Symbol releases new rugged mobile computer
Symbol Technologies Inc. has unveiled its latest rugged mobile computer and bar code scanner. The MC9000-G is designed for inventory management, price checking, shipping/receiving, warehouse management and baggage reconciliation.
The unit will be available with both Windows CE or Windows Mobile (Pocket PC 2003) operating systems, and is based on the XScale embedded processor. It can survive multiple six-foot drops and thousands of three-foot drops, and is rated IP64.
The MC9000-G is available with both color and monochrome displays, as well as laser and image-based scanner options and several different keypads.
The Pico imager option provides 2D bar code reading and image capture. The Lorax laser scanner option can scan from 4 inches on a 7.5-mil code up to 40 feet on a 100-mil reflective code.
Symbol displayed the device with a prototype RFID reader at the Frontline Solutions International Supply Chain Week conference in September.
It has peer-to-peer walkie talkie functionality, as well as optional voice over IP, and Bluetooth wireless data connectivity.
According to John Gibson, Symbol’s director of product marketing, the new terminal will co-exist with its popular PDT6800 line. Symbol is developing an end-of-life plan for its 7200 and Telxon 960SL devices.
Symbol will simultaneously launch a line of peripherals and software for the new device, a departure from their typically staggered product launches in the past. “This is a big departure from how we’ve handled product development and launch in the past,” says Gibson. “Everything’s going to be available on day one.”
The MC9000-G will be available in November.
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