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Hand Held Products Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service Software Platform

Posted on: Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 09:00 CDT

Hand Held Products plug-and-play functionality demonstrated at Retail Systems Conference

Hand Held Products, Inc., a leader in image-based data collection systems for mobile, in-premise and transaction processing applications, announced at the Retail Systems Conference its line-up of image-based scanners will support the new software platform optimized for retail organizations, Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service.

Available today, the retail imagers supported include the IT(TM) 3800, IT4600, IT5600, and IT5620. Exclusive demonstrations of the plug-and-play functionality, using Hand Held Products devices, will take place in the following booths:

-- Microsoft's booth #602

-- 360Commerce's booth #107

-- Dell's booth #123

-- Wincor-Nixdorf's booth #907

As an integral industry partner in Microsoft's early development program, Hand Held Products successfully standardized on the Windows Embedded for Point of Service software platform and completed verification testing before today's launch. Retail customers can take advantage of the joint solution from Hand Held Products and Microsoft immediately.

"One of our primary goals with Windows Embedded for Point of Service, a core technology of Microsoft's Smarter Retailing Initiative, is to enable retailers to easily create next-generation point-of-service systems that connect their stores to consumers," said Jane Gilson, director of marketing for the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "With industry partners like Hand Held Products, our mutual customers have a joint solution that delivers greater hardware flexibility through innovative plug-and-play technology."

Windows Embedded for Point of Service lowers lifecycle costs by simplifying the setup, deployment and management of POS systems, resulting in faster development and integration of systems, applications and device peripherals. The software platform is the first to provide plug-and-play functionality for installing and managing retail peripherals, such as scanners, receipt printers, cash drawers, and magnetic stripe readers. Additionally, stronger default security settings and tools increase network protection to help enable a more secure experience on POS systems.

"The current economics of the retail market are driving the need to adapt and provide cost-effective and highly innovative technology platforms to our customer base," said Mark Bunney, Business Development Executive, Hand Held Products. "Our collaborations with the industry's most influential technology providers ultimately benefit our customer base by reducing cost and complexity."

About Hand Held Products

With headquarters in Central New York, Hand Held Products is a worldwide leading manufacturer of image based data collection systems for mobile, wireless, and transaction processing solutions. Through its proprietary Adaptus(TM) Imaging Technology platform, Hand Held Products is dedicated to delivering innovative imaging solutions, reliability and durability to its customers and partners through more than 30 sales offices and hundreds of resellers. Hand Held Products is a privately held company and is represented in every major market and geographic region of the world. To find out how Hand Held Products can help you at the point-of-sale, on the sales floor, in the warehouse or on the delivery truck, call us at 1-800-582-4263. Or visit us at handheld.com.

This material contains forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in this publication. While Hand Held Products believes its statements to be reliable, all information/projections/statements/opinions expressed herein are based on information available as of the date of publication and are subject to change without notice.

Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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