Articles and White Papers

Spirit company information

• Company Brochure
• Combined Spirit Software Datahseet

Spirit customer service

• Customer Care brochure
• Training Services Datasheet
• Device Management Datasheet
• Infrastructure Service Datasheet
• Provisioning and Set-up Services

Spirit comparison charts

Help in choosing the right computer/PDA for your application:

• Buying a handheld computer
• Rugged PDAs
• Lightweight rugged PDA Devices
• Durable Devices
• In Premises Devices
• Rugged Laptops include Vehicle Mount

Useful information

• IP Ratings explained

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Spirit white papers

Below is a series of papers we have authored on our company, markets and industry:

• All About Barcoding Symbologies
• Bar Code Scanning - A presentation on the technology and applications
• Buying A Handheld Mobile Computer
• Device Selection – 1D linear barcode scanners
  
• Device Selection – 2D scanners and high density specialist imagers
  
• Guide To Wireless Communication
  
• Mobile PC/PDA Device Selection – A technical comparison
• Technology Trends Forecast
• The Spirit Bar Code Colour Guide
• What is the difference between Windows CE, Pocket PC and Windows
  Mobile?
• What is a fully Rugged PDA?

Barcoding

• Bar coding – Getting it right: Recommendations for best practice by GS1 UK
• Selecting the right bar code scanner for
  mission critical healthcare applications (Author: Motorola)
• NHS aims to save millions by bar-coding its patients. PublicTechnology.net
• NHS paper on use of barcoding in patient care. Department of Health

Zebra Technologies White Papers

• Bar Code 101. An overview of barcoding
• Bar Codes and manufacturing
  
• Bar Coding ROI in mail-order fulfillment and Distribution Centres
  
• Closing the loop: Extending wireless LAN security to wireless printers
  
• Gen2 Implications for smart label printing
  
• Benefiting from unit-of-use Bar Code traceablitiy in the life sciences supply chain
  

Direct Part Marking (DPM) / UV barcoding

• Motorola: DPM products at-a-glance
• Motorola: The new class of
  Direct Part Marking (DPM) solutions
• Motorola: Direct Part Marking at the Ford Motor Company
• Covert and invisible mark reading.
  InData Systems. November 2006.

Motorola white papers

• Synchronizing the Distribution Supply Chain with Mobility
• The Synchronized Distribution Supply Chain: Best Practices in Truck Transportation Management
• Video on the Mobile Warehouse
• Enterprise mobility in the Healthcare sector

PCI technology

• Protecting Credit Card Data: How to Achieve PCI Compliance.
• The Truth About PCI Compliance.

RFID market and technology

• Glossary of terms.
• RFID Benefits
• How secure is RFID?
• RFID Industry solutions: Manufacturing
• RFID Industry solutions: Travel and Tourism
• RFID Industry solutions: Warehousing
• RFID: The facts about RFID.
• RFID: Synchronize your supply chain with RFID
• Tag Frequency Comparison Chart

• BBC news article - Teenage truancy increases sharply
  There is a useful video that can be viewed from this page.

Motorola White Papers on the use of mobile computing in public service organizations

• TCE versus TCO: Revealing the True Costs of Hand-held Computing
• How Mobile Worker Technology can Enhance Service, Drive Productivity and Reduce Costs in Local Government
• Government Mobile Computing Portfolio
• eCitations - Parking management efficiency
• Emergency services fast response
• Public service personnel in the field
• Support for police in the field
• Assest management for public services

General papers mobile computing

• Automation using mobile computing white paper.
• Batch vs.Wireless mobile computing case study.
• Business on the move - A report by Sage on mobile computing.
• Choose Windows Mobile Over Android for Ruggedized Handhelds
• Moving in less mysterious ways: Market study on use of mobile technologies. Service Management Buyer's Guide 2007
• Using NTP to control and synchronise system clocks. Sun Microsystems

Tablet PCs

• Tablets Reshape Retail - Supplement June 2011

• 3G Coverage -OFCOM report. Click here