Check out the new Facebook Tablet PC Page by MobileDemand. The Tablet PC related news and information provide by MobileDemand not only keep up with the information provided on this blog, but will be a good and organized resource for MobileDemand media including exciting videos and photos of our rugged Tablet PCs.

MobileDemand offers rugged Tablet PCs for a variety of vertical industries that provide a lower total cost of ownership to our customers over non-rugged computers; which is supported by actual customer experience and factual independent research. MobileDemand elevates itself by uniquely offering the combination of a total complement of mounts and accessories, flexibility we build in to our systems, superior and personalized customer service, and customer focused engineering – all to help our customers best satisfy their mobile computing needs.

MobileDemand has rugged Tablet PC and accessories to meet and exceed the expectations of the most demanding mobile workers; regardless of industry or application. With business partners to assist you and built-in flexibility of the rugged tablet, everything you need is provided by MobileDemand. MobileDemand offers a wide assortment of accessories to allow customization of a rugged tablet to meet the needs of your application. Accessories include vehicle mounting systems, barcode scanner, imager, magnetic stripe reader (credit cards), shoulder straps, etc.

MobileDemand also has a Tablet PC related video blog at http://www.TabletPC.TV. 

A trend that we’ve been noticing is that rugged Tablet PCs are becoming an ever growing choice over Windows Mobile handheld / small screen devices. There are two basic reasons for this: screen size and standard PC software compatibility.

The Tablet PC can provide better and more timely data presentation to the user to make improved field decisions, increasing sales opportunities while reducing costs and lost opportunities. Bottom line: Increases EFFICIENCY in mobile operations.

The large, full screen on a Tablet PC deployed in a mobile worker’s hands offers much more data than a smaller quarter VGA handheld screen. For example, MobileDemand xTablet customers can show order history, inventory levels, and pricing all in one screen so the user may make quick and informed decisions at the point of their customer interaction. A smaller screen handheld has obvious limitations that would require multiple screens to navigate to see the supporting data, making it cumbersome and less efficient.

Secondly, the standard PC compatibility allows for existing, off-the-shelf PC based software to run on the Tablet PCs. Or alternatively, if custom software is being written, it is generally much quicker and cheaper to write software for the standard PC platform than Windows Mobile / Win CE platforms.

Tablet PC: http://www.TabletPC.TV, http://www.RuggedTabletPC.com

The xTablet T8700 Rugged Tablet PC is mounted in a Paint Shaker! To demonstrate ruggedness of shock and vibration, we mounted the xTablet in a Red Devil paint shaker along with a USB accelerometer to measure the G-forces the tablet endures while being violently shaken.

Tablet PC in a Paint Shaker

We start by showing the xTablet secured in place while we use a Bluetooth mouse to maneuver within Windows – demonstrating the unit is working. The Tablet  PC is slapped to show the G-force graph is running. We start a video and turn the paint shaker on. The graph immediately goes crazy! We try to maneuver around in Windows again with the Bluetooth mouse – but it’s a little difficult as we can’t see where the cursor is. You can see the Start Menu appear and the touch keyboard.

We zoom in to see the wave form on the graph more closely. We turn off the paint shaker and back on while zoomed in. You can see the xTablet endures approximately 15Gs of violent forces!

We zoom in on the SENSR brand USB accelerometer.

And then… the out take showing our engineers who had to secure the base of the paint shaker as the violent shaking was causing it to slide across the concrete pad without it being held in place. I had to cut out when they said “TTHHAATT FFEEEELLSS GGOOOODD!”

This video is part of the MobileDemand “Torture Chamber Series” of videos that demonstrate the true ruggedness of our Tablet PC in  fun and entertaining ways.

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xTablet Rugged Tablet PC helps increase competitive advantage and reduce cost

See the case study and video on this Anheuser-Busch Wholesaler using our rugged xTablet Tablet PC.

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Dale Lee Distributing Company, Inc.

Industry: Beer Wholesaler (Anheuser-Busch)

CHALLENGE

• Combine AB Mobility software with a full screen Tablet PC
• Reduce sales force downtime with a Rugged PC that could withstand harsh conditions

SOLUTION

• Implement xTablet throughout sales force to allow for more efficient use of time
• Couple xTablet T8700 Tablet PC with cellular card so orders can be sent to the warehouse at any time during the day

RESULT

• Added 20% more SKUs since implementing the xTablet Tablet PC
• Increased productivity among sales force

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