Intermec Set to Deliver Ruggedized Windows Mobile 5 Devices

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.intermec.com/eprise/main/Intermec/Content/About/NewsPages/pressRelease?&pressID=635' target='_blank'>http://www.intermec.com/eprise/main...se?&pressID=635</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Intermec Technologies Corp. today announced plans to incorporate Windows Mobile 5.0 software for Pocket PC into its CN30 and CK60 rugged mobile computers. This latest version of Windows Mobile, announced today at the Microsoft Mobile and Embedded DevCon 2005 in Las Vegas, makes it possible to develop new innovative devices that include a powerful variety of productivity enhancements."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050513-Intermec.jpg" /><br /><br />Both the Intermec <a href="http://intermec.com/eprise/main/Intermec/Content/Products/Products_ShowDetail?Product=CMPTRCN30">CN30</a> and <a href="http://intermec.com/eprise/main/Intermec/Content/Products/Products_ShowDetail?Product=CMPTRCK60">CK60</a> are set to receive upgrades to Windows Mobile 5.0. The CN30 is available for order this quarter. Both devices are set for delivery in Q3. The full press release can be found <a href="http://www.intermec.com/eprise/main/Intermec/Content/About/NewsPages/pressRelease?&pressID=635">here</a>.

[Jon Westfall]

Rugged PPCs always make me think of real extreme deployment (i.e. firefighters using PPCs with heat sensors to see how hot it is on the other side of the door, or PPCs in the hands of paramedics, with a doctor videoconferencing with them before the patient arrives at the hospital), although I suppose that's the next generation. They do look cool though...