Symbol Technologies y Microsoft anuncian el
nuevo PDA de alta gama y uso intensivo equipado con Microsoft Windows
Mobile 2003 para Pocket PCs
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. and Redmond, WA,-- June 23,
2003 -- Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:
SBL), a global leader in enterprise mobility solutions, today
announced a new version of the award-winning Symbol PPT
8800 Series industrial PDA with Windows Mobile 2003 software for
Pocket PCs. The Symbol PPT 8800 Series, which in its Windows
CE embodiment was named product of the Year 2002 by PlanetPDA magazine,
will now bring the mobility-centric features of the Microsoft®
(Nasdaq "MSFT") Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs to Symbol
customers.
The Symbol PPT 8800 with Windows Mobile 2003
software will be available in the third quarter of 2003.
Designed especially for mobile workers and
managers within the corporate enterprise who require immediate access
to information at the point of activity, the Symbol PPT 8800 Series
packs the power of best-in-class data capture and wireless communication
options in a slim but rugged PDA-format device. As a Microsoft Windows
Mobile 2003 launch partner, Symbol will now offer all the value-added
features of this latest Microsoft software in a package that is
powerful enough to execute mission-critical business applications,
yet small and lightweight enough to be carried unobtrusively in
a pocket or on the hip.
"Symbol's corporate customers look to us for
application-specific PDA solutions that increase the productivity
of their associates by extending the reach of their investment in
mobile IT resources," said Harry B. Lerner, vice president and general
manager of Symbol's PDA Business Unit. "The Symbol PPT 8800 Series
loaded with Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs
and Symbol's leading edge technology is an ideal solution for such
customers."
"Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs
brings considerable value to the proposition of a wireless PDA device
as a powerful enterprise tool," said Juha Christensen, corporate
vice president, Microsoft Mobile Devices Division. "When you combine
this value with the robust data capture and wireless LAN technologies
of Symbol Technologies, the result is a solution that will contribute
significantly to enterprise customers' bottom line."
The Symbol PPT 8800 Series' combination
of power and compact form makes it ideal for a number of vertical
markets including retail, healthcare, field automation, and parcel
and post. The Symbol PPT 8800 Series is supported by software, peripherals,
accessories and services that deliver true mobility and premium
performance data management.
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