What is the "Rhino"? On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, --friar wrote: :Stephen Glaser announced: :>You are receiving this e-mail because you had expressed an interest in IIS :>products. I wanted to offer you a first look at one of our new products. :>To date this information and product has only been offered to our corporate :>and development partners, we have not even put it on our website at :>this time. In January IIS will announce the limited availability of its new :>VGA viewers- Second Sight. :> :>Second Sight is a CompactFlash peripheral for the Compaq iPAQ and other :>Pocket PC devices. It will allow for full VGA viewing of e-mail :>attachments, graphics files and web pages. I have attached a brochure for :>your review. Second Sight will be offered in two form factors- The "Rhino" :>and a hands free wearable display, which can also be used with a laptop for :>confidential viewing. :> :>The device will also include an easy to use software development kit (SDK), :>for customizing applications to run in high resolution mode. :>If you have mobility applications that demand higher resolution then you can :>get from a PDA, this is the device for you. :> :>We are taking pre-orders now for the first production run units to be :>shipped in January and full production units that will be available later :>in February. Please respond to this e-mail or call 1-800-436-7838 for :>pricing and delivery information and get on the list today! :> :>Sincerely, :> :>Stephen Glaser :>VP of Sales & Marketing :>Interactive Imaging Systems, Inc. :>585-273-8293 :>: :[attached marketing pdf removed to save bandwidth] : :Further info from a follow-up message: :>We have sold out of all of the first run units and are taking orders for :>the second run, mid-end of February, if anyone is interested in getting :>on the list the prices are $399 for the Rhino and $999 for the hands free. : :This system is based on the MicroOptical Color 640x480 display, and I've :just spoken with Stephen about developing Linux device drivers for it. :I'll be getting some development info next week. Tell them I sent you. :) : :Woo! : :--friar : :-- :Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of :"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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