Vartech Canada is coming up this spring, on June 7th and 8th in Montreal. If you are interested in attending, visit http://www.vartechcanada.com/ for all of the information.

We've talked before about the new features of Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, and whether they make sense in a Data Collection device. Here is an article from earlier this year on this topic.

Honeywell has announced that they are retiring the entire Transaction Terminal and Image Kiosk line of devices. We have not seen very much interest in these devices, but we do have support in ITScriptNet.

Our plan is be to support them until the next release of ITScriptNet after the retirement date. At that time, we would also retire our support for these devices. They would still be supported in previous versions of ITScriptNet, but would not be included in any new releases.

Two brand-new Windows Mobile 6.5 data collection device are now available.

The Motorola MC75A has just come out, and is the successor to the MC75.

At the same time, Datalogic has just announced the Elf, which is a new PDA-style device.

We will be evaluating ITScriptNet support for both, but we expect our existing Windows Mobile 6 clients will work on these devices.

Unitech has released the HT680, a successor to the HT660. This device features Windows CE 5, Bluetooth, WiFi, and Available GPRS. It is available with either Laser or Imager barcode scanners.

We have tested the HT680 with ITScriptNet 3.1b, and it works correctly with the existing Unitech CE client. We will be officially adding the HT680 as a supported device soon, but you can use it now with the HT660 client selection.

Tim is at the Motorola Channel Partner event in Las Vegas, and reports that he has made some interesting contacts. We'll have more to report when he returns!

Tim will be attending Motorola's Channel Partner Event in Las Vegas next week. If you will be there and would like to get together to talk shop please send him a message with a convenient day and time (Sunday evening or at breakfast, lunch or after classes Monday or Tuesday). We have exciting new products he would like to tell you about. He would also like to know what application challenges you have that we might be able to assist with using ITScriptNet, an inexpensive Ready-To-Go program or one of our high value Solution Packs. Have an RFID app? Need voice-enabled data collection? Let's talk!

AML has released an interesting new device with On-Screen Scan Verification. The AML M7225 will flash the screen green or red to indicate whether the barcode was sucessfully scanned or not.

ITScriptNet supports several AML devices, and we are evaluating whether our M8050 client will be able to be used on the M7225, or whether a new client will be required.