

I’ve been working with them recently to discover situations where we could increase overall satisfaction of customers who clearly need rugged smartphones. Accessories like a hot swappable battery, a smart card reader, RFID scanner, mag stripe reader, printer and a drop on charging cradle. Two Technologies have taken a Samsung Galaxy Note ‘phablet’, wrapped it in a hard, water resistant shell, and added some pretty impressive accessories.
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Think of it like making a really tough, fully rigged out cyborg unit from a powerful, but not-so-tough, Android device.Įnter the Two Technologies N4 and N5Print. In their latest generations of rugged handhelds, Two Technologies took the approach of augmenting larger smartphones, often referred to as phablets, with technology and durability enhancements. I recently found what I’ll call a pair of rugged, feature-rich, well-costed handhelds that can compete with the best of them on their own turf. I get to help them three or four years later when those devices are nearing the end of service life and are perceived as old and sluggish by the people who use them every day. Well known reputable businesses do it every day. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with that approach. That extended service life is quite necessary in order to ever realize a return on THAT investment. In the past, the solution to this headache has often been to write a big check and invest in big name rugged devices that offer an extended service life.

Untimely accidental breakage of a device you or your people need to do their jobs results in office frustration, unhappy field workers and angry customers who are kept waiting. Most smartphones and tablets simply aren’t designed to put up with a hard day at work with a good chance of being dropped or rained on.
