Windows Phone Thoughts: Symbol Rolls Out New Handheld

"Symbol Technologies Inc. on Tuesday announced a ruggedized handheld computer that combines imaging capabilities with voice over WLAN support. The Symbol PDT 8146 Imaging Computer runs Microsoft Corp.'s Pocket PC Premium Edition on a 32-bit Xscale processor from Intel Corp. It includes a color screen, a backlit keyboard and a rechargeable lithium ion battery. The voice over IP is run on a separate processor, and it works in the background even while other applications are running, said officials at the Holtsville, N.Y., company."



Symbol continues to develop great enterprise applications on the Pocket PC platform. Imagine imaging (bar-code scanning) plus VoIP! I'm waiting for these enterprise all-in-one solutions hit the mass consumer market...