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New YOPY Cousin To Use Head-Mounted Display

Posted by timothy on from the when-when-when- dept.

Dan Mønster writes: "G.mate, the company behind the Linux based YOPY PDA, have given details on a new PDA -- this one with a head mounted display, but otherwise similar to the YOPY. The site also has a lot of new pictures of the YOPY." Check out the neat swoopy camera module, too. Question is, can they make the Yopy similar or lower in price than the similarly-spec'd iPAQ? And when can we get our hands on one?

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  1. Stylish wearables.. by xtal · · Score: 3

    Why can't Oakley make a decent "cool" wearable set that hides the wires or is wireless, light, and provides basic text or vector graphics? That would be pretty sweet. The problem will all those wearables is you look like a goddamn freak with them on, unless you're a doctor in a hospital or something. If oakley or another sunglass manufacturer could get in the game, you'd have something that was a hell of a lot more trendy.

    This also begs the question, is there any kind of standard protocols for head mounted displays? I don't imagine so, but it would be nifty if something could be established to provide a wireless link to the device you're using for a data source (be it a palmpilot, wearable, or even a cell phone). For the first generation of true wearables, I'd be happy just to see a good-looking, extrememly light product that did extremely crisp text display and maybe primitive vector graphics. I could use something like that for all sorts of memos and related information, not to mention it would make a great display for driving - speed, et al - and racing, too.

    Too much emphasis on fancy right now.. take a lesson from the Palm; Start simple, and do it well.

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  2. Wearable PCs by buttfucker2000 · · Score: 4

    If you're interested in wearable computing, there is a very detailed FAQ here - it even tells you how to turn your Palm Pilot into a wearable PC.

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  3. yoppy you by photozz · · Score: 4

    this one with a head mounted display

    Great, one more reason to run randomly around the house slamming into walls.

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  4. Cool, but not something you'll see me wearing by Flavio · · Score: 3

    For someone who's had a Palm Pilot (the original 512 kb one) and has played with some future generations of these PDA's and dislikes them, I can safely say I'll not be using one in the near future, even if it has a head mounted display.

    Sure, the new displays makes it closer to the ultimate geek device and I would like to play with it in a non-public place if it had a decent resolution and decent processing capabilities, but nothing beats a laptop.

    If I need decent processing capabilities, I can wait and get to a desktop. If I'm on a plane or on the road and don't want to waste time, I can certainly carry something as heavy and big as a laptop. If I'm bound to stay up all day and can't handle something as big as a notebook computer, I use paper.

    Am I that different from the rest of the world?

    I don't think I'm alone when I say these small machines are unpractical, even though most people claim that's exactly what they aren't.

    How sure are you guys that you haven't just followed marketing schemes all along?

    I agree that the technology behind these things is very nice indeed and that these are very well built machines, but do you truly need them?

    Flavio