Andy Sjostrom
08-13-2002, 08:13 PM
<a href="http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.081302/222252245">http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.081302/222252245</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.odysseysoftware.com/index.shtml">Odyssey Software</a> is the leading provider of mobile middleware for Pocket PC. I have had the pleasure of working with both the CEfusion and ViaXML products. The software engineers at Odyssey Software have managed to squeeze in both performance, security as well as stability into their small footprint products.<br /><br />Today Odyssey Software announced the certification of the latest <a href="http://w3.daptech.com/products/CE/index.html">DAP Technologies Microflex</a> ruggedized Windows CE based mobile devices. DAP Technologies knows rugged from start to finish. As you can understand, these are not consumer products but intended for heavy field use. I believe we will hear a lot about the combination of the two companies products.<br /><br />"The certification provides Odyssey Software's proven mobile data access tools and infrastructure to mobile application developers who need remote data access capabilities in the harshest of environments. The certification currently covers the MICROFLEX CE5240 and CE5320 devices but will be expanded to include all new DAP Technologies mobile devices powered by Windows CE. ... The ruggedized MICROFLEX CE devices based on Windows(R) CE with a 206-MHz processor and an optional high-speed Ethernet system for data transmission are veritable "all-terrain" mobile computers designed for collecting data in the harshest conditions. The MICROFLEX CE units are extremely rugged and compact in size, and are suitable for operating at extremely low and high temperatures. Tested in accordance with military standards (MIL-STD-810E), the computers continuously withstand rough handling, drops onto concrete, driving rain, immersion, extreme temperature variations and condensation as well as other harsh environmental conditions."<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/odyssey_01.jpg" />