Barcoding.co.uk launches pocket PC barcode-scanning smartphone

Barcoding.co.uk has announced a smartphone that offers integrated barcode scanning with mobile, WiFi and Bluetooth communication. A fully-equipped mobile business device, the PDA-type phone incorporates a large liquid-crystal screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard.   

Manufactured in Japan by Opticon, the device is called the H-16 and uses the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. Users can run the mobile versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook as well as barcode data capture applications supplied by Barcoding.co.uk.  

The Opticon H-16 keyboard provides a familiar PC layout for entering information, messages and e-mails. The high resolution 2.8 inch QVGA LCD screen, which offers easy readability and plenty of space for data entry forms, switches automatically to landscape mode when the keyboard is open. With added software, the device can be also used as a personal navigator, mobile messenger and job despatch device.

The Opticon H-16 adds to an extensive range of barcode scanners and handheld devices offered by Barcoding.co.uk. The Company provides end-to-end solutions for data collection and wireless communications and sees the PDAs as an ideal platform for business applications involving barcode identification and data collection.  

‘The Opticon H-16 is the second generation of barcode scanning PDA’s pioneered by Opticon which eliminate the need for costly purpose-made barcode scanners. With most traditional barcode scanning devices are constructed to withstand harsh industrial environment and are priced accordingly. With the H-16 barcode scanning applications can be easily extended to new areas cost effectively and with a device that is also a very powerful PDA and top-specification mobile phone,’ said Derek Stainton, managing director of Barcoding.co.uk.

The Opticon devices are part of an extensive range of barcode scanners, printers and handheld computers available from Barcoding.co.uk. Based in Barnard Castle, County Durham, the business was first established in 1991 and previously known as Castle Auto ID.