March 2014

Juniper Systems highlights scanning at MODEX 2014 in Atlanta
Juniper Systems' latest Get Rugged blog post is about their Archer 2 and Mesa mobile computers' barcode scanning abilities, showcased at the MODEX 2014 show in Atlanta, GA (March 17-20), booth #5006. MODEX 2014 is the place to go to see the latest and greatest in manufacturing and supply chain management, with exhibitors from industry, commerce, & government sectors. -- Posted Monday, March 17, 2014 by chb

Motorola Solutions launches 4th generation of the versatile, rugged, modular Psion Workabout Pro
Motorola Solutions announced the Workabout Pro 4 rugged mobile computer, the latest generation of Psion's Workabout line that sold over 400,000. Including a major tech update, the Workabout Pro 4 forms the centerpiece of a versatile modular system that allows adding all sorts of wireless, data acquisition and other features and options to the device via back cover and/or end cap modules. [See Motorola press release and RuggedPCReview's description, analysis and specs of the Workabout Pro 4] -- Posted Monday, March 17, 2014 by chb

Rugged Juniper Systems Archer GPS XF101 handheld valuable member of Gamlang Razi high altitude expedition
Last September, a team made up of American and Myanmar climbers set out to climb Gamlang Razi, the 2nd highest peak in Southeast Asia which has never been before climbed—in an attempt to prove that it was actually the highest. A Juniper an Archer Field PC with a Hemisphere GPS XF101 receiver went along, all the way to the top at over 19,000 feet. Was that enough to elevate Gamlang Razi to #1? Read Juniper's nicely illustrated blog on the Gamlang Razi expedition] -- Posted Sunday, March 2, 2014 by chb