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1. When will Tiqit be available?
We are currently in
preproduction, with limited commercial availability in the second half of 2006.
2. How and why was the Tiqit developed?
The Tiqit was developed to meet a need (existing devices did not adequately
serve the mobile enterprise), and to demonstrate feasibility (Tiqit engineers
overcame the many obstacles to packing the power of a PC into the form
factor of a handheld XP computer using off-the-shelf components).
3. How does wireless computing work on Tiqit?
A wide range of wireless technologies are available today as PCMCIA cards. This includes the ubiquitous 802.11b (Wi-Fi) standard at 11 MB/s, the newer 802.11a standard at 54 MB/s, satellite wireless (e.g. ViaSat), Bluetooth, and various cellular technologies including GSM (GPRS, EDGE, 3GSM), 2.5G (1xRTT), PCS, etc. One benefit of PCMCIA wireless is that it brings the antenna to the outside, giving noticeably better reception than with the internal antenna typically used with internal solutions.
4. What is the difference between the Tiqit and other mobile computing devices?
Tiqit is the first computer you can use while walking that has the software and hardware compatibility of a Windows/Linux/UNIX PC. Tiqit incorporates all the applications you would find on a laptop or PDA including voice communication, e-mail, web access, PIM, enterprise applications and the ability to download attachments. It is the size of a large PDA, has laptop-quality screen resolution, a 56-key QWERTY keyboard, a finger-operated micro joystick with mouse buttons, a cardbus PC card slot to support all standard wireless modems, a USB port, and a Secure Digital (SD) slot.
5. Why would I choose a Tiqit over a laptop?
Mostly if you needed a powerful device that was truly mobile - that you would not need to find a table to use. Tiqit has the same screen resolution quality as a laptop, as well as a touch screen, a 56-key QWERTY keyboard, a finger-operated micro joystick with mouse buttons, a cardbus PC card slot to support all standard wireless modems, a USB port, and a Secure Digital (SD) slot. This is all within a device that is the size of a large PDA, therefore offering additional portability that a laptop fails to provide.
6. Does it really have the power of a laptop?
Almost anything you can do on a notebook or desktop you can do on a Tiqit. This includes any software that will run on a PC with 256 megabytes of RAM and a 15 GB hard drive, and connectivity with all PC-compatible devices - from digital cameras, to projectors, to bar code scanners, to docking stations.
7. How is Tiqit different from any other PDA?
PDAs run lightweight operating systems as PalmOS and Windows/CE. Tiqit runs the same operating systems that run on full-sized laptops, such as Windows or Linux. The enormous range of shrink-wrapped software and notebook peripherals and add-ons that you can find in any computer store today are almost all compatible with Tiqit. The same cannot be said for PDAs; though the market for PDA software and hardware is growing it remains tiny compared to enterprise software.
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