Symbol Launches New Pocket PC Design

Symbol Launches New Pocket PC Design
Symbol Technologies, Inc. has introduced the first in a new family of what they call durable enterprise digital assistant (EDA) products specifically designed for business essential applications within the enterprise environment. Targeting the growing mobile enterprise market, the new Symbol MC50 was created for mobile workers within organizations that are seeking to capture, move and manage information at the point of business activity in order to increase productivity and efficiency, while improving customer responsiveness and satisfaction.

The Symbol MC50 incorporates Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b wireless LAN) networking. The MC50, which features industry-standard- based and Symbol wireless security capabilities, also includes integrated voice capability with an optimized-for-voic e electrical and mechanical design. With the MC50, voice over IP (VoIP) solutions can be deployed enabling in-building and on-campus communications for real-time responses and improved customer satisfaction. It comes with a transflective color TFT-LCD, 65K colors, 240x320 pixels (QVGA size), SDIO slot for SD or MMC cards. It's based on an Intel XScale CPU @ 520MHz, with 64MB SDRAM and 64MB ROM.

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