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Choice criteria
- Screen resolution, size, brightness, touchscreen
- Work environment : shocks, vibration, light, dust, liquid, drops, magnetic field
- Computing power
- Communication ? WiFi, bluetooth, GPRS, 3G
- mass storage for application and data ? 10 Mo, 100Mo, 1Go, 10Go ?
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User interface ? Stylus, finger, intensive, public area, scratch risk, vandal ?
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Autonomie, weight, aesthetics, budget ?
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Peripherals : barcode, RFID, printer ..
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Accessories :
- carry bag, docking station, vehicule docking, wall mount, recharge in vehicule ?
Each activity has its own specific needs. Here are some examples:-
Agrofood
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Point
of
sales
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Automation
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Technicians
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Sales
force
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Hotels
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Events
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Tourism
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Logistics
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Transportation
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Education
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Home
automation
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Agrofood
3
major
benefits for the
Webpad are suited to Agrofood environments:
- Clean device: Fanless and
water resistant (IP53) - allowing
washes,
- Connected to wired or wireless barcode scanner and a barcode printer.
- mobile of small footprint fixed device
Point
of sales
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Use the Webpad as wireless point of sales, with small footprint.
Eliminate many computer cables (LAN, VGA), allowing easy and cheap
store modifications (no need to change wiring) without expensive
dedicated computer furniture. In
the end, the system is more affordable and requires lower maintenance
than dedicated devices.
Carry
the
Webpad in the store and
improve sales contact with customer: get product information, price and
inventory without walking back to a fixed PC. |
Human
Machine Interface (HMI) - Automation
Use the Webpad as a robust enough, fanless and water resistant
terminal, with a touchscreen interface.
When appropriate to the environment, it provides the perfect solution
without the price premium of expensive dedicated industrial "over"
robust devices.
Technicians
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Use the webpad as an autonomous or connected tablet to collect
measures, make controls on site.
Semi Robust models or protected inside rugged carrying case, it is an ideal mobile
tool usable even in rainy days. |
Sales
Force
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More robust than notebooks, more complete than PDAs, Tablet PCs or
Webpad are perfect tools to manage invoices, deliveries, quotes,
or to use sales
support catalog or presentations.
Recharged inside the car, easy to carry, protected and usable inside a
carrying case - it provides a truly mobile and robust enough sales force
device.
Recommandation:
semi-rugged or protected tablets |
Hotels
Easily installable and portable Web access : inside rooms, in the bar,
or any room within reach of Wireless LAN.
Easy to carry inside the restaurant to provide interactive menu, and to
order
At
the front desk for Restaurant and Hotel Reservation, Guest Check
Management,
Events
Deploy interactive tools to guide visitors inside trade-shows. Provide
easy to carry terminals to watch on-line or off-line presentations
stored on a server.
Tourism
More
powerful than PDAs,
robust, with multimedia features provide an interactive guide to
visitors.
Logistics/ Transportion
Robustness
and reliability are key
to
logistics: Webpads are usable on clarks despite vibrations and can be
carried around in manufacturing environments. Webpads provide all
features to manage warehouses; applications include Warehouse
Status Check, Barcode reading,
Wholesale Inventory Controlling, Real-Time Data Acquisition, Remote
Controlling, Manufacturing Reporting System, Truck loading / unloading,
GPS localisation, Handwriten signature
Education
Remote
Simultaneous Lecturing, Handwriting Recognition, Wireless, Voice Over
IP, Class Contents Authoring, Educational Games On Line,
Real-Time Data Acquisition, Class Scheduling.
Robust,
and
reliable, Webp
ads provide
a lower failure rate than notebooks, and are therefore far less
expensive over time. They can also be managed as mobile classrooms,
with consel motorized trolleys, http://www.consel.de/de/welcome.htm
Home
automation
 | Semi-Robust, high quality touchscreen, the Webpad is an ideal tool to
integrate home automation solutions.
Webpads can also be used in Home entertainment, to browse internet
while connected in WiFi to broadband Internet connexion
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Military - Construction
 | MAIN NEEDS
Rugged products, resisting to outdoor usage (dust, water, low and high temperature)
sun readable,
easy to use with hand free solution
recommandation
AR10 or BR10
To help you choose the right model clear on the following links
rugged tablet comparison |
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