PDA revealed

[rubberbond]

10hr battery life for soon to be rolled out 10hr delivery spans.

4 day week? I will do Mo-Thu.

[datasaint]

Bloody hell is that a camera on the top right corner, so they can spy on us?

[pants123]

10 hour battery life........

It will need it royal mail are doing another revision in our office.....

The walks are f o o king massive.... God help us.....

people will be be passing out from exhaustion and fatigue.....

[datasaint]

Otherwise known as the Motorola Solutions Symbol TC70.

(376 g) w/ standard battery - not exactly light then the current one is only 125g more.
Cameras Front: 1.3mp fixed focus, rear: 8.0mp autofocus with f/2.4 aperture - I wonder if the front facing camera will take a photo during signature phase to prove a person signed for it? Interesting ...

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[tonyd]

"On the connectivity and communications side, there's dual band 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0, but no mobile broadband as this is not conventional phone."

So I can see this being used in mail centres but not much use on outdoor delivery as it would have to be
returned to the yard before any logged data is downloaded

[glenfiddich]

Otherwise known as the Motorola Solutions Symbol TC70.

(376 g) w/ standard battery - not exactly light then the current one is only 125g more.
Cameras Front: 1.3mp fixed focus, rear: 8.0mp autofocus with f/2.4 aperture - I wonder if the front facing camera will take a photo during signature phase to prove a person signed for it? Interesting ...

Woohoo loads of posties taking selfies

[enskied]

Looks fragile though. How many times can you drop or throw it like the indestructible bricks we use now ?

[wabbithunta]

Assuming this is the model we'll be getting...

[SpacePhoenix]

"On the connectivity and communications side, there's dual band 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0, but no mobile broadband as this is not conventional phone."

So I can see this being used in mail centres but not much use on outdoor delivery as it would have to be
returned to the yard before any logged data is downloaded

If the scanning of all parcels comes in as a permanent thing then they'll be no good as they wouldn't get any time to recharge

[A2B]

Would think that the parcel scanning in the MC would be automated rather than each individual parcel being dealt with by hand

[Postie45]

Looks fragile though. How many times can you drop or throw it like the indestructible bricks we use now ?

Rugged and ready for all-day every day enterprise use
The TC70 is ready for the demands of everyday life in the business world. The TC70 is tested and proven to operate reliably after multiple 6 ft./1.8 m drops to concrete and 2,000 consecutive 3.2 ft./1 m tumbles in our punishing tumble test. With IP67 sealing, you get a device that is dust-tight and can survive complete immersion in water, making it ideal for use in the retail backroom, warehouse floor, in outdoor shopping areas or outside on a receiving dock. The Corning Gorilla Glass 2 touch panel and scanner exit window bring a new level of durability to two of the most vulnerable components

[ted_e_bear]

Presumably it'll have a micro usb port so maybe dom can go to poundworld and get us a job lot of chargers that we can plug in in the van that actually work.

[dave72]

Will it have a "Delivered to neighbour" option

[SpacePhoenix]

Would think that the parcel scanning in the MC would be automated rather than each individual parcel being dealt with by hand

Not every MC will have the room to fit in a parcel sorting machine. Apparently they're massive in size, probably only new builds will have the room to fit one in

[greengiant]

As long as it doesn't go into the annoying phone page like the current pda does. Nothing worse than going to scan a packet only for you to have to quit the phone page and try scanning it again!