April/May 2007

A measure of the competitiveness of the ruggedised mobile computing market is seen in the fact that Unitech is offering a cash-back trade-in deal for companies buying its latest HT660 handheld.

If you're prepared to exchange suitable models from Unitech itself or from Motorola (formerly Symbol), Intermec, Datalogic or Psion Teklogix, you could be eligible for a payment of up to 50 euros on each device.

The deal applies to both batch and Wi-Fi versions of the HT660, and remarkably, you also get your warranty extended from one year to two years.

In any case, Unitech claims that you get more out of the box from the HT660 than from comparable systems. Standard features include MCL rapid application development tools, auto installer, Wi-Fi site survey tool, back-up utility, server management and a scanner utility to set up scanning functionality.

 

To take advantage of the deal, you simply buy the your handhelds from any Unitech partner across Europe, then register the devices you want to trade in at a special Web site, www.unitech-europe.com/tradein.html. Here you get instructions about how to send them in, and once they've been inspected you get your money.