The needs of businesses are changing almost daily, creating a demand for a fleet of handheld computers that can keep up. Introducing the latest innovation from Psion Teklogix – The WORKABOUT PRO 3.

Intelligent, rugged and most importantly flexible, the Psion WORKABOUT PRO 3 is a new breed of handheld computer that delivers the choice of numerous hardware add ons, software applications and upgrades, making it work as hard as you do.

View video or for further information click here

Providing mobile workers with computing devices that help them do their job in the field creates great opportunities to improve organisational efficiency and productivity. When deploying into mobile environments, ruggedness is a key consideration - not only must devices be able to support the application, they must also withstand the physical challenges inherent to potentially tough environments.

Mobile computing devices must be able to endure the shocks, drops, vibrations, dust, water, and extreme temperatures that accompany the harsh conditions faced by mobile workers. But it’s not just about looking for the most rugged device as different applications and environments require devices with different degrees of ruggedness. You don’t want to over specify or under specify the device. For example, why spend on a device designed for the freezer when your workers will never enter this environment? Conversely, not considering a freezer focused device for this particular application can result in increased device failures and may prove costly in the long term. Therefore, customers should consider the characteristics of their environments and applications and then choose the most appropriate device. This document provides insights to help evaluate the ruggedness of a mobile device and determine its fit for a given scenario. Download white paper

Psion Teklogix announced “Open Source Mobility” (OSM), a substantial evolution of its business model, with the objective of dramatically reducing customers total cost of ownership, creating the best possible fit with customer requirements, creating new business opportunities for developers, resellers and partners, and enhancing Psion’s ability to grow and develop its business.

John Conoley, Chief Executive, Psion, said: “OSM is a significant evolution of our business model and has the potential to completely change the industrial mobile computing market. Open Source Mobility is inspired by many facets of leading business thinking, especially Open Innovation and Open Source. Firstly, we take inspiration from the Open Source phenomenon directly, because of its foundation in a non proprietary, standards based core which developers and customers leverage and evolve for mutual benefit.”

Modularity has been a core component of Psion’s products for many years, especially in Psion’s well known Workabout Pro™ product family. However, the difference that OSM creates is that in future developments of its modular product platform, Psion will fully extend the modular approach to customers and partners. Because it will use open, standards based interfaces, Psion will be able to extend the useful life of products in the field, by replacing defective or obsolescent modules, rather than by replacing the whole product. The benefits to customers, developers and partners will be second to none in terms of value creation, differentiation, competitive advantage and total cost of ownership (TCO).

When applied to its core industrial mobile computing market, OSM will offer by far the best lifetime TCO, potentially 30 percent to 50 percent better than Psion's competitors over a five to ten year period.  It will also demonstrate the lowest obsolescence risk, with unique customer choice and flexibility.  By swapping functional modules, instead of replacing the whole device, benefits are achieved in repurposing devices, reduced repair downtime and optimising device configuration.

To support the significant evolution in its business model, Psion has launched “Ingenuity Working,” www.ingenuityworking.com, an open and online community to bring its developers, partners and customers closer together in support of three new initiatives:

• to live our values, our highs and our lows in full view to become more trusted than any comparable company or competitor. 
• to share and leverage Psion’s significant IP portfolio with a wide range of vendors and component suppliers.
• to accelerate a fuller and uniquely, open dialogue with its global customer & reseller community.