The Medical Phone has announced the launch of a new smartphone in the UK, dubbed iCEphone.
Originally created for the British military, the handset can be helpful for both the consumer and medical markets.
What makes the iCEphone a unique handset is the design – it unfolds to three panels, wherein the first panel is the screen, second one is a full QWERTY typing pad and the third is a game pad with multiple triggers.
Touted to be ‘the Swiss Army Knife of Handsets’, the smartphone has an ice-button below the typing pad that notifies emergency services. It enables users to access the satnav GPS and even obtain complete digital medical records along with identification and other data.
If you are wondering what ‘ice’ means, the answer is “in-case of emergency” protocol.
Powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional, the iCEphone also features 3-inch touchscreen, 3.1 megapixel, dual SIM support, 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM, media player, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, Push To Talk, USB v2.0 and 3G connectivity.
Meeting military standards, the iCEphone is housed in a robust casing that promises to resist drops of up to 1.2 meters, water and snow.
The iCEphone is expected to hit the market in the second quarter of 2009 for a suggested price of $1,000 (approx. Rs. 49,220).
