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Wynd Communications Corp. of California developed a system using
the Inter@ctive Pager 950 for the hearing impaired. This “Cellphone for
the Deaf” application replaces or augments traditional services such as
faxing or teletype machines. More than 28 million hearing-impaired
North Americans could make use of this service.
Sybase has written a mobile database software application where
organizations can extend critical business applications, such as sales force
automation, service & support and scheduling, to the Inter@ctive Pager.
GoAmerica and WolfeTech have created applications that enable users
to obtain information from Internet destinations under such headings as
Finance, Entertainment, Sports and News.
More than 300 other companies have obtained RIM’s Software
Developer Kit to assist them in writing programs for the Inter@ctive
Pager platform. In addition to those already described, many more
developers have written applications for web browsing, dispatching,
games, database access, debit and credit card processing, the real estate,
legal and medical professions to name a few.
OEM Radios
The OEM Radio Modem packages RIM’s core radio technology in a
form that is easily integrated by other original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) into products that require wireless capabilities.
RIM is continuously working to improve its OEM product line,
including upcoming products that will be even smaller and more power
efficient than RIM’s current industry-leading devices.
RIM’s OEM customers can be divided into several distinct groups:
mobile computing, in-vehicle applications, and a broad group that
includes other applications such as e-commerce, telemetry, wireless
vending, wireless automated teller machines, wireless alarming,
dispatching and remote meter reading.
MOBILE COMPUTING
There are several types of mobile computing products that embed
RIM’s OEM radios.
Ruggedized terminal manufacturers produce laptops and tablet
computers that have been built to withstand the rigors of outdoor and
on-site conditions. Companies such as Panasonic, Itronix, Symbol and
Telxon use RIM’s OEM radio in their rugged handheld computing
products and laptops.
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RIM Products/Markets (continued)