Press Release
December 15, 2004
Flowfinity Wireless and Infinite Peripherals offer First Integrated Barcode Solution for BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds
Vancouver, BC, Canada and Irvine, CA, USA - New Out-of-the-box Solution for Wireless Barcode Applications for BlackBerry
Flowfinity Wireless, a leading provider of wireless application products and platforms, and Infinite Peripherals, a leading provider of custom mobile printing and scanning solutions, released today LaserField, a bundled solution that enables barcode scanning from any USB-enabled BlackBerry Wireless Handheld™.
LaserField combines the Infinite Peripherals barcode scanner (IP-BC) and Flowfinity Forms. Flowfinity Forms is a leading data collection product for the BlackBerry platform.
Available immediately, this combination of software and hardware will enable powerful Field Force solutions using BlackBerry® from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM); (TSX: RIM). Such solutions will provide better inventory management, improved asset tracking, more accurate ticket validation and faster data entry.
"We are excited to see our barcode products integrated with business software that fully utilize the wireless capabilities of BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds," said Jeff Scott, Director of Sales and Marketing for Infinite Peripherals. "Our customers will be able to deploy a solution faster and will get results sooner thanks to the LaserField bundle we're offering."
"Customers will see immediate benefits from this LaserField bundle," said Larry Wilson, Flowfinity's VP of Sales and Marketing. "We see a lot of demand for solutions that improve the effectiveness of Field Force personnel, and this bundle is attractively priced to enable customers to realize a return-on-investment very quickly."
The LaserField solution bundle has a list price of $499 U.S. dollars.
The LaserField solution has been tested with several BlackBerry handhelds including; BlackBerry 7230™, BlackBerry 7280™, BlackBerry 7290™, BlackBerry 7510™, BlackBerry 7520™, BlackBerry 7730™ and BlackBerry 7780™.
Infinite Peripherals also offers the PP-55MS-BC peripheral which is a combined Printer, Mag-Stripe reader and Barcode reader. Flowfinity also offers the Flowfinity Actions software application for dispatching and tracking work orders and tasks.
About Flowfinity Wireless
Flowfinity Wireless provides business applications to improve the productivity of mobile professionals by enabling them to securely, reliably receive and use information anytime and anywhere without having to "ask for, then wait for" it. Flowfinity uniquely combines high usability and capability with painless integration, resulting in an unrivaled total cost of ownership. Flowfinity products are used for field service, inspections, sales, and inventory management use cases in a wide variety of vertical markets. Flowfinity is technology partners with Research In Motion (RIM), Microsoft, Borland, Sun and IBM. Today, Flowfinity has a growing base of customers and partners in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. Reach Flowfinity Wireless at www.flowfinity.com.
About Infinite Peripherals
Infinite Peripherals was founded in 1993 as a supplier of receipt printers for the Point of Sale market. By leveraging their expertise in printing technology, Infinite Peripherals has positioned themselves as a market leader in thermal printers, print mechanisms, and other receipt printer-related components. Infinite Peripherals supplies these products to customers in the many markets, including: banking, gaming medical, hospitality, ATM, retail, amusement, security, time and attendance, and industrial measurement. Information about Infinite Peripherals can be found at www.ipcprint.com.
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