A tablet PC for "rugged" India

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 04 December 2003, 20:30 IST
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HYDERABAD: Soon we may see traffic policemen punching their challans in their tablet PCs and giving the offender an electronic chase on Indian roads. However, this is just one of the many uses of the Rugged Tablet PC (RT-PC) which the company claims works in all kinds of weather and weighs two kilos. A product of Xplore Technologies, Canada, RT-PC is integrated with wireless LAN and WAN capabilities, operates on Windows XP and can work in all conditions. "This is its USP making it a product just right for defense, security, warehousing, retail, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, public safety, field service and utility areas," said sales VP at Xplore Technologies Mark Holleran. Talking of the positive response the product received in Canada, Holleran is upbeat about the Indian market. "It’s rugged. Right for the product," he said. The distributor rights for RT-PC has been acquired by Mumbai-based Dynalog India Ltd, an electronic components sourcing and manufacturing company for industrial PCs. Dynalog is pricing the product between Rs 2.5 lakh - Rs 3 lakh. According to Dynalog technical director Shivkumar, the company expects to do 500 units of RT-PC in a year. "Our market segment is clear. We just need to identify and develop applications that automate the workflow and add value to the organization," he said. He also informed that Dynalog R&D team of 20 based out of Mumbai would develop the applications. Already present in the industrial automation market, Dynalog has also acquired the distributor rights for the Digital Portable X Ray Machine by US-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The Digital Portable X-Ray machine is a mission critical product that can be operated with ease in hostile environments. The company claims that it can find use with bomb detection squads, airports and law enforcement teams. With this machine, the user has to angle the machine to the unidentified objects and can view its contents remotely through his computer. "Priced at Rs 18 lakh, its USP is its high penetration and detection ability against any other available X-Ray machines," said Shivkumar. Dynalog will market the product through its seven branches in India. (Source: CIOL)