Things are hotting up with the Motion Computing CL900 at the CCES2011 show in Las Vegas this week. Of course CL900 is not the only slate to arrive, but it is the one that we have been waiting for!
Here’s a couple of hands on videos with the CL900 for you:
More Tablet PC news from CES2011 coming up…
For some discussion of the new Motion CL900, watch our YouTube video below.
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I personally use a Motion Computing J3500 as my everyday tablet PC. In fact I’m handwriting this blog post on a J3500 from a parked car in Sydney right now…
I’ve been using tablet PCs for 8 years now and my experience led me to the J3500. Explaining why is sometimes hard to do, but this German company has encapsulated it in the following video perfectly!
Now you’ve seen that a top class Windows Tablet PC like the J3500 is so much more than magical. It’s productive, versatile, compatible, brilliant and fun!
Want to try out the brand new Motion F5v? The Motion F5v is the leading tool for workers who need a powerful mobile office with them in the field. The latest model includes:
Embedded 3G / Next G mobile broadband with GPS. We have a large number of the Motion F5vs currently available from demonstration, loan and hire to eligible customers. We’ve already sent the F5v as far away as Iraq.
Every month we demonstrate a whole range of Tablet PCs including the Motion products in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin.
Contact us to find out when we will be visiting your state next.
Last week Motion released the J3500, an excellent revamp of the Motion J3400. We now have a Motion J3500 product page on our website with some more details for you.
We have been using a combination touch and digitizer on our Fujitsu Tablet PCs for a while now, and the announcement or the Wacom multi-touch capacitive touch screen on the J3500 fills a hole in previous models.
Some of the applications that you might 
find for a combination touch and digitizer tablet are:
Touch adds a level of speed and simplicity for simple tasks like navigating and repetitive data entry (such as Point of Sale).
On the other hand, the active digitizer pen is essential for note taking, fast handwriting recognition and accurate input – tasks such as writing, emailing, drawing, sketching and plan measurement.
In the last 2 years Motion Computing has really run ahead in the Tablet PC field by focusing on the core market for Tablets – field workers. This includes industries like mining, construction, engineering, field sales, healthcare, surveying and inspections.
Local, federal and state government departments are have heavily adopted both of the Motion Computing products for field work. In many cases the are replacing old style bulky and heavy ruggedized solutions with the new sleek Motion products.
Both the Motion J3500 and the Motion F5v are exceptional products for anyone who works on the road, in the car or on site. They generally stand out in the market for a few reasons:
Desktop replacement power – Intel® Core™ i7 and i5 with vPro™As an independent Tablet PC reseller (and we have dozens of Tablet PCs at our disposal) we find the Motion Tablet PCs very hard to beat in many applications.
If you would like to see the Motion J3500 or the Motion F5v, we have demo models available for short term loan or long term hire. Phone us on 03 9999 1601 or contact us via the Motion J3500 page on our website.
Motion Computing today announced the J3500, an incremental update to one of our favourite slate Tablet PCs, the J3400.
The new Motion J3500 includes:
The J3500 is backward compatible with existing J3400 accessories. Check out the Gottabemobile.com video review here.
The Sonim XP1 is a rugged, IP54 rated, MIL-810F drop tested mobile phone that is pretty close to unbreakable… That is until this BBC reporter got hold of it (Click on the screenshot to watch the video):
As you can see, the weak point of this phone is its glass screen. We find that the glass screen is the weak point on many of the Tablet PCs on the market too – even the rugged ones. Even though standard screens are made from chemically hardened glass, they are still prone to break when a little force is applied.
Corning turned this problem on its head when they released Gorilla Glass last year – Gorilla Glass is strengthened with a process that achieves a much deeper level of strengthening. You can see a demonstration of Gorilla Glass by Andrew Moore-Crispin of butterscotch.com here at CES in Las Vegas last week.
Motion Computing were the first Tablet PC manufacturer with Corning Gorilla Glass on the rugged F5 and C5 tablets last year. Gorilla Glass is up to four times stronger than other glass used in Tablet PCs and as yet, Motion are still the only Tablet manufacturer using the technology.
Having used Tablet PCs for nearly 10 years (and broken at least 4 screens), I can attest to the value of this glass. It should be an essential component on all Tablet PCs along with a low power Hydis AFFS+ outdoor viewable display – another Motion Computing first.
Sonim should plan a visit to Corning to make their rugged phone even tougher (so that this doesn’t happen in future)!
The Motion F5 and C5 can be equipped with an RFID reader. For want of a better analogy, RFID is a smarter barcode system. It is often used for inventory tracking and identification.
Unlike a barcode which is read only, information can be written to RFID tags on the fly with a device like the Motion F5. Software applications that run on the Windows based F5 will allow you to read and manipulate the tags.
Motion Computing have published the following demonstration video showing how to use the RFID reader.
The F5 and C5 are also tagged with a passive RFID tag so that you can track them too. The video shows the location of the passive RFID tag (We knew it was in there, but now we know where!).
For more information about using RFID give us a call on 03 9999 1601 or contact us via our website. We can assist you to source RFID tags and equipment to use with the F5 and C5 through some local suppliers here in Australia.
We take an up close look at the new Motion Computing C5 MkII MCA (Mobile Clinical Assistant) Tablet PC. We take the C5 outside to show of the capabilities of the new Hydis AFFS+ display with Gorilla Glass.
The Motion C5 includes a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor and huge array of options like:
Of course it also carries the best screen technology currently available (Hydis AFFS+) making the C5 the most comfortable Tablet PC to read indoor and outdoors without sacrificing battery life.
This is an exceptional Tablet PC and thanks to the strong Aussie dollar, it is currently very well priced.
We have a demonstration unit available for you to get your hands on anywhere within Australia. Contact us for demonstration today on 03 9999 1601 or via our website today.
I got caught out in one of Melbourne’s four seasons (the rainy one) with one of our Motion F5 tablet PCs recently. As you can see from the video below, the Motion F5 has an IP 54 rating, so it takes it all in stride…
The Motion F5 has an IP54 rating for water and dust resistance. IP is an industrial rating scale for Intrusion Protection. The first number, in this case a 5 relates to the dust rating, and the second number relates to the water rating.
To achieve these ratings, the Motion F5 – and for that matter the Motion C5 – must run through a series of physical endurance tests. The machines must operate through the testing without failure. To see the tests in action, watch below:
Water is sprayed constantly onto the Motion F5 from all sides for 1 hour. It must continue to operate throughout the test.
Whilst this video shows the Motion J3400, the Motion F5 and C5 pass the same test. The Tablet PCs are subjected to a fine dust cloud for 8 hours and must continue to operate.
The Motion F5 unit is dropped from 3 feet onto all sides, corners and faces. It must continue to operate throughout this test to pass.
This demonstration shows a 1kg ball bearing dropped onto the screen. As you can see, the screen flexes but does not break thanks to the Corning Gorilla Glass technology.
Tablet PCs like these go into places that regular computers don’t go. It is important that you choose a Tablet PC that is designed to go where you want it to go!
