Jan 07 2009
icephone The Medical Phone Comes at CES 2009
Posted by: Sierra Monica B. in CES 2009, Gadgets, mobile phones

icephone is more than a cell phone, meaning it comprises several functionalities provided usually by multiple devices, each designed for a specific use.
Icephone is a cell phone, a handheld computer, a gaming handset, a GPS device and a medical aid tool.
How is it possible to gather all of these in a single pocketable unit? –In order to find out all the details you need to visit the Customer Electronics Show 2009 in Las Vegas and meet the medical phone's team.

In this article we’ll tell you about its specifications and uses, but first you need to know that because at first the handset was destined to the British military, the developers decided to create two versions, one for customers and one for the military sector equipped with a complex cross-platform medical software package. That's why it is known also as the medical phone.
For the customers the icephone delivers the performance of a smartphone running on the Windows Mobile operating system, and featuring 3G high-speed connectivity, touchscreen interface, advanced gaming with multiple triggers, and GPS navigation. In addition it offers a foldable full QWERTY keyboard with large keys for standard texting on phone, Wi-Fi module for Internet access in hotspots, Bluetooth short-range wireless transfers, Push To Talk for group calls at a press of a button, as well as the Dual SIM capability that allows you to keep two SIM cards active simultaneously.
For people who enjoy playing games on the go, icephone brings a joystick, multi-directional key, special buttons for game functions, multiple triggers and the landscape screen mode for wider viewing.
When acting as a micro laptop computer, icephone folds out its secondary keyboard, revealing the mouse functionality, touch typing, multi-key strokes support like for Ctrl+Alt+Del, and again the Windows Mobile applications that increase productivity.

The fourth important function is the earlier mentioned medical aid. It is enabled by the ice Aid software that prepares the handset for medical emergencies in order to find for you the right treatments according to your needs.
Among these it offers step by step guidance for first aid, displaying demo images on how to do it by yourself. Next it records you did and creates a report that you can provide to the emergency services.
We are very curious about the price it will be available at.





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