Motorola's CA50,handheld with voice over IP (VoIP) over Wi-Fi and a bar code scanner.

Motorola Inc. today announced the CA50, a lightweight handheld with voice over IP (VoIP) over Wi-Fi and a bar code scanner. The device is targeted for retail, hospitality and health care where inventory, product management and record management takes place.

Workers would be able to check prices and inventory in stores or to request immediate delivery of equipment at hospitals, said Tom Esposito, senior director of advanced data capture at Motorola's enterprise mobility unit. The CA50 fills a gap in handheld products, since it is light and inexpensive in comparison with the ruggedized scanners on the market, Esposito said.It is 4.37 by 1.81 by 1.01 inches in size and includes a five-line monochrome display, according to Motorola. The device runs the Windows CE 5.0 mobile operating system, has 64MB of RAM and 32MB of flash memory. An internal antenna connects to 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi networks

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