04-20-2004, 10:30 PM
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Coca-Cola to Deploy 28,000 Symbol Pocket PCs in North America and Europe
"Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has signed a deal with Symbol Technologies to roll out 28,000 mobile devices - based on specifications agreed by the two companies - across its European and North American operations.
The company, the world's largest producer, bottler and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages, will use the devices, based on Symbol�s MC9000 technology, for logistics, delivery and service applications to boost efficiency and customer service.
...The jointly developed device features a bright, high-resolution colour screen for easy reading indoors and outdoors; Symbol Spectrum24 wireless Lan communications; Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket PC; the 32-bit Xscale processor from Intel; and rechargeable, extended-use lithium-ion batteries."
A nice corporate win for the Pocket PC platform! I think I feel like a Coke... :mrgreen:
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04-20-2004, 10:52 PM
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Wow, that's really cool.. I hope this is yet another successful corporate deployment case study.
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04-21-2004, 02:16 AM
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Would be nice to know why WM2003 is the winner, sure it was compared with other OS's, sorry Palm lovers, I'm thinking about Windows CE since it's suposed to work in such customized hardware, and I'm thinking in Linux too.
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04-21-2004, 02:30 AM
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Coke already had a deployment of iPAQ's. The drivers would use them to read the current level of stock in various vending machines. Then they could load up with the right amount. This saved the driver a trip in to look inside the machines and then another trip with the stock. Or carrying a crap load of everything just in case.
This annoucement sounds like they have arranged for specific features that would allow a better expereince from the driver. (ie: better screen for indoor / outdoor use)
Coke is always heavy into tech. Very cool company. 
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04-21-2004, 02:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Temporale
Coke is always heavy into tech. Very cool company. |
Agreed. I've always been a fan. And this is another reason I don't like Pepsi. :mrgreen:
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04-21-2004, 05:32 AM
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<Voice of Bill Cosby> "Here have a Coke and a PPC... Where's my Jello?"
I might not like drinking Coke but I know the reps I see around work always have cool toys (tablet PCs, tiny portable printers).
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04-21-2004, 05:34 AM
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Being a Dr. Pepper kinda guy, I'll stay neutral in the Coke vs. Pepsi debate. However, in fairness, Pepsi has been utilizing Symbol PPC's for quite a time now themselves. It started in 2002 with what I believe was called the Melard Sidearm, which was run w/ Microsoft OS.
Pepsi has now progressed to...
PBG ( Pepsi Bottling Group ) has rolled out Symbol PDT 8000 Pocket PCs to its sales force, and built a next-generation application for the sales reps with the help of Shelflink. The Pocket PCs tie into the back office using 802.11b wireless connectivity when available or through a dial-up line. Shelflink built the Pocket PC application using the Microsoft Visual C#� and Microsoft Visual Basic� .NET languages, and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/c...estudyid=13819
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04-21-2004, 02:07 PM
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Re: Coca-Cola to Deploy 28,000 Symbol Pocket PCs in North America and Europe
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
I think I feel like a Coke... :mrgreen:
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Jason, I can't help it. What does a Coke feel like? :roll:
Coke has always been at the forefront of technology. I think this is exciting news. I can definitely see some interesting application ideas coming from something like this. Their use of iPAQs was the right beginning step. With Symbol a whole new range of possibilities opens up. RFid, GPRS and inventory management combined into one app? The possibilities are limitless (I know it�s a clich� but what the heck).
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04-21-2004, 03:58 PM
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I believe Coke bought Symbol's new 9000 line, which is what I'm recomending for my Corp. They are really nice, best on the market.
The units have great scan engines that are very flexable.  In fact the engines are soooo good that Intermec is buying them to put in their new handheld scanners.
The handheld scanner market is defiantly moving to the PPC. Symbol has one Palm scanner and I think it might be the only Palm scanner out there. All the big scanner companies, Symbol, Intermec, LXE, HHP, ect use PPC in their flagship scanners.
Holla PPC!!!
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04-21-2004, 04:22 PM
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I wonder
Not Coke, but Pepsi has new machines that they opwn with a little remote. I also hear that without even opening a machine, they can download all of the sales data for that machine to a device (PPC I assume). Then they can transmit this back to the bottling plant(modem or wifi). I assume that they could do some Just In Time inventory for the machines and automaticallly setup the run for the next day depending on the data gathered from the machine. All in all a excellent use of technology...you just bette rmake sure it's secure enough so enterprising young individuals can't open the machine or trigger the lock from a PPC. :twisted:
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