Intermec 761 Approved On Verizon

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.intermec.com/eprise/main/Intermec/Content/About/NewsPages/pressRelease?&pressID=665' target='_blank'>http://www.intermec.com/eprise/main...se?&pressID=665</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Verizon Wireless customers now can make voice calls, send data and manage documents with an Intermec 761 mobile computer. The Intermec 761 handheld computer is the second-generation device in Intermec's popular Model 700 series to be approved to operate on the Verizon Wireless network. The rugged Intermec 761 supports voice and data transmission using CDMA/1XRTT technologies and employs Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC Phone Edition software for enhanced operation."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20051026-Intermec761.jpg" /><br /><br />It's not a state-of-the-art device, but it is a rugged industral solution; and if you've needed one with Verizon's CDMA network, you now have a choice. I don't see it on Verizon's website at the moment, though; I'm guessing you have to get the device through an Intermec distributor.

[VisualMonster]

Symbol has a similar rugged PPC device that works with CDMA or GSM networks.

It is an MC9000-K, here's the link if anyone is interested:
http://www.symbol.com/product.php?productID=238&amp;tab=Data%20Sheet

I was evaluating the GSM model, and the GPRS data transfer worked great. I'm not sure why I can't make phone calls on it though, might be the sim card that I'm using....

[thunderck]

http://www.symbol.com/assets/images/240_MC50.jpg
Expect a new version on the MC50 in the next couple months. It will have CDMA/GSM and some other goodies. IMHO for right now at least Symbol blows Intermec way out of the water on devices. I just finished a year long technical review of Intermec and Symbol for a large company purchase. Intermecs devices have not kept up with Symbol. I had to prove my points objectively to upper management. Scan engine and ruggedness are just not apples to apples, just two name two.