InHand Brings Bluetooth to the Fingertip

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(12/12/01, 09:43:23 AM EDT)

InHand Electronics' newest Fingertip platform, based on Intel's StrongARM CPU, builds on the original Fingertip platform by adding an integrated Bluetooth wireless network interface, an integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, and support for additional color and monochrome LCD displays.

The new Fingertip platform incorporates all of the features of InHand's BatterySmart system software suite for StrongARM and XScale CPUs, including dynamic clock-scaling, reduced power peripheral software drivers, and advanced measurement and analysis tools. Both the Bluetooth and GPS peripherals interface with the main CPU through BatterySmart's power-optimized software drivers. Using BatterySmart, Fingertip's power consumption is kept below one watt, even with StrongARM's core clock frequency at 206MHz and with Bluetooth, GPS, and QVGA LCD peripherals in operational mode.

"As location-based services become increasingly important in a variety of industries, InHand's Fingertip and Trimble's M-Loc MPM GPS module provide an ideal platform that allows OEMs to rapidly develop location-enabled handheld devices," said Dennis Workman, vice president of Trimble's Component Technologies Division.

New Fingertip development platforms are available now with BatterySmart 2 for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE 3.0. Pricing is at $2,995 for the base platform and $3,995 with integrated Bluetooth and GPS hardware and software.

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InHand Electronics