Panasonic Mobile Data Wireless Display

Panasonic Mobile Data Wireless Display ... dependent on paper, pencils, ten-key calculators, and radio communications for data interchange in such areas as public safety, Telco & Utility-company field service, healthcare, construction, maintenance & inspection bays, and insurance claims adjusters.

Based on proprietary, broadband, wireless technology providing instant screen updates up from 150 to 300 feet in open spaces from a 2 pound standalone Toughbook 07 Mini PC or enabled notebook PC utilizing a LAN card, the Wireless Display PC was designed to improve users' productivity through added portability and significantly reduce the amount of time needed to access and file work reports from the field in all areas of data entry and management.

The heart of the Mobile Data Wireless Display is an 8.4-inch SVGA transflective touchscreen display that combines ambient light-including direct sunlight-and high-intensity backlighting to provide equally optimum screen brightness for police officers working under the noonday sun, telephone repair crews called out in a midnight storm and quality-control inspectors electronically filling out and filing checklists from a fluorescent-lit factory floor. Weighing just 1.5 pounds and under one inch thick, the 8.74 x 6.38-inch transflective touchscreen is sealed and ruggedized for shock, vibration, 4 foot drops, dust, water, heat and cold conditions. It is incased in a magnesium alloy with a stylus for inputting. The MDWD has a backlit option for low lighting or nighttime usage. Battery is rated a 2.5 hours with a backlit screen on and 5 hours without. A special screen capture on-board function allows users to capture and save up to 100 screen images.

The Mobile Data Wireless display offers a unique combination of wireless communications capabilities. In addition to an integrated internal GPS receiver and antenna option, the MDWD uses 802.11b LAN communications to stream data and graphics from the Toughbook 07 Mini or enabled notebook PC with a PC LAN card. In addition to a transparent LAN system stream data and graphics between the Mini PC and MDWD, wide area, wireless communications solutions can be integrated including the Motient, Cingular Interactive, and CDPD nationwide networks.