InNovaSound System combines a compact, USB-compatible scanning probe with the super compact FlipStart® PC to provide a truly portable ultrasound device for the healthcare industry.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 27, 2007 -- Direct Medical Systems LLC has announced that it has teamed with FlipStart Labs to deliver the world's smallest ultrasound system. The InNovaSound System combines a compact, USB-compatible scanning probe with the super compact FlipStart® PC to provide a truly portable ultrasound device that is uniquely suited for health care services such as emergency first responders and general practice physicians. The U.S. market for diagnostic imaging systems is thought to be equal to the total market for the rest of the world - approximately $16 billion in 2005.

The InNovaSound System represents major progress and potential to improve the quality of physician examinations, which has been virtually unchanged for 200 years. The InNovaSound System can provide truly portable ultrasound to the patients' bedside. InNovaSound can also be used to obtain more information before ordering other diagnostic tests, thus reducing the number of unnecessary tests that results in decreased anxiety and better outcomes for patients, as well as increased workflow efficiency and system utilization in imaging departments.

"We are very pleased to have the FlipStart PC as part of the InNovaSound System. The FlipStart PC is an extremely high quality and durable device, better than any mini PC available today." said Mark Falkowski, president and chief executive officer of Direct Medical Systems. "FlipStart's portability and connectivity are especially suited for medical professionals who need high quality, low cost diagnostic imaging products that travel with them."

Seattle, WA - FlipStart Labs announced recently that it has chosen Dynamism as the first authorized reseller of its new FlipStart super compact PC. Dynamism is the leading web-based reseller of exclusive ultra-mobile consumer electronics.

"Dynamism was selected because it offers exclusive notebooks and gadgets coupled with a superior reputation for individual customer service," said Robin Budd, senior director of FlipStart Labs. "Since FlipStart is designed for the discerning, highly mobile professional, we feel that Dynamism is an excellent fit."

"We focus on offering our customers the most compelling mobile PC products in the world. The highly-anticipated FlipStart is the type of revolutionary product that Dynamism clients expect," says Dynamism CEO Douglas Krone. "We are very excited to be named the first authorized reseller of FlipStart." (source:itreselleronline.com) read more

Affordable UMPC range is planned

Rosemary Haworth

Medion has joined Sony, Samsung, Asus, HTC and OQO by announcing the UK launch of a UMPC (ultramobile PC). Demonstrating the company's UMPC RIM 1000, Medion representative Rick Munday confirmed the specifications of what the firm hopes will be seen as "one of the first UMPCs that's going to be affordable". It will be marketed at "commuters and workers who want entertainment on the move", he said.

Although the UMPC RIM 1000 will cost £799 - remarkably similarly priced to Samsung's £800 updated version of its Q1 device as well as those announced by Asus and HTC - Munday hinted that pricing for the Medion device was subject to review and that a price cut later in the year was likely.

Medion's UMPC will sport 768MB of DDR2 RAM, a 30GB hard drive and a 6.5in touchscreen display. This slides up to reveal a full qwerty keyboard with which the user can navigate their Windows Vista Home Premium desktop, access the web via 802.11g Wi-Fi and conduct video chats using the VGA webcam built into the device's upper surface. Two USB 2.0 ports and Bluetooth are included, as is a stylus for those who prefer to input data this way. (source:pcadvisor.co.uk)read more

Seattle (WA) – More than two years after the launch of what was perceived as its main competitor, Flipstart today launched its first ultra-compact PC. Compared to the OQO model 02, the Flipstart is slightly larger, comes with a complete feature set and offers some innovative approaches for data input, but has less horsepower and a high price.

Ultra compact PCs such as the OQO are intriguing computing devices that spark emotions but so far have failed to attract the interest of the mass market. The recently released OQO model 02 is going a more stylish route than its predecessor and is available for less money in base versions. The Flipstart PC, in some way, appears to be OQO model 01 all over again: A package of nice features that costs more than two decent notebook PCs (or two UMPCs.)(source:tgdaily.com)read more

The FlipStart is sized somewhere between a smart phone and an ultraportable laptop, weighs a bit more than 1.5 lb. with battery, and comes with your choice of Windows XP or Vista (our test device used Windows XP). It sports 512KB of RAM and a 1.1-Ghz Pentium M processor.

In other words, Vulcan Portals, the company started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has stuffed a lot of power into this little clamshell device. So much power in such a tiny package is intrinsically cool, and some innovative and highly useful features make it even cooler. (source:computerworld.com) read more

 OQO Introduces First Ultra Mobile PC with Integrated Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess High Speed Data Service Capability

 Award-Winning model 02 Now Available with Embedded Verizon Wireless EV-DO
                              WWAN Capability
 

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- OQO Inc., mobile computing
innovator and creator of the groundbreaking model 02 computer, today
announced that OQO is now offering the model 02 computer with integrated
EV-DO Wireless WAN capability compatible with the Verizon Wireless
BroadbandAccess service. Recently unveiled at CES 2007, where it received
numerous industry awards and accolades, the OQO model 02 is the world's
smallest fully-functional PC.
    Customers in the United States will now be able to access email, the
Internet, and business and personal applications utilizing Verizon
Wireless' EV-DO BroadbandAccess service powered by the nation's most
reliable high-speed wireless broadband network. Verizon Wireless
BroadbandAccess service provides average download speeds of 400-700
kilobits per second, and is currently available coast to coast covering
more than 200 million people in over 242 major metropolitan areas.
    "Today's announcement demonstrates how Verizon Wireless and OQO are
together pushing the frontier of mobile productivity," said Cindy
Patterson, Verizon Wireless vice president enterprise data sales. "The high
speed and broad coverage of Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network and
BroadbandAccess service, combined with the convenient form factor of the
OQO model 02, means that users will be more connected, more efficient, and
more effective than ever before."

T-Mobile has confirmed it will ship HTC's Athena UMPC-like PDA phone in the UK and Germany as the Ameo. Meanwhile, HTC is working on a version with a 7in display, it has been claimed.

Ameo/Athena has a 5in touch-sensitive display, T-Mobile said. The device also has an 8GB hard drive, HSDPA 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a three megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, and and 624MHz XScale processor. Unlike true UMPCs, Ameo runs Windows Mobile rather than Windows XP.

Both T-Mobile Germany and T-Mobile UK announced yesterday they would offer the device, but only the German wing was willing to put a price on it: €500 when you take out a two-year airtime contract. The Ameo will ship in Germany in March, T-Mobile said, almost certainly following a launch at the CeBIT show in Hannover.(source:reghardware.co.uk) read more