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Infantry to lead the way with a new PDA
A collaboration between military R&D and industrial designers is bringing state-of-the-art PDA technology to Joe Snuffy out on the battlefield.

Crave/CNET Network

 

 Sept 18, 2007

InHand Electronics introduces the Soldier e-ink Military PDA
InHand's and Natick SSC Solider Flex PDA Featured on Engadget, a web magazine with daily coverage of everything new in gadgets, electronics and ay technology.

Engadget.com

 Sept 17, 2007

Natick SSC and InHand Electronics Announce PDA Using Revolutionary Flexible Display
InHand Electronics, Inc. (Rockville, MD), a leader in handheld and wireless device platforms for OEMs, the Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (Natick, MA) and Army Research Lab, Sensors Electronic Device Directorate (Adelphi, MD), today announced at the Embedded Systems Conference the completion of the first general-purpose, military-grade PDA utilizing low-power, flexible display technology.

Military Embedded Systems

 

 Sept 17, 2007
InHand's ATP for Monahans Platform  

Highlights from InHand's demonstration of the all new ATP for Monahans Platform based on Intel's new 800MHz processor.

Electronic Design

 

 Oct 4, 2006
Fingertip4 Featured in August 2006 Military & Aerospace Electronics Magazine  

InHand's new Fingertip4 is listed in the August 2006 issue of Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine for the development of handheld devices to be embedded in unmanned vehicles.

Military & Aerospace Electronics

 

 Aug 2006
InHand Electronics Included June 2006 eg3 e-clips  

InHand Electronics ATP - Monahans Platform Family platform is featured in this months eLetter.

eg3.com

 

 June 2, 2006
FingerTip 4 credit card sized platform moves to PXA270 MPU  
At the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston, Ma., InHand Electronics took the wraps off its Fingertip4 handheld and wireless device platform, a credit-card sized embedded platform based on Intel’s StrongArm-based Xscale PXA270 CPU.

EMBEDDED.COM

 Jan 3, 2006
Wearable computers and the military: The smaller the better  
Designers of small, embedded electronics for wearable computer applications for the military see their market growing and the government allocating more dollars.

Military & Aerospace Electronics

 Nov 18, 2005
Embedded Systems Power Management by Processor Performance Adjustment  
InHand weighs in on understanding the true device-level design of a system’s electronics and how to increase battery life without appreciably increasing the size, weight or cost of the design.

COTS Journal

 June 8, 2005
Military/aerospace products roundup  
InHand's Elf3 low-power electronics core from requires only batteries, an enclosure, and a display to create a PDA or wireless handheld with onboard Bluetooth and GPS, three serial ports, a 20-bit audio codec, and dual PCMCIA peripheral support.

Electronic Products

 Mar 13, 2005 
Physical Issues Complicate Portable Device Designs  
While mobile hand-held military devices rely on consumer electronics inside, their external mechanical design and test processes involve rigors far beyond what’s acceptable in the consumer space.

COTS Journal

 Dec 18, 2004
US Navy, InHand Develop Intelligent Power Module for Wireless Sensors  
InHand Electronics, Inc., a leader in handheld and wireless device platforms for OEMs, announced that it has received a contract from the United States Navy for the second phase of a project to develop an intelligent power module for wireless smart sensors.

Embedded Star

 Nov 30, 2004
System view of core clock frequency, voltage  
Article by InHand experts focuses on advanced techniques for frequency/voltage adjustment.

EE Times

 Nov 1, 2004
Wireless multimedia platform uses newest XScale  
InHand plans to launch in October a hardware reference design for handheld and wireless devices. The new ATP-27X will use an Intel XScale PXA270 (formerly "Bulverde"), an ARM-based SoC (system-on-chip) optimized for wireless mobile multimedia applications. The ATP-27X supports Windows CE, and targets top-tier OEMs, InHand says.

Windowsfordevices.com

 Sept 23, 2004
Wireless multimedia platform uses newest Intel XScale  
InHand will launch a hardware reference design for handheld and wireless devices. The new ATP-27x will use an Intel XScale PXA270 (formerly "Bulverde"), an ARM-based SoC (system-on-chip) optimized for wireless mobile multimedia applications. The ATP-27x supports Linux, and targets top-tier OEMs, InHand says.

Linuxdevices.com

 Sept 22, 2004
The future InHand  
Rockville electronics firm lends power to Army's Future Force Warrior program.

Washington Business Journal

 Aug 13,2004
New Dog Tags for G.I.'s  
The government recently contracted with four private companies to reinvent the dog tag to contain a wireless chip that carries medical and other key information that can be retrieved by a medic using a handheld device.

INC Magazine

 Aug 3, 2004
Dynamic power management software cools Windows CE handhelds  
InHand's version 3 of its dynamic power management software for handheld and wireless devices is slated for release this summer. The latest version of InHand's BatterySmart software, includes "major new technologies in dynamic run-time power and performance management." .

windowsfordevices.com

 June 30, 2004
Systems Approach Extends Battery Life Suit Military Apps  
Batteries have a direct effect on mission life, size and weight of portable designs. A systems approach to power management can extend battery life.

COTS Journal

 June 29, 2004
IT for GIs: Rockville Firm Bidding to Make Futuristic Dog Tags for Army  
The dog tag is getting a techno upgrade, and InHand Electronics is in the running to put its ramped-up version around American soldiers' necks.

Capital News Service

 Apr 6, 2004
Wireless to help the wounded  
InHand to develop a Personal Information Carrier [PIC] which will embed all of a soldiers medical history, including x-rays, inside of a soldier's dog tag.

InfoWorld

 Apr 2, 2004
CMP's eeProductCenter has the Latest Fingertip3 News  
Fingertip3's low-power features are highlighted on new web-site from the editors of EETimes.

EE Product Center

 Feb 17, 2004
Elf3 is one of EDN's Hot 100 for 2003  
InHand Electronic's Elf3 mobile-device-development platform has been named one of EDN's Best 100 Products of 2003 in the Embedded Tools Category.

EDN Magazine

 Dec 11, 2003
Embedded processor boards for handheld computers  
Choosing an embedded processor board for use in a handheld device requires attention to two very important features: power consumption and size.

Electronic Products Magazine

 Nov 5, 2003
EDN hands-on project: Get a grip: connecting mobile devices  
With the rapid convergence of handheld electronics and wireless technologies, designers are scrambling to meet the surging demand for new mobile devices.

EDN Magazine

 Oct 2, 2003
Advanced Power Management R&D Contract for InHand Electronics  
InHand will leverage its significant base of patent-pending intellectual property in power control, distribution, and management for handheld and wireless devices to develop new methodologies and products to optimize energy delivery for future smart sensor systems.

EmbeddedTechnology.com

 Sept 25, 2003
XScale Platform Simplifies Designs  
Putting together a compact, portable device is no easy task, but starting with InHand Electronics' Elf3 platform can greatly simplify the job.

Electronic Design

 June 9, 2003
Windows CE heads for the battle field  
Microsoft's Windows CE operating system and InHand's low-power hardware/software technology have been licensed by Raytheon's Precision Guidance Systems (PGS) Division for use in a new handheld GPS receiver being developed for the US Army.

WindowsforDevices.com

 May 20, 2003
XScale-based reference platform extends power management  
InHand Electronics announced the immediate availability of the Elf3 platform based on the new XScale PXA 255, running at up to 400MHz. The design is coupled with power management hardware and software technologies to extend battery life.

WindowsForDevices.com

 May 15, 2003
Software Matters For Power Consumption  
Whether you are creating an operating system, firmware, or even device drivers, the way you write the software could affect the power consumption of the resulting product. Nathan Tennies, InHand's Director of Software Engineering, describes four approaches to minimizing power consumption through software.

Embedded Systems Programming

 Feb 4, 2003
Building a Low-Power Handheld  
InHand's experts focus on the hardware and software considerations to keep in mind when your engineering team is designing its next-generation device.

WindowsForDevices.com

 Dec 9, 2002
Powering Off  
Reducing battery consumption is the goal of Rockville, Md. based InHand Electronics.

Info World

 Sept 3, 2002
Building a battlefield-ready PDA  
Andrew Girson, InHand's CEO discussed using Linux with new handheld technology for the military (see right column).

CNET Radio

 Aug 19, 2002
Linux World Preview  
With IT spending down and the U.S. economy struggling, Linux vendors at next week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco will be fervently pushing the operating system as a way for companies to save scarce IT dollars.

Computer World

 Aug 9, 2002
JTRS Program  
Developing a common system architecture for spectrum of tactical communications needs.

Military & Aerospace Electronics

 July 31, 2002
Clock Scaling Conserves Energy  
With the growing ranks of CPUs that feature dynamic adjustment of frequency and voltage, device designers are now looking to clock and voltage scaling as an important weapon in their arsenal of power-reducing design techniques.

EE Times

 July 9,2002
Sensors seen enabling new-age services  
Proliferating wireless data transmitters and sensors will be the enablers of a new information revolution.

EE Times

 May 22, 2002
Update on Single Board Computers  
Take a quick look at some of the key issues dirving SBC market fragmentation and the expanding relam of tiny all-in-one SBCs...

Embedded Linux Journal

 May 20, 2002
Handheld platform totes Bluetooth, GPS  
InHand Electronics Inc.'s handheld computing platform combines a Bluetooth transceiver, global- positioning system (GPS) receiver, color LCD controller and Intel StrongARM CPU in a package that consumes less than a watt of power.

EE Times

 Apr 4, 2002
Handheld Devices, Wireless Communications, Remote Diagnostics: What's it all Mean for Field Service?  
What activities might be commonplace for tomorrow's mobile field force? Though predicting the future of field service is a daunting task, Girson tackels it with authority.

Geospatial Solutions Magazine

 Mar 7, 2002
Source List: Single-board computers  
InHand Electronics is listed on the Source list for Single board computers.

Electronic Products Magazine

 Mar 2, 2002
Embedded Linux Support for Elf Coming Soon  
At just 12 square inches Elf packs complete PDA functionality with extended peripheral support.

Linuxdevices.com

 May 1, 2001
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