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]

[KGB Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:26PM]

This would make a great fashion statement that you are still a virgin and always will be!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:58PM]

Can it play Crysis?

[NeoJew Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:18PM]

No, just look at the specs.

[Renzyq19 Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:24PM]

Just had a stroke of awesomeness:
Mod it to look like a Pip-Boy 3000.
Hook it up to Fallout 3 on a PC wirelessly.
Add the Pip-Boy interface.
Hook up the accelerometer to pull up the start screen when you look at the watch.
---> Have an actual Pip-Boy on your wrist.
= Fallout 3 FTW

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:45PM]

Haha dude, so geeky. So great.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:44PM]

Jesus, I'd become a soldier of fortune just to use this thing. GPS tagging bitches and hunting them through the concrete jungle, Mercenaries style.

[Oli D Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:49PM]

Me + This = Chicks

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 5:53PM]

"Me + This = Chicks + http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/musical-bra-is-not-as-sexy-as-it-sounds/"

Fixed.

[danijami23 Posted Mar 13th 2009 3:19PM]

Talk about an ARM-based PC....

Badum-TSH

I am so funny.

[hobbes28 Posted Mar 14th 2009 12:00AM]

Ahhh... nothing feels better than milk spewing from the nostrils.

[Kopek Posted Mar 13th 2009 3:27PM]

Just make it look like the pipboy. I guarantee people will buy it.

[johnkzin Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:07PM]

Hm. Android and/or Maemo + the GSM/UMTS module for it ... and maybe a Frogpad keyboard. Yup. Geek love.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:30PM]

128MB of flash storage? Less storage than RAM?

C'mon man, my cellphone has 8GB of flash storage that only cost ME $20 and is smaller than a postage stamp. WTF?

This thing will probably cost John Q. Taxpayer $50,000 (we ARE talking about something marketed to the DoD, so you know it ain't cheap), so what's another $20 for some real storage?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 6:10PM]

It has a microSD slot, something Mr. Flatley failed to notice.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 9:06AM]

Did Leela see this?

[Berserk87 Posted Mar 15th 2009 3:40AM]

they couldn't have just created smartphone wrist straps?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2009 2:48PM]

Yes!! It's my very own Fallout 3 - themed life!!! yippie!

Now where did i put that suit....