We will be exhibiting during the Partner Showcase at Intermec’s North America Sales Kickoff event in Tucson, AZ Wednesday, January 26th. If you are attending the event, be sure to stop by and see us!

Intermec has announced the 70 series of mobile computers. This is a complete line of devices in 4 different form factors, from a full size flashlight-style device to a smaller, PDA-sized unit. All four devices share a common set of specifications, and are based on Windows Mobile 6.5.3. This commonality should make management of devices easier, while allowing different form factors for different applications.

The model names are CN70, CN70e, CK70 and CK71.

Honeywell Scanning & Mobility has announced several new products aimed at the retail market, but that have applications across mobile computing. Notably, a new Mag Stripe Reader for the Dolphin 9700 is on the way, which could be used for delivery and field service applications. There is also a sled handle for the Dolphin 6500, which could be used in warehouse and inventory applications.

Read the latest ITScriptNet News to find out what's new at Z-Space!

In yesterdays announcement about Windows Embedded Handheld was buried an interesting piece of information. At the bottom of Senior Project Manager David Wurster's blog posting was this paragraph:

According to analyst firm VDC Research, Microsoft is the leader in providing a platform for creating software solutions that power ruggedized handheld terminals and devices: Microsoft Windows Embedded CE and Windows Mobile 6 operating systems accounted for 87 percent of the approximately 2.3 million ruggedized handheld devices shipped in 2009.

We have noticed that there are relatively few ruggedized devices running Linux or Android, and of course none running iOS. For this reason ITScriptNet only supports Windows CE and Windows Mobile devices.

Microsoft has announced that the next generation of Windows Mobile, now called Windows Embedded Handheld, is available. Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 builds on the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. We will wait to see what devices will be upgraded to this new OS, and what new features it brings.

Motorola Solutions has introduced a new version of the MC55 mobile computer. This new version (MC55A0) has a faster processor, larger memory size, and increased ruggedness and than the previous generation (MC5590). You can compare the features here.

Motorola has been going through the process of splitting into two companies for a while now. The split is finally official. The mobile computer business is in the Motorola Solutions company. As of today, the website points to http://www.motorolasolutions.com.

With the release of ITScriptNet V3.2, we added some features that were not supported in previous versions. We added a Knowledge Base article that details what you need to know in order to upgrade.

We have just released the latest version of ITScriptNet. Our V3.2a adds several new features, as well as a handful of new devices.

You can learn more about the new features in ITScriptNet V3.2a here. We will discuss some of these features in the upcoming weeks.

From all of us at Z-Space Technologies, we want to wish you a safe and happy holiday season, and a Happy New Year!

Our office hours for the holiday season are:

• Closed all day Friday, Dec 24th
• Closed all day Monday, Dec 27th
• Closed all day Friday, Dec 31st

Our normal office hours resume on January 3rd, 2011.

Datalogic has announced that it will be showing the Falcon X3 at NRF in January. The National Retail Show takes place January 10-11th in New York City. We are looking forward to seeing this new device!

Honeywell has announced the retirement of the Dolphin 7850. Last orders for the device will be accepted until Feb 25, 2011. The final ship date is May 2, 2011.

We will maintain support for this device in ITScriptNet 3.x, but will likely remove support in future versions.

As we've discussed before, Microsoft has separated the old Windows Mobile product from the new Windows Phone product. Windows CE and Windows Mobile are now called Windows Embedded. Microsoft has a product page that discusses this transition and the new product names.

We will be closed on Thursday, Nov 25th and Friday, Nov 26th for the Thanksgiving holiday. The office will be open again on Monday, Nov 29th.