demoing. I'll hold out for those.

[RogueGenius Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:39AM]

This reminds me of 'Glitch' from Reboot.

[AMiSHPiRACY Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:30PM]

"gun, death blossom mode!"

[newreformation Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:40AM]

Looks like you are supposed to put a dolphin in it for transportation.

[Arnold D Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:42AM]

Zypad < Pip-Boy < Cortana!

[Hackettman Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:48AM]

Almost makes me want to join the military...... Or just wait til a nuclear holocaust and Im sure the overseer will give me one......

[Joshua Przygocki Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:07PM]

Yes, but then the overseer will chase your father out of your vault and try to kill you.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:57AM]

Leela?

[zorg Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:25PM]

I may start out thinking Leela, but then I'm thinking I take a medium powerband. And I'm setting it to spank-ray, Zorak!

[barry99705 Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:01PM]

Yea, I'm enough of a gadget geek to want one.

[hulkpanda Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:16PM]

i need one so i can gaff my crappy pip-boy to it and get some IRL VATS in this bitch

[Sanskrit Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:08PM]

I get the feeling that someone at Microsoft is thinking: XBox Portable.

[archa1c Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:09PM]

Too much Fallout

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3011506201_a3e413b8ed.jpg

[hulkpanda Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:18PM]

thats the piece i have, awsome as all balls but its just a watch :(

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:19PM]

Zypad...I salute you.

[NeoJew Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:20PM]

128 MB of flash memory? Like storage? Could they throw a $30 SD card on there and get 16GB?

[KAL326 Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:53PM]

Its the military, adding 16GB of storage would cost something like $1,499 and add a year or two at least to the development cycle.

[NeoJew Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:08PM]

*couldn't

You're right, I forgot that this was the military.
This was probably made for them 20 years ago when these would be amazing specs and we're just hearing about it now :P

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 6:09PM]

I just checked, the thing has a microSD slot according to the manufacturer's specs page.

[BigD145 Posted Mar 13th 2009 7:33PM]

When the mechanism jams the microsd will pop right out. Good call.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:46PM]

"rocks 256MB memory, 128MB flash storage..." Wait, what!? It has more RAM than storage? They couldn't spring the, what, $10 for a 1 gig SSD these days?

[newone Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:55PM]

Ye, my thoughts exactly. 2-4Gigs would make it a lot more usable.

Could be its some legacy hardware limitation.

[MikeofLA Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:23PM]

A micro SD can hold 16gb now... that would of made sense to go with that.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 6:11PM]

I just checked, it has a microSDHC slot (something Mr. Flatley failed to notice - seriously the quality of you guys' reporting is getting worse and worse :( )

[Doh Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:44PM]

Can it control your tv?

[tavisjohn Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:50PM]

OMG Futurama is HERE!!!!!!

[ethana2 Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:54PM]

Sorry, not ugly and unwieldy enough.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:55PM]

I would totally buy one if they changed the name to PIP Boy

[meeit Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:57PM]

I'm really impressed by everyone's ability to restrain themselves. Not the fallout Pip-Boy referances, but that was really unavoidable, but rather the Apple iPhone Individuals haven't started proclaiming how much better the iPhone interface is and how "blah blah blah Steve Jobs Amen"

baffo are you really that dense or am I just missing a joke?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:07PM]

And remember, if they capture you, press the red button on the side. May god be with you.