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In the midst of a turbulent year in the AIDC industry a new
manufacturer emerged in the UK that promised to shake things
up in the market, arming resellers with an arsenal of hardware to
help them to win the war on price. That vendor was M3 Mobile.
Now, after almost nine months in the market, Paul Johnston,
With a high IP rating and
business development director at Blackroc Distribution, explains
the latest communication
technologies in addition to
what resellers can look forward to during the next year. a range of scanners, the
MM3 is an ideal device
for use inside and outside
the four walls.
hen Blackroc the end user and to ensure that it can
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Distribution launched continue to compete with rival brands.
M3 Mobile to the A direct result of this work is that in the
reseller community next few months the M3 Sky will
last year we did so become available with a qwerty
because we wanted to offer our keypad option enabling information to
customers a rugged, reliable and be input more easily by field based
affordable mobile computer that met workers. A back-up battery has also
end user demand for rugged hardware been integrated into the device to
at a lower price point than competitive protect data loss for up to 24 hours
brands. M3 Mobile has met and even after the battery has been removed or
exceeded our expectations in terms of in case it becomes damaged.
device functionality and reliability and Additionally, a summit Wi-Fi module
in 2010 there promises to be some has also been incorporated within the
Paul Johnston with M3 Mobile’s Jun Jeong.
further exciting additions to the mobile computer to enable seamless
product range. roaming between WLAN access points. for asset management purposes but
also to improve productivity. Inside the
M3 Mobile has been working very four walls, M3 is developing ultra high
closely with not only our technical team Further improvements frequency RFID modules for the MM3
at Blackroc, but also with our network Another mobile device that had people and improved 2D barcode imaging to
of resellers to fine tune their hardware talking last year was the MM3. With a help future proof its devices.
so it specifically meets the needs of high IP rating and the latest
communication technologies in
addition to a range of scanners, the New editions
MM3 was and still is an ideal device The developments don’t end at
for use inside and outside the four improvements to the existing hardware;
walls. However, there are further there are also some new editions to the
improvements being made by M3 here highly successful M3 Mobile product
as well, one of these is the result of portfolio that will be available to
significant work that has been carried resellers in a few months time and will
out by M3 to ensure that the device is expand M3’s reach into new vertical
compatible with industry-leading markets. We are all very excited about
terminal emulation providers. It is the new product releases that will
becoming increasingly important for become available over the next six
end user organisations to have access months and hope that these launches
to information about their entire estate will help to further establish M3’s
of mobile devices in real time, not only position in the AIDC space.a71
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