Is your organization using a HP iPAQ 210 series Pocket PC and searching for a comparable device now that the iPAQ has been discontinued? The Socket Mobile SoMo 650 is a Windows Mobile based handheld computer that integrates easily in HP iPAQ deployments, with most of the key features either the same or better than the iPAQ's.
Check out our new video on YouTube where Senior Product Manager Vince Coli explains the similarities and differences between the SoMo 650 and HP iPAQ 210 series devices.
Socket Mobile distributor Ingram Micro Europe is also currently highlighting the SoMo 650 as an HP iPAQ replacement. See the promotion.
Whether you're on the road visiting a customer or peddling products at a tradeshow, nSales has a neat solution for you based on the Apple iPad and Socket CHS 7Xi barcode scanner. It's called nVision Mobile, and you can use it to enter orders, look up account information, update contacts, check stock levels and more — with or without an Internet connection. It's great for scanning shelves and restocking inventory. By replacing paper forms, you save time and eliminate typing errors. Read our partnership press release.
nVision Mobile has already been deployed by several companies in Europe. They include manufacturers or suppliers of clothing/textiles, jewelry, gifts and kitchen accessories. Some of them need to scan hundreds of barcodes per order, so having a fast, reliable barcode scanner like the CHS 7Xi is indispensible. One company, which supplies coffee machines to a world-famous specialty coffee chain, was able to triple its lead generation and sales rates using nVision Mobile.
Developers at nSales used the SocketScan 10 SDK to integrate customized support for the CHS 7Xi barcode scanner into their iOS application. We're glad to hear that nSales found the SDK well-written and well-documented; it took them only a few days to add barcode scanning support including special audio features to their nVision Mobile app. See it for yourself — you can download nVision Mobile free from the Apple App Store.
nSales also told us that they liked our ScannerSettings app for Apple iOS, which lets you enable / disable symbology support, add a suffix or prefix or configure other settings for the CHS 7Xi. It's also free on the Apple App Store, so you if you haven't tried it yet, you should give it a whirl!
Are you an iOS developer interested in SocketScan 10 SDK? Check out our video that shows step-by-step how to create a barcode scanning app for the CHS. Maybe soon we'll be blogging about your app!
By Vince Coli, Senior Product Manager, Handheld Computers
Today we announced our new SoMo 655 handheld computer. This new SoMo adds several key features to expand the capabilities of our business handhelds, including 802.11b/g/n WLAN, 4GB memory, the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, improved charging, and more. We are very excited to launch this new addition to the SoMo family!
If you are already a dedicated SoMo customer, you might be wondering how the new SoMo 655 will affect the SoMo 650.
First of all, the SoMo 655 shows our commitment to both the Windows Mobile platform and the handheld device space. When Socket Mobile launched the SoMo 650 in 2007, we made a 3-5 year commitment. This five year period with be up in September 2012, and we expect to phase out the SoMo 650 by then as customers convert to the SoMo 655. Socket will continue to support the SoMo 650 via our service centers through January 2015.
Secondly, the SoMo 655 will be easy to integrate into existing SoMo 650 deployments, while also offering an improved feature set. We've gotten positive feedback during phase 1 of beta testing, in which several customers in the U.S. and Europe successfully tested compatibility of their existing SoMo 650 applications (ranging from restaurant POS to hospital EMR to ticket scanning) on the new SoMo 655.
If you would like to test the new SoMo 655, we welcome more participants to our beta program. To apply, please complete this online form.
