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Motorola Launches First Pocket PDA for TETRA
Press Release posted by Alex Lawrence-Richards on Tuesday November 29, 2005.
Delivers Robust PDA for Public Safety Users
FRANKFURT, Germany, November 29/PRNewswire/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today launched the first-ever personal
digital assistant (PDA) to operate on TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio)
networks. The new, robust PDA delivers public safety users pocket-sized
access to essential two-way data applications whilst on the move. The PDA
offers the same value of Motorola's TETRA hand-portable radios: Always On,
Trusted, Reliable and Secure.
The PDA has been developed to meet the rugged requirements of public
safety organisations that need secure access to real-time information on the
move. Users can access person and vehicle records, report crimes and
accidents, and issue penalty tickets via the PDA's application suite. This
functionality meets public safety users' targets to spend more time on
visible, active patrol and increase daily productivity.
Options available include Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS and camera, allowing
pictures to be circulated quickly from the PDA. The pocket-sized device
measures 145mm (L) x 83mm (W) x 35-50mm (H) and weighs less than 500 grams.
With its large 3.5" TFT screen, it provides the ideal form factor for users
to work with the information.
Using the TETRA network to deliver data to the PDA gives emergency
services access to a controllable data pipeline that remains continuously
available, even during a major incident, and at a competitive cost.
Nick Carter, Product Manager, Motorola TETRA subscribers, comments:
"Motorola developed this PDA to reflect the growing needs of customers who
want to deliver relevant applications directly to mobile officers. With the
launch of this product we are demonstrating TETRA as the appropriate,
reliable and secure bearer for public safety users of data. The pocketable,
TETRA PDA and the applications suite it can provide will really help meet
their productivity needs."
With the same levels of security as Motorola's TETRA radios, the PDA
supports authentication and encryption. Motorola plans to make the device
commercially available by Q3 2006.
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides
seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems
and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace, and all spaces in
between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and
information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the
power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective
and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US$31.3 billion in 2004.
For more information: www.motorola.com
