February 16, 2009 - NEC is in the Philippines for 30 years in the retailing industry and also as a solution provider for our local businesses and offices. Few weeks ago, NEC launches the TwinPOS3500G1 in the Philippines and as they say it is more cheaper than the competitor brand. If you are not familiar with the brand model, all you have to do is go to the nearest fast food center and check out the monitor infront of them, pressing some buttons on screen and generate a report and total of food you order, that's the machine we are talking about.
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Almost all fast food center, ticketing office, cafe, restaurants and front desk usually have this kind of touch screen PC, they use it in getting your orders, checking out the price of the item, or book your ticket for a flight or concert, or check if door number 8 is occupied. The NEC TwinPOS3500G1 is the all new touch screen PC with a compact base and design, and because of its small compact size the TwinPOS3500G1 can fit on top of desks or counters and it can save more space for the user. The TwinPOS3500G1 is powered by its own OS, Windows XP, but the difference is that it is not just an ordinary Windows XP. Microsoft created its own WinXP just for the TwinPOS and the application support for WinXP is supported til year 2016. But don't fret if you will get one for your office, the license fee for the WinXP is much lower and it includes a certificate and retail application, according to the NEC rep. who shared this to us during the media launching event. The screen is smooth like a laminated soft cover, and it will receive 3 million touches and points til it wears off. The TwinPOS is fanless, means that it generates a low power consumption and because that there is no fan to suck out oil, dust or smoke, the unit is water proof and it will hold on and never be damaged if ever a lot of dirt will come on its surface.
The TwinPOS3500G1 has a flash memory and keyboard less unit. It has USB hubs and card swiping machine,a LAN, and a choice of storage of either a PATA 2.5GB flash memory or SATA 80GB hard drive, Memory is DDR SDRAM 512MN, and CPU runs on a ULV Celeron M 600 Mhz.
Here are other specs
Operator Display - 12.1 inch SVGA full color TFT LCD with touch screen
Customer Display - 20x2 alphanumeric display (optional)
Magnetic card reader - ISO 1/2 (optional)
Power - AC 100-240V (+6%, -10%) maximum 1.2A
Energy consumption - 60W (maximum), less than 1W when power turned off
External Dimensions - 292 (W) x 203 (D) x 314.44 (H) mm ( when fitted with customer display)
Weight - 5.5 kg ( when fitted with customer display)
OS - Windows Embedded for Point of Service
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bloggers commentary
because of its small size and light weight, the POS unit will be a big advantage if you want to save a lot of space in your work area, but the sad part of it is that you should wait for a new upgrade and technology for the PATA flash memory, they say that PATA will be the new data storage device system in the future and for the looks of it in this POS unit, I think they are right!. The unit can stand heat and cold, but don't put it near your gas stove or super wet area, we are still not sure if the electric plug is water proof too, but testing it in a wet place is not a good idea, but the whole terminal is dust, heat, and water proof. Perfect for the Food and Beverage industry, but also a perfect unit for data banks and directory storage.
