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Global rugged handheld computers and smartphones market segmentation by type: Mobile Computer Reader / Scanner Smartphone Other (PDA)

When you’re on the run, and you just need to quickly print some photos, you’re going to want to look at the best portable printers. You can forget about printers being big, bulky and beige devices that need 20 different wires.

AR can optimize the cumbersome picking process by supplying employees with real-time information of how much of a product is needed as well as its precise location. Another collaborative process that stands to benefit from AR is maintenance. Specialists no longer need to be called in to fix machinery since support can be provided from other locations using holograms to convey 3D images and/or overlays to provide accurate repair instructions.

Perhaps the most interesting use of the Tricorder takes us right back to the device’s sci-fi conception. Should humans ever attempt more long-distance space travel, a Tricorder would be a must: a manned mission to Mars could see astronauts travel for weeks or months without access to the full repertoire of medical support.

The Socket Mobile S840 is a fast-scanning 2D/1D imager barcode scanner with Bluetooth® wireless technology. The S840 is one of the smallest and lightest 2D barcode scanners, fitting in your pocket and the palm of your hand when attached to a smartphone. The S840 can scan barcodes printed on labels or displayed on device screens. It reads all the most popular 2D/1D barcodes and is perfect for retail point of sale, inventory management, sales order entry, field service, and other mobile business applications. The scanner is certified by Apple® for iOS devices (iPad®, iPhone®, iTouch®) and compatible with Android and Windows® smartphones and tablets"

From the materials to the kickstand, the Go feels, looks, and functions like its larger sibling, whose positive traits are well known. Microsoft’s main hardware product offers the best of both PC and tablet functionality through full Windows 10, a sharp high-resolution display, a built-in kickstand, and an optional keyboard and stylus peripheral, all of which are coming in the mix with the pint-size Surface Go. (The Windows 10 aspect is a little complicated, but more on that in a moment.)

One of the first companies to make a serious attempt at creating a Tricorder was Scanadu, which released a device called the Scout in 2015.The Scout could measure a handful of vital signs — blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, and temperature — by being held up to a patient’s forehead. It’s not quite the Tricorder’s no-touch technique, and had no diagnostic capabilities, but it was arguably further towards such a device than any hardware before it. After raising $1.7m on Indiegogo, and several million dollars more from investors, the Scout eventually went on sale. However, the company had released it under the banner of a "research device for investigational use". When it subsequently failed to win FDA approval — for unspecified reasons — the research effectively came to an end, and devices were bricked, leaving buyers furious.

Unihertz has followed up on its previous micro-smartphone, the Jelly, with a rugged masterpiece in minuscule engineering called the Atom, offering a full Android experience in the smallest durability-focused form factor ever devised. Of course, that means that there is a laundry list of trade-offs and only a relatively small niche audience who the Atom might appeal to in the long-term. Throughout our time with this handset, the novelty of that didn’t really wear off and using the phone was plenty of fun thanks to well-optimized inputs and generally great performance — for what this is. But problems did arise in terms of day-to-day use, admittedly mostly because some text is difficult to read without brilliant eyesight. Furthermore, audio quality isn’t awesome and the camera suffers some issues. That does not, however, mean that this device is any less worthy of consideration. For a number of users and lifestyles, in fact, the Unihertz Atom will be a perfect fit precisely because of its small size and durability.

Laser-based or image-based, scanners are a system’s window to real-time operations and a door to Industry 4.0.

Rugged Handheld Devices Market analyst segments the market by the applications, types onward with their costs, by various regions, and by customer feedback. The report offers you a visual, one-stop decomposition of the important products, key performers market revenue forecast for the anticipated period 2018–2025.

Chiptune is a relatively new musical genre. Inspired by the video game soundtracks of the 8 and 16-bit eras, it looks to recreate that signature electronic pixelated sound. Of course, that’s not something you can replicate with drums or a guitar, so chiptune musicians use Game Boys instead. Entire cartridges of software have been created to help get the best sounds and notes out of the handhelds. Little Sound DJ (or LSDJ) and Nanoloop are among the most popular. If you’re interested, there are plenty of tutorials online showing people how to mod their Game Boys and make music themselves.

Starting off with Toughbook FZ-T1, it’s a rugged Android smartphone that’s pretty slim, durable and feature-packed. It features a 5-inch HD screen, with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, rain and glove mode, along with passive stylus input support.