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        Trimble adds Windows Mobile 2003 to rugged GPS handhelds

        Staff | Date: Mar 3, 2004 | Comments: 1


        Trimble will begin shipping its GeoExplorer rugged GPS handheld receivers with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs beginning next month, making the GeoExplorer the industry's first Windows Mobile handheld with fully integrated GPS, according to Trimble.



        Last October, Trimble announced the addition of Windows CE .NET and Bluetooth wireless support to the GeoExplorer GPS handhelds.

        Trimble's Windows Mobile based GeoExplorer handhelds will be offered in two models, the GeoXT and the GeoXM.

        Trimble says its GeoExplorer GPS handhelds combine the power of an open computing platform, a high performance GPS receiver with integrated Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) capabilities and Bluetooth wireless technology -- all in a lightweight handheld.

        According to Trimble, the GeoXM provides 2-5 meter accuracy, while the GeoXT offers all of the features of the GeoXM, plus a submeter GPS receiver along with Trimble's "Everest" multipath rejection technology.

        "Windows Mobile is the industry standard operating system platform for PDA devices," noted Alan Townsend, vice president and general manager for Trimble's Field Solutions Division. "By adding it to Trimble's GeoExplorer series of rugged handhelds, we're giving our users many more options and increased flexibility. The open architecture of Windows Mobile offers a robust GPS platform for mobile GIS users resulting in a faster and more efficient exchange of data from the office to the field and back."

        Standard Microsoft applications, including Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Internet Explorer, and Pocket Outlook, will deliver improved productivity by allowing synchronization of files, appointments, and tasks with an office PC, Trimble says.