netBook, from Psion Enterprise Computing, is the first of a range of mobile products targeted at Enterprise computing applications. Wherever your mobile application takes you the netBook is ready to provide instant access to your applications, data and the Internet. These are just some of the segments that gain productivity, efficiency and cost benefitsfrom using effective mobile computing solutions: Field Sales and Support Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Financial Services, Insurance and Banking Transport, Logistics andService. netBook offers you the best of both worlds - sub-notebook format "instant-on" portable computing, combined with the industry standard Java platform for enterpriseapplication deployment. netBook is for anywhere you need mobile access to data, and its stylish but practical casing means that it is equally at home outside in field service, ona manufacturing line, in a hospital or on a desk. netBook provides a complete range of communications options. A built in RS232 port interfaces to external devices, including PCs,while the PC Card slot supports Ethernet cards for LAN access. Third party GSM cards allow wireless Internet access, and a variety of available modem cards interface to PSTN andISDN networks. A built in fast IrDA port supports wireless interface to GSM phones, IrDA equipped printers, and device-to-device communications. The benefits of mobile computingare widely recognized, but proprietary software and custom development environments have slowed deployment. netBook includes a high quality, high performance implementation of SunMicrosystems' Java Virtual Machine. Java technology offers rapid application deployment, application re-use and compatibility across the enterprise from hand-held to server. UntilnetBook the notebook PC has been the only solution for mobile Java applications. Now you can have the power of Java technology combined with the "instant on", ease of use,reliability and robustness of the netBook solution. netBook can reduce your costs, accelerate deployment and benefit your organization. In applications as diverse as wirelessField Sales access for Internet and intranet data, rugged mobile use in a service or manufacturing organization, or home banking/shopping applications netBook provides a newparadigm for mobile computing.
Technical Datasheet:
| Processor | Intel SA-1100 StrongARM 190 MHz |
| Internal RAM | 32 MB, expandable to 64 MB Internal DRAM |
| Card Slot | One Compact Flash (CF) Type I/II 3.3V/5V
The CF Card slot supports conventional Compact Flash Cards as well as the IBM MicroDrive (up to 34 MB of storage(!), both with Live Insertion and Removal
One PC Card (Type I/II 3.3V/5V) with serial, modem, Ethernet, and Flash ATA support (Ethernet support is not available now but is promised in 2Q 2000) |
| Display | 7.7" 640x480 color back-lit STN LCD panel |
| Pointing device | Pen and digitizer (touchscreen) |
| Keyboard | 58-key standard layout keyboard |
| Sound | 12 bit digital sound with speaker and microphone |
| Battery | Li-Ion battery with lithium cell, (CR2032) backup |
| Ports | External expansion RS232 serial port to 115 kbit/sec IrDA 1.1, 115 kbit/sec and 4 Mbit/sec |
| Docking | Optional flatbed docking station provides power and RS232 communications EPOC is loaded at cold power up into RAM from CF card or serial port. The OS is software upgradeable and may be configured to implement some or all of the supplied applications. User defined applications may be added (the Series 7 OS is on an OS Mask ROM module) |
| Utilities | Time, Alarms, Calculator, and Voice Recorder PIM: Cotter, Contacts, Agenda, and Data |
| Desktop Software | Word word processor and Sheet Spreadsheet |
| Communication Software | Messaging, Fax, E-mail, and Web Internet browser |
| E-mail support | SMITE, Internet POP-3, and IMAP-4 |
| Web Support | HTML 3.2, HTTP/1.1, frames, Java applets, GIF/JPEG graphics formats (but not JavaScript) |
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