Hi this is Travis with POSGuys.com today we're going to take a look at the MC40 by Moto Solutions.
Moto has been making enterprise class mobile computers for a while.
This is the older MC55
and this is the Motorola Android Cellphone.
They basically took the two,
married them together
and they came up with the MC40.
It runs an Android OS,
barcode scanner is built into the top as well as an optional card reader.
It's an enterprise level device like the MC55
so there is an actual drop spec on it.
It is water and dust resistant and it made to be used everyday in a rough manner
rather than like your cellphone where you protect it and be a little more careful with
it.
This can take a little more abuse and it is just made to be a little more enterprise.
So standard features on the MC40 is an accelerometer so that you can flip between portrait
and landscape modes, the multi-touch screen for zooming in and out as well as
tactile feedback.
So you can when you do different buttons or soft buttons or gestures or scan barcodes
you'll get that
feedback.
Demonstrating the barcode scanner capabilities.
Your standard 3 of 9 barcode will give you anywhere from
about one inch
out
to about a foot and a half.
It does have a 2D scan engine in it so if you're looking to capture data on like a drivers
license or UPS tracking codes you shouldn't have any problems catching there, capturing
the data.
Scans UPCs just fine.
This booklet demonstrates some damaged UPCS and it has no trouble scanning any of them.
In bright light if you're using this in an outdoor setting or near a window
it does not affect scanning capabilities at all.
This is an imager so light should not affect scanning at all.
The MC40 has an IP54 seal, this basically gives it a rating of dust and water resistance.
So if you're working in a messy back room
and you have a lot of dust there then you
don't have to worry about
dust blowing into crevices and jamming up buttons or blocking the microphone.
It will have no problems with those.
Should you get dust on it
you can clean it.
So spray it down really good and then just wipe it off.
It is made to withstand that kind of punishment no trouble.
As far as the drop spec goes it's been rated for a concrete drop of five feet
and it also has been put through a tumble test where they put it in a barrel that flips
up and down over and over.
It did 500 drops at 1.5 feet.
So it basically is made to be used you don't have to be so careful with it that you're
worried about dropping.
You shouldn't try an drop it but it can take a little bit of beating.
More so than your average phone.
It goes from 0 degrees to 120 degrees.
That makes it perfect for indoor environments and your standard environments.
Cold storage or extremely hot environments you might have some issues.
Its really been made for standard indoor and outdoor temperatures.
This is the MC40 from Motorola.
There are a couple of optional accessories for it.
One is the mag stripe reader.
This isn't available on all models so if you need the card reader make sure to buy the
one with mag stripe reader.
Soon to come is a version that works outside the four walls.
That basically means that it has a cellphone radio.
Motorola also plans to have some special data plans for it to help lower the cost of the
device.
The device itself costs more than your standard cellphone, android cellphone but they are
going to try to provide a discounted data plan that enables you to have the same cost
of ownership over a couple years of owning the device.
So you're going to want to contact and talk to our sales team regarding that information.
This is a great device for line busting as well as registry look up or part number look
ups for quantity that type of thing.
It is a durable device, IP54 seal it can take a little bit of a drop, barcode scanner built
in, 2D barcode scanner for drivers license, route accounting, that type of thing.
For more information on the MC40, it's warranty or to purchase it please visit us at www.POSGuys.com.