<s>
The	O
Vulcan	B-Device
FlipStart	I-Device
was	O
a	O
super	B-Device
compact	I-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
weighing	O
1.5	O
pounds	O
(	O
with	O
standard	O
high	O
capacity	O
battery	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
a	O
paperback	O
novel	O
(	O
4.5	O
by	O
5.9	O
by	O
1.6inches	O
with	O
high	O
capacity	O
battery	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FlipStart	B-Device
was	O
the	O
release	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
concept	O
PC	O
Paul	O
Allen	O
showed	O
at	O
CES	O
2003	O
and	O
2004	O
,	O
specifically	O
FlipStart	B-Device
V1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OQO	O
had	O
released	O
the	O
Model	O
01	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
the	O
FlipStart	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
4	O
years	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
both	O
equipped	O
with	O
QWERTY	O
keyboards	O
and	O
wireless	O
capabilities	O
but	O
the	O
FlipStart	B-Device
was	O
a	O
clamshell	O
(	O
flipped	O
open	O
)	O
versus	O
the	O
OQO	O
which	O
slid	O
up	O
to	O
reveal	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FlipStart	B-Device
has	O
a	O
folding	O
5.9-inch	O
screen	O
with	O
1024×700	O
resolution	O
,	O
a	O
30GB	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
built-in	O
Wi-Fi	O
,	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
batteries	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
one	O
to	O
three	O
hours	O
on	O
a	O
charge	O
,	O
with	O
extended	O
battery	O
life	O
offering	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CPU	B-Device
is	O
a	O
Pentium	B-Architecture
M	I-Architecture
ULV	O
processor	O
running	O
at	O
1.1GHz	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
non-expandable	O
memory	O
of	O
512MiB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
VGA	B-Protocol
resolution	O
(	O
640	O
x	O
480	O
)	O
camera	O
is	O
built	O
in	O
below	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FlipStart	B-Device
also	O
has	O
built	O
in	O
speakers	O
and	O
a	O
microphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
devices	O
run	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
as	O
such	O
can	O
run	O
standard	O
PC	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expansion	O
is	O
possible	O
via	O
a	O
dock	O
connector	O
which	O
connects	O
to	O
a	O
port	O
replicator	O
,	O
offering	O
two	O
USB	B-Protocol
ports	O
(	O
blocking	O
the	O
single	O
port	O
on	O
the	O
unit	O
)	O
,	O
VGA	B-Protocol
,	O
audio	O
,	O
AC	O
power	O
and	O
Ethernet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FlipStart	B-Device
was	O
launched	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2007	O
at	O
the	O
web	O
page	O
for	O
a	O
price	O
of	O
$1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FlipStart	B-Device
(	O
CE	O
marked	O
version	O
)	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
via	O
distributor	O
Blazepoint	O
on	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
for	O
£1449	O
(	O
excluding	O
VAT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
US	O
the	O
FlipStart	B-Device
primarily	O
shipped	O
with	O
Sierra	O
Sprint	O
Broadband	O
EVDO	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Spring	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
FlipStart	B-Device
sold	O
out	O
and	O
no	O
new	O
units	O
were	O
manufactured	O
.	O
</s>
