Eurotech’s Zypad WL1500 wearable computer won’t allow you to forget you’re wearing a pc

Mar 22nd 2011
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Eurotech’s Zypad series of wearable tablets may all appear to be props from mid-1990s sci-fi movies, but we will’t help but admire them a little bit bit for that very reason — although we wouldn’t be caught dead wearing one. The newest is the “faster” and “lighter” Zypad WL1500, which packs a three.5-inch QVGA display (resisitive, naturally), a Marvell PXA320 processor, a whopping 128MB of flash storage, and a few 3G connectivity as well as WiFi and Bluetooth — let alone Windows CE 6.0 for an OS. While you haven’t figured it out by now, this one isn’t exactly intended for consumer use, but Eurotech continues to be targeting a reasonably broad audience of pro users, including folks in everything from law enforcement to transportation to medical fields. Search for it to be available within the second quarter of this year for a yet to be disclosed price.

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Eurotech Launches the Zypad WL1500 Wearable Computers

Next Generation Cloud-Enabled Zypad Wearable Computer Features Faster Processing and More Communication Options in a Lighter Design

COLUMBIA, Md., March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Eurotech, a number one supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today the launch of the Zypad WL1500 series of wearable computers. Following within the footsteps of the well-liked Zypad WL1000 and Zypad WL1100 products, the brand new Zypad WL1500 delivers an analogous low power and long battery life and now offers faster performance and more functionality. The Zypad WL1500 is an ideal fit for users who need instant access to information while still maintaining mobility, akin to emergency search and rescue, medical, homeland security, law enforcement, logistics, maintenance and transportation professionals.

The Zypad WL1500 series allows the user to keep connectivity through a whole range of communications protocols corresponding to WiFi, Bluetooth and cellular including 3G, CDMA and GPRS. There’s also a user-accessible SIM card slot should the user need instant access to data. Built-in GPS tracking capability with an integrated antenna further enables communications capabilities.

Power conservation techniques allow the Zypad WL1500 to run for an ordinary eight-hour shift. an influence monitor with a fuel gauge lets the user determine if and when a battery charge is needed. At this point, the user could perform a hot swap of the battery without losing critical data or charge the unit through a USB port, ensuring continuity and reliability for various data-critical applications. Additional features include a Micro SD slot, 128 MB of SDRAM Flash memory and a twelve-key keyboard with built-in backlight for simple viewing.

The Zypad comes with a three.5″ TFT display at QVGA resolution with touchscreen and backlight controlled by an ambient light sensor. Also included are an integrated microphone, mono-audio speaker and audio-in capabilities. The Zypad WL1500 supports an optional integrated barcode scanner or the external ring-scanner that’s available on previous models.

“Eurotech’s newest Zypad wearable computer delivers the nice appear and feel of the Zypad family with extensive communications and that i/O capabilities,” says Pete Dombrowski, Director of Engineering at Eurotech Inc. “The cloud-ready Zypad WL1500 might be deployed in M2M applications where hands-free operations, reliable communications and high computing performance are required. With Eurotech’s Zypad WL1500 wearable computer, individual users have instant access to data within the field and companies can simultaneously access that vital information throughout the cloud in real-time.”

The Zypad WL1500 series could be generally available in Q2 of 2011. It comes with Windows CE 6.0 support.

About Eurotech

Eurotech is a listed global company (ETH.MI) that integrates hardware, software, services and expertise to deliver embedded computing platforms and sub-systems to leading OEMs, system integrators and enterprise customers for successful and efficient deployment in their services and products. Drawing on concepts of minimalist computing, Eurotech lowers power draw, minimizes physical size and decreases coding complexity to bring sensors, embedded platforms, sub-systems, ready-to-use devices and high performance computers to market, focusing on healthcare, defense, transportation, industrial and effort segments. By combining domain expertise in wireless connectivity in addition to communications protocols, Eurotech architects integrated solutions that simplify data capture, processing and transfer over unified communications networks. Our customers depend upon us to simplify their access to state-of-art embedded technologies so that it will do something about their core competencies. Learn more about Eurotech at www.eurotech.com.

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