Telxon Selects DiskOnChip for Multi-Function Wireless Handheld Terminal

Telxon Corporationased <%=company%> has selected the M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (Chicago) DiskOnChip as the storage solution for its new PTC-1800 hand-held terminal. Telxon is using M-Systems' flash-based DiskOnChip for local storage of the operating system, applications and data files in the PTC-1800. User data such as local databases and day transactions will be stored on DiskOnChip.

Also a commercial smart-phone, the PTC-1800 delivers Voice-Over-IP telephony, messaging and transaction-processing capabilities based on the Microsoft Windows CE operating system, which will be stored on DiskOnChip. This high-function wireless phone can also access e-mail and Web pages.

Telxon is targeting the PTC-1800 at its traditional vertical markets, including in-store retail. With wide appeal to a broad array of horizontal applications, the PTC-1800 will enable store managers to make local or long distance phone calls and communicate by voice or two-way paging as they roam throughout the store conducting other mobile computing functions. Price verification, in-stock item inquiry and inventory replenishment information can all be accomplished with the single hand-held device.