Intermec hand-held approved for AT&T Wireless Next Generation Network, integrates GPS and QuickBooks
Intermec Technologies Corp., Everett, Wash. has announced that its 700 and 700 Color Series of mobile computers have been approved for operation on the AT&T Wireless’ GSM/GPRS network. The company also announced the addition of LinksPoint’s GlobalPoint GPSTM 12-channel Global Positioning System receiver for the 700 Series mobile computer.
The computers support Global Packet Ready Service (GPRS) wireless data technology and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), world standards for digital wireless transmissions. They allow users to transmit and receive data messages wherever AT&T Wireless’ GSM/GPRS service is available.
Designed to withstand daily use in harsh environments, the 700 Series provides AT&T Wireless subscribers with the option to buy a rugged mobile computing platform powered by the Microsoft Windows Pocket PC operating system. The devices feature a range of communications options, including GPRS, and the durability to handle the challenges of real-time daily work, whether on the road, in the field or on the factory floor.
The GlobalPoint GPS receiver from LinksPoint, Norwalk, Conn., attaches to the bottom of the 700 Series and provides GPS location data to software running on the device. GlobalPoint GPS receivers allow existing hand-held computers to be used for location-oriented applications including field data collection, vehicle, personnel and asset tracking, navigation, field service management, proof of delivery and numerous other applications.
“The Intermec 700 Series mobile computers offer a powerful level of performance and reliability,” says Scott Potter, LinksPoint’s CTO. “LinksPoint’s new GlobalPoint GPS receiver for the Intermec 700 lives up to these high standards, delivering highly accurate GPS location data, ruggedness and low power consumption in the field for a wide range of mobile applications.”
In addition to advanced GPS technology integration, Intermec’s 700 Color Series integrates up to three radio communication options in a single device, including an 802.11b radio, a GPRS or CDMA wide area network radio, plus a Bluetooth radio.
In related news, Intermec and Aereon Solutions have announced the availability of Aereon’s FieldMaster Pro product for Intermec 700 Series mobile computers.
FieldMaster Pro is an Internet-based service dispatch and management system designed to integrate with all versions of QuickBooks 2003. FieldMaster Pro automates tasks such as work order dispatch, job status notification, work order submission, job cost reporting, inventory and invoicing. It helps field service companies reduce or eliminate both paperwork and the costs and labor associated with manually processing data. Service technicians now can access job data any time, anywhere, freeing up time and resources that can help them spend more time in the field with customers.
“Aereon and Intermec are able to bring small and mid-sized service companies that have relied on QuickBooks the ability to better manage their service operations. They now will be able to increase revenue and cut costs by automating the manual paper-based processes currently required to run it,” says Jason Bleistein of Aereon Solutions. “Technicians can resolve service calls much more effectively, and office staff efficiency is drastically improved by removing the paperwork factor.”
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