Manufacturer Description
The Cybiko is a wireless inter-tainment system that allows users to chat and email, find friends, download games, or even make use of their own personal planner. The Cybiko has a high-frequency, digital transmitter that allow users to email or chat offline at ranges from 150 feet indoors to 300 feet outdoors. Users can also download games to play from the manufacturer's website. Cybiko users can find their friends by entering in selective search criteria. The Cybiko will then "scan" the nearby area and vibrate when it has found matching users. The Cybiko also acts as a personal planner with features such as a to-do manager, alarm clock, calculator and numerous other applications that can be downloaded from the manufacturer's website.
System Requirements for Use with Computer:
IBM-compatible Pentium 90 PC or higher
Microsoft Windows 98/NT 4.0 (SP5)
32MB RAM
Mouse
Microsoft Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later
One available RS232 port
20MB of available hard disk space
Dial-Up or LAN Internet connection available
Cybiko Hardware Specifications:
Main Processor: 32 bit, 11 MHz Hitachi H8S/2246
Coprocessor: Atmel AT90S2313, 4 MHz
RAM: 256 KB
Flash disk: 512 KB, extendible up to 8 MB
LCD display: 160x100 dots, 59x40 mm, 4 level grayscale
RF transceiver: RF2915
Expansion cartridge slot: 68-pin
PC connection socket: RS232 serial port
Size: 5.7" x 2.8" x 0.86"
Weight: 4.3 oz
Time Digital, March 2000
"...Cybiko automatically connects wirelessly...offering their owners irresistible opportunities to gossip, flirt and even play games, head to head, at the speed of light."