New wireless device for mobile workforces

Targeted at mobile sales forces, field service engineers and track and trace industries, mobile and wireless computing specialist Psion Teklogix has just released four new wireless modules for its netpad rugged hand-held tablet. To date, products offered in these markets have used batch connectivity options that limited the exchange of data to docking stations or warehouse networks. The new netpad variants promise time and cost savings with mobile workers now able to instantly access and share information, update stock databases and handle customer queries in real time. Raf Jezierski, Psion’s international director of mobile computing, comments: “We’ve worked with companies whose field sales teams were using paper forms to give information back to HQ who then re-keyed the information back into the main database. They’re now using our handhelds to do all this.” And the benefits? “They can now check stock direct from the main database when they’re on site with customers. There’s no re-keying of data and HQ can get urgent information out to the field more quickly now.” Psion competes with the likes of Symbol Technologies, Intermec and Panasonic.