Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. will unveil a new handheld computer next week designed for retailers. The Fujitsu iPAD, a compact, Microsoft Windows CE .NET-based mobile device, available in mid-2002, will combine a scanner, magnetic- and smart-card reader, keypad with encryption capabilities, and phone capability. The devices are intended to give retailers a complete, wireless retail appliance. iPAD can be used for inventory management, debit transactions, price verifications, phone calls, line busting, mobile POS and gift registry. The product uses an Intel processor and can support any 802.11b wireless LAN infrastructure. With 'Windows CE .NET', iPAD will support both XML and VoIP. 802.11b capable as well as a magstripe reader? Perfect retail device for skimmers don't you think? (PS If you do forward this, zap my name OK?) <Somebody> --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com