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Motorolla releases new series of handheld computers

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Motorola has released its new MC3100 series of mid-range mobile computers designed for key-based and touch-screen applications, such as price/stock management, inventory control, returns processing, shipping and receiving, baggage tracking and asset management.

The MC3100 series is equipped with the Marvell XScale PXA320 624 MHz processor, the most powerful XScale processor. Additionally, each new computer comes outfitted with an integrated UHF RFID tag that allows customers to track the movement and location of the mobile computers to maintain a real-time inventory of assets.


The MC3100 also incorporates Motorola MAX Sensor, a new Motorola innovation that supports a number of motion-sensing applications: for example, organizations can increase worker accountability by detecting and logging device drops and improve power management by enabling the MC3100 mobile computer to automatically revert to sleep mode when not in use or if the display is face down. [end] 

GlobalPlatform has launched the first in a series of online guides that will explain in simple terms the association’s current projects and technologies.

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Slated to launch this year, the IT-9000E-MC25E is built for a range of operations that require mobile printing, such as mobile point of sale, receipts for public transportation, ticket and traffic violation issuance and field force automation.

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Codebench Inc. and Hirsch Identive announced the integration of Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software with Hirsch Identive’s Velocity Management Software, which aims to provide federal government and commercial customers with a solution for identity validation, authentication and PACS registration using mobile handheld devices.

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Madison County Jail in Alabama implemented a 3D face recognition system to prevent the accidental release of the wrong inmate, according to Homeland Security News Wire.

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