GPS Eye Candy in a Different Form Factor

September 10, 2006 by Mr. GPS · Leave a Comment
Filed under: GPS Successes, GPS for Business 

ASUS Introduces R2H Ultra-Mobile PC for the New Mobile Computing Era

7-inch LCD touch screen with handwritten input support and solid security protection - The R2H offers full PC functions and more!
Taipei, Taiwan; August 25 th, 2006
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS), a leading provider of high-performance notebook computers, today unveils the latest R2H Ultra-Mobile PC. With built-in high-resolution webcam, incorporated global positioning system (GPS) and biometric fingerprint authentication, the 7-inch ultra compact R2H is designed to fulfill the increasing need for an all-in-one mobile device that enables professionals to stay connected, productive and secured on the go…. read all the features here:

A different kind of weekend eye candy here:   A unit worthy of the fuss of carrying it around.  With the built in GPS, built in biometric deification and built in Blue Tooth integration this is a desk top in a PDA form factor. 

As just one example, put your whole inventory, credit check and POS accounting programs on board and a field sales person will be equipped to do anything an in-store clerk can do.

Equip your security force with it and you can monitor their location, see what their seeing and up and download programming info for alarm systems.

I see an almost endless list of uses for this box and for applications to run on it, but most of all I feel the need to _have_ one.  I’m not usually too smitten by gadgets, but this one sure caught my eye.

Are there any readers regularly using a Windows Mobile device?  Can someone perhaps comment on the good, the bad and the ugly of their experiences with them?

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