Honeywell’s Dolphin 70e Black New Rugged Enterprise Hybrid Device
Honeywell’s New Rugged Enterprise Hybrid Device Brings Smart Phone Looks, Ease of Use to Field Professionals, Logistics, Health Care and Retail Workers
- Pocket-Sized Device Scans, Accesses the Internet, Captures Data, and Can Withstand Drops, Dust and Submersion in Water
- Features Include Ruggedized Design, up to 12-Hours Battery Life, Enterprise-Grade Area-Imager for Scanning Barcodes
Consumer smart phones don’t last long in many field-based work environments – not because service contracts are too short, but because the phones aren’t tough enough to withstand drops on concrete, lack adequate battery life or don’t have enterprise scanning capabilities. Today’s mobile workers have a new option: Honeywell’s first-ever rugged Enterprise Hybrid Device , the Dolphin 70e Black.
The rugged smart device was created for traditional auto-identification and data capture customers who want something sleeker and lighter than a typical AIDC industrial device, but need something tougher than a consumer-grade phone. The Dolphin 70e Black is targeted to meet the needs of the growing mobile workforce, which is projected to reach 1.3 billion by 2015.
Datalogic is Now 40 Years Old!
Datalogic is celebrating its 40th birthday. Thanks to Romano Volta’s vision and initiative, this small Auto-ID company that started out in a church rectory on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy, in 1972, is now a colossus with over 2,400 employees in 30 countries, more than 1,000 patents and a partner network that reaches every corner of the world.
This milestone was reached thanks to Datalogic’s constant commitment to delivering world-class, reliable and innovative solutions, which – over the past four decades – has led the company to the status it enjoys today as a global expert in Automatic Identification technology. “The key to our overall success and optimum sales growth year-on-year has first and foremost been our reputation for knowing our customers and understanding their needs,” stated Mauro Sacchetto, Datalogic Group’s CEO.
With a wide range of products from handheld scanners, mobile computers, and fixed readers, Datalogic has devices for any application.
DENSO BHT-900 Handheld Barcode Terminals Now Certified for CAP Retail POS Software
Denso, inventor of the QR Code, announced that it has collaborated with CAP Software to make its  BHT-900 Series handheld barcode terminals compatible with CAP’s SellWise Pro 8 and Cash ‘n Carry Point of Sale retail POS software.
“Our BHT-900 Series handheld barcode terminals offer advanced-technology features at an affordable price,†said Fran Labun, vice president, Sales Groups. “Now CAP Software customers will be able to use BHT-900 terminals with no modifications or additions necessary. It’s a seamless fit.â€
Will Atkinson, president of CAP Software, added, “The Denso BHT-900 terminals are great data-collection devices for our market. They are compact, lightweight, easy to use and affordable, all of which goes along perfectly with the way we design our own POS products.â€
For more information on the BHT-900, contact us at Barcodes Inc.
Just the Ticket – Sand Springs Police Department Increases Productivity and Safety with the Intermec CN50
To serve and protect is just one of the many things the Sand Springs Police Department (SSPD) is tasked with on a daily basis. As the department’s officers report to work each day, citations are just one of the many ways they keep their population of 19,000 safe. But beyond safety, citations are also a way the city generates revenue.
Previously relying on an outdated manual process, officers would complete a hand-written five-carbon copy citation. The violator would get one copy, and the rest would be distributed to various police, court and city personnel for repeated entry into multiple other computer systems. This process caused a lot of redundancy, administrative time and wasted effort, as citations were often lost in the shuffle or dismissed due to illegibility – causing citation revenue to go uncollected.
In short, SSPD looked for a technology solution that would offer increased officer productivity and an improvement in officer safety by getting them off the roadside faster.
The answer? An eCitation solution coupled with the Intermec CN50 rugged handheld mobile computers.
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The New Cipherlab 1861 Handheld UHF RFID Reader
CipherLab has announced their new 1861 handheld RFID reader. The 1861 handheld RFID reader is designed to provide flexibility in data collection considering RFID technology has become a complementary solution to barcode labeling. Unique from typical RFID readers, the CipherLab 1861 handheld RFID reader provides user extended RFID reading and writing capabilities via most Bluetooth mobile devices. In addition, it can further integrate barcode capture and RFID data collection into one robust device by simply snapping your CipherLab 9600 series, CP50 series, or other mobile computers onto its custom mount attached to the CipherLab 1861 handheld RFID reader. In this way, users could enjoy hassle-free one-hand operation via single unit with high work efficiency. Additionally, it gives user the capability to read UHF (Ultra High Frequency) RFID tags in a distance up to 1 m (3 ft.), and write data up to 0.5 m (1.6 ft.) away – this makes it much easier while scanning tags on products as pallets are moved through a dock door or scanning cases on a high shelf in a warehouse.
Intermec Offers Industry’s Most Flexible HTML5 Capable Browser for Select Intermec Rugged Mobile Computers
Intermec announced a new HTML5-capable browser, allowing for the development of OS agnostic web applications that can run on iOS, Android and select Intermec rugged mobile computers, enhancing workflow efficiency and offering increased flexibility to mobile workforces.
Unique to the industry, Intermec’s HTML5 offering includes a true web browser application, based on WebKit, for multiple models of Intermec’s handheld computers for Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded operating systems. Additionally, Intermec’s HTML5-capable browser supports applications designed to run either on-line (connected to a web server), off-line (no connection to a web server) or a combination of the two.
Intermec’s HTML5 browser for Windows Embedded Handheld is not only built on the state-of-the-art Webkit engine, like iOS and Android, but it is offered conveniently preloaded and free of licensing fees or license activation requirements on Intermec CN50, CS40, CN70, CN70e and CK70, and is available for free download for the CK3, CK71 and CV41. HTML5 applications that run on consumer-grade smartphones and tablets can now also be run on these select Intermec rugged mobile computers without changes or rewrites.
The New Unitech PA690MCA – Designed For Healthcare
Unitech has announced the release of their newest mobile computer designed specifically for healthcare applications, the PA690MCA.  Healthcare environments require mobile devices to be rugged, reliable, and easy to operate.  With the latest communication technology, the PA690MCA  provides patient and other critical information right in the palm of your hand so you can give the best possible care to your patients.
While the workload and healthcare quality standards are getting higher, hospitals and other medical environments are desperately in need of the latest techniques to offer the best care possible. When people’s lives are at stake; every mistake is one too many. The PA690 MCA helps healthcare workers do their jobs accurate, quick and responsible; whether its regarding patient care, access control or laundry management. This device offers the next level in healthcare technology; it’s the ultimate Mobile Clinical Assistant: PA690 MCA.
Identifying Compound Interest in Your Field Service Workflow
How to attain best-in-class profitability by optimizing seemingly minor tasks
When asked what he thought the most powerful force in the universe was, Albert Einstein once replied, “Compound interest!†This post will demonstrate how compounding even small improvements in workers’ routines translates into huge profits. A field service workforce can attain best-in-class profitability by seeking out and optimizing seemingly minor tasks throughout a field worker’s day that are repeated over and over again, compounding not only throughout that worker’s day, but across all the workers in the organization. The optimization of those repeated tasks will lead to gains in field worker utilization and first time fix rate, which continue to be the key indicators of how well a service organization is running.
According to a recent Aberdeen report, best-in-class service organizations are achieving 74% field worker utilization as opposed to 60% for average companies and only 48% utilization for the poorest performing companies. In addition, best-in-class companies also lead in first visit fix rates of 90% versus only 71% for average companies.
New 3G Cradle Provides Cellular Connectivity for the CipherLab 8000 Series
CipherLab has delivered a new 3G cradle to the 8000 series mobile computer. Light-weighted in pocket size, the 8000 series mobile computer from CipherLab has been widely used for applications in retail, healthcare, and logistic industries. With versatile data transmission options ranging from batch, Acoustic Coupler, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi to GPRS, the 8000 series empowers users to manage their tasks more efficiently and work smarter. With the good reputation and great popularity, CipherLab now further upgrade the WWAN communication of the 8000 series mobile computer with the new 3G cradle.
Datalogic Memor helps Improve the Service Pipeline at Wildkamp
Wildkamp started selling PVC pipes in the Netherlands 40 years ago. Over the years, the company has become a specialist in the production of pipes, tubes and all related products. Customers can also get support and advice for projects in which the creation of tubes, pipes and pavement play a role. This service requires a high level of knowledge and skill on the part of the company’s employees, especially when one considers that the company houses an assortment of 50,000 articles in the distribution center in Coevorden with an average of 7000 articles in each of the more than 40 branches.
Wildkamp had never used an automated system for controlling stock in the past, but with volumes increasing continuously, it decided it was time to turn to automation.
