Acuity Global Supply Chain Blog -
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Published on: 8/13/2007
Last Visited: 7/16/2008
"This is designed for small warehouses and small fleets," says David Collins, president of the Data Capture Institute in Plymouth, Mass, "and it's priced for that."
Along with a low price per terminal, the Palm operating system provides a friendly, familiar face for users."The presentation method in a pen-based system is simple," explains Collins.
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Although Symbol does have a wireless unit, Collins says that it works best in the confined space of a local area network."With a Palm," he notes, "you still have to go back to the cradle to download."
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"The smaller and medium-size companies are embracing this right now as a means of handling batch transactions inexpensively," reports Collins.