MC70: A True Symbol Model Citizen

April 19, 2006 | Posted by Allison as Gadgets at 1:45 pm | (6) Comments »

Symbol MC70 PDA Phone.jpgFounded in 1975, Symbol has been a leader in mobility solutions.  The $1 billion company has its headquarters in the US and has operations in over 50 countries.  Maybe that’s why the MC70 kicks so much butt. 

Put the power of a cell phone, PDA, computer, scanner and imager together and what do you have?  The impossible?  The MC70 begs to differ.  The MC70 makes use of all these functions and more.  It is basically a mobile computer with multi-mode communications including cellular voice/data communications, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.  This beautiful baby is powered by the Intel XScale processor and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 which allows for better memory management, security & push-to-talk email capacity.

With the MC70, Symbol is targeting mobile workers in demanding environments like field workers reading meters, repairing equipment and me ordering a latte at Starbucks.  This awe-inspiring device integrates both a 1D laser barcode scanner and a 2D 640 x 480 pixel image scanner.  The MC70 boasts a 3.5 inch QVGA color touch-screen and either a 44-button QWERTY or 26-button numeric keypads and the sucker is trained to withstand shock, moisture or a tumble.

Nothing should stop you from ordering the MC70 right this very minute, unless you are not trained to withstand the shock to your finances of $2000.

 

6 Comments »

  1. ted Said,

    October 20, 2007 @ 12:59 pm

    You might as well throw two thousand dollars out your car window on the highway if you plan to get this pda.

    It is about the size of a brick and does whatever it feels like doing. During an 8 hour work day, I have to reset the device 5+ times. Sometimes you can’t even hang up the phone without reseting it. A warm reboot takes about 5 minutes before you can start to use it again.

    If you lose the cheap stylus, the device is rendered almost useless till you buy a new one.

    There is not one person of the 80+ techs that I ork with that actually remotely likes this device.

    On a scale of 1 to 10 out of any category, this device deserves a very firm 1. DON’T waste your money!

  2. waz Said,

    April 24, 2008 @ 8:55 am

    this PDA is rubbish!

  3. HARUNA ADAMU Said,

    October 7, 2008 @ 8:58 am

    hello i really want to be using phones with pda

  4. COMCAST Said,

    May 25, 2009 @ 10:09 pm

    the symbol unit is a piece of S*@$ …! it doesnt even turn off, the battery lasts only half a day, windows mobile 5.0 is strait garbage the keyboard and scanner tend to quit working periodically and needs several warm boots to get it going again the phone sometimes will not turn off and say connected to so and so and the timer keeps counting so until it hangs up when it feels like it it is useless this “device” is a piece of hot garbage, anyone that buys it is definitly stupid

  5. fae Said,

    July 25, 2009 @ 1:20 am

    nice i like it

  6. John Smith Said,

    December 13, 2009 @ 11:16 pm

    With Windows Mobile 5.0, the device was buggy at best.

    However, upon upgrading the OS to Windows Mobile Professional 6.1, everything’s been smooth. Never had a better PDA loaded with so many apps onto it, still functioning so smoothly.

    I’ll have to agree with the other poster, though – can’t find a way to REALLY shut this thing off.

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