Baracoda's Wireless Barcode and RFID Scanners are Now Compatible with the Google Android Operating System
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Paris- Baracoda, the world leading manufacturer of Bluetooth barcode scanners and RFID readers, adds another string to his bow by announcing the compatibility of its famous middleware BaracodaManager with Android.
A professional success for Android operating system
For Baracoda, the reliability of Google operating system is one of the main reasons that made this embedded platform a success, especially from "Froyo" version and above. This is also a reason why Android is now recognized by mobility professionals (five million Android smartphones were sold during the second quarter 2010 in the U.S., placing the promising mobile platform as leader on the market with 34% market share*). Accordingly to its philosophy of free and wide compatibility, Baracoda provides its partners and customers the opportunity to combine the recognized potential of its famous middleware BaracodaManager with the quality of Android, for any type of traceability application in mobile environments.
Thierry Fortune, R&D Director of Baracoda, says: "Our desire for constant innovation motivates us to offer more and more technology and adaptability, to meet user requirements effectively. With the explosion of smartphones and their increasing use in business environments, it was natural for Baracoda to offer a solution that combines both technological intelligence and ease of use. The compatibility of our scanners with Android is once more the opportunity to show the relevance of our solutions on mobile platforms. "
An ever wider range of compatible devices
Praised for the multi-terminal and multi-platform compatibility of its scanners, Baracoda confirms its commitment to offer its partners and customers the ability to combine their solutions to the most innovative devices on the market. The whole range of Baracoda scanners is compatible with Android platform, embedded on smartphones such as HTC Legend and Nexus One. BaracodaManager middleware is available and operational from 2.1 and 2.2 Flash Froyo versions of Android and offers a broad portfolio of capabilities. Baracoda alos releases the SDK for Android so that editors of mobile applications (Transport & Delivery, Sales Force Automation, Field Services etc ...) access the best of this free software that offers very simple feature, and may integrate the barcode and RFID functions in their own customer oriented solutions. BaracodaManager and its SDKs exist also on smartphone, PDA or TabletPC
A few clicks only to access advanced features of BaracodaManager
Developed to quickly and easily connect Baracoda Bluetooth scanners to any mobile terminal, BaracodaManager for Android also offers advanced features such as adding time stamp, prefixes / suffixes, text editing through keyboard emulation, collected data processing (barcodes, RFID tags, pictures). It also includes advanced features that already made BaracodaManager a success, such as automatic reconnection or warranted security for data retention. And all of these features are available through a very simple interface.
BaracodaManager for Android is free of charge and can be downloaded on Baracoda website: www.baracoda.com
Source : Canalys
About Baracoda
Baracoda is the world leading manufacturer of Bluetooth barcode and RFID scanners. The company promotes the development of wireless embedded solutions for distribution, transportation, logistics and real time traceability applications. Baracoda's added value lies in its ability to provide its customers and partners with reliable and extremely competitive solutions for both mobile and logistics environments. Read more on www.baracoda.com
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