January 2019

Not all rugged mobile computers are carried around on the job. Many are mounted on job sites, inside vehicles, on shop floors and in many other ways and settings. That's where Havis docking and mounting solutions come in. A recent entry in the excellent Havis blog highlighted the company's new docking solution for the Getac K120 12.5-inch rugged tablet. These docking stations offer computer charging, security and connection to peripherals for enterprise, medical and in-vehicle workplaces. [See Havis blog on Getac K120 docking solutions]

New: Datalogic Memor 10 enterprise smartphone/PDA
Consumer smartphones are designed to be as slender and glitzy as possible, which makes them fragile and unsuitable for serious enterprise use. Datalogic's new Memor 10, on the other hand, combines the technology and ease of use of a modern smartphone with the durability and functionality of a rugged handheld computer. And it has wireless charging, an available pistol-grip, and industrial-grade scanning. [See description, analysis and specs of the Datalogic Memor 10] -- Posted Monday, January 28, 2019

Added: DT Research DT372AP high-performance 7-inch GNSS tablet
DT Research also released a faster, tougher 7-inch tablet with a long-lasting big battery and five programmable hardware function buttons. The DT372AP comes in a separate DT372AP-TR GNSS tablet version as well, that one with a built-in survey-grade RTK GNSS module with optional foldable antenna. [See description, analysis and specs of the DT Research DT372AP] -- Posted Friday, January 25, 2019

Full review: MobileDemand's rugged case for the 9.7-inch iPad
iPads remain hugely popular. Lots of people would use them on the job, if they just weren't so fragile and easily broken. MobileDemand offers a compelling solution with their Rugged Case for iPad 9.7, one that completely protects the iPad (it survived 26 10-foot drops in their testing!!), offers numerous handle and mounting options, yet still provides add-on capability for PCI-compliant point-of-sale magstrip readers and PIN pads. [See full review of the MobileDemand Rugged Case for iPad 9.7-inch] -- Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Police Scotland to deploy Motorola Solutions Pronto, a leading digital policing application developed in Scotland
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) has been awarded a three year contract to roll-out its Pronto digital policing application software to 10,000 officers across Scotland. The contract is part of a broader deal between Police Scotland and EE, part of BT Group, to deliver its National Mobile Working Solution. [See Motorola Solutions media release] -- Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2019

FLIR launches Scion Thermal Monocular for public safety professionals
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today the launch of the FLIR Scion Professional Thermal Monocular (PTM) for public safety professionals. The Scion PTM is powered by FLIR's high-performance Boson® thermal core for greater image quality and features connectivity with FLIR TruWITNESS® to allow real-time encrypted thermal video streaming to provide professionals with greater situational awareness. [See FLIR media release] -- Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Durabook Americas case study on warehouse inventory management efficiency
Durabook Americas just published a nicely done case study on the challenges warehouses are facing, the requirements of a system to address those challenges, and the results obtained by implementing a Durabook U11 rugged tablet based solution. For every 100 items received, Durabook is es􏰁ma􏰁ng a 7.8-minute improvement in efficiency and an 11-minute improvement efficiency in the same volume of items picked. [See Durabook Americas' Warehouse Case Study] -- Posted Friday, January 18, 2019

JLT Mobile Computers to showcase repair and maintenance services, portable rugged Android and Windows IT solutions at ProMAT
JLT Mobile Computers, a leading developer and manufacturer of reliable computers for demanding environments — and renowned for its high-level of support and flexibility in addressing customer challenges — will be presenting end-to-end rugged mobile IT solutions for the manufacturing and supply chain industry at ProMAT 2019, Booth S4273. Visitors to the JLT Booth S4273 will be able to see the latest Android and Windows rugged tablets and handheld computers, get introduced to the new JLT RepairEngine online maintenance management tool, and learn about JLT's expanded repair services, which now include third-party products from most manufacturers, including Honeywell, Zebra, LXE and Intermec. [See JLT Mobile media release] -- Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Janam unveils RFID sled for XT2 Series of rugged touch computers
Janam Technologies LLC, a leading provider of rugged mobile computers that scan barcodes and communicate wirelessly, today announced the availability of a high-performance UHF RFID sled for its XT2 series of rugged touch computers. With industry-leading read range, Janam's newest mobile computing accessory instantly transforms the XT2 and XT2+ into lightweight, rugged, handheld RFID readers. [See Janam media release] -- Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Full review: Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme Tablet
The Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme Tablet is for those who a) want an exceptionally well designed and executed tablet for tough jobs, b) want a pure tablet, but one with a perfectly matched optional detachable keyboard, and c) prefer one-stop shopping with a world-leading provider of commercial PCs with large scale production experience and extensive support. In its second iteration, the 11.6-inch Dell rugged tablet sports higher Full HD resolution, lighter starting weight, and much higher performance thanks to a switch from Core M to "full" 6th, 7th, and 8th generation Intel Core processors as well as availability of super-fast PCIe NVMe-based solid state storage. [See full review of the Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme Tablet] -- Posted Monday, January 7, 2019