according to the company.
(Click here for larger image)The VC5090 is based on a 624 MHz Intel PXA270 XScale processor and is available in half-screen (800 x 320) and full-screen (800 x 600) versions, both of which include resistive touchscreens. All versions of the device also come with a heater. Voice-picking and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) support is available via an optional push-to-talk handset.
The company lists the following key features and specifications for the VC5090:
- Processor -- PXA270 at 624 MHz
- Memory:
- 64 MB SDRAM, 192 MB Flash (non-RoHS compliant)
- 128 MB SDRAM, 192 MB Flash (RoHS compliant)
- Display:
- full screen -- 12.1 inch SVGA 800x600
- half screen -- 10.5 inch half-SVGA 800x320
- 350 NIT, 500:1 contrast ratio
- I/O ports:
- USB host or client
- USB keyboard port
- 2 RS-232 serial ports supply power to peripherals
- Expansion -- SD memory card
- Wireless:
- 802.11a/b/g WiFi
- Bluetooth v1.2
- 2 internal diversity antennas, external antenna connector
- Dimensions:
- full-screen -- 10.6 x 12.2 x 4.5 inches (26.9 x 30.9 x 11.4 cm)
- half-screen -- 11.28 x 12.2 x 5.04 inches (28.65 x 30.9 x 12.8 cm)
- Weight:
- full-screen -- 14.5 lbs. (6.85 kg)
- half-screen -- 16.31 lbs. (7.4 kg)
- Power -- internal wide range power supply (10-60 VDC) connects directly to vehicle battery, reverse polarity protected
- Environmental -- meets IP66 standards for protection against dust and water
Symbol says the VC5090 supports the company's Mobility Services Platform (MSP), which makes it easy for organizations to deploy, provision, track, and support their VC5090 devices worldwide, from a central location.
According to Brian Viscount, VP of product marketing for Symbol's Mobile Computing Division, "The VC5090 vehicle/fixed-mount mobile computer extends Symbol's comprehensive offering of rugged mobile computers to forklifts and other materials management vehicles."
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