Austin, TX — (press release excerpt) — Wincor Nixdorf Inc. today announced that The Home Depot has chosen the BEETLE/Mobile Point-of-Sale (POS) platform for supporting their mobile inventory management applications in the company's Expo Design Center stores. Wincor Nixdorf's Mobile POS incorporates a standard BEETLE… system with DC power supply mounted on a cart; it is powered by a standard 12-volt battery and delivers more than 20 hours of continuous operation. The BEETLE POS systems uses Red Hat Linux as its embedded operating system. The systems also offer an expansive and complete set of JavaPOS drivers for POS peripherals.

The Home Depot will deploy the Mobile POS for pricing and ordering in the store, using its ability to update prices and print labels on the spot. The systems are being installed in existing Expo Design Centers and will be used in all new Expo Design Center stores going forward. Untethered by power or network cables, the Mobile POS can be used as a full cash wrap on wheels and as a store management system for inventory, shelf labeling, and other functions. The Mobile POS provides handwriting recognition capability through Wincor Nixdorf's 12.1″ TFT resistive touch screen. The systems provide wireless connection to The Home Depot's store LANs using 802.11 RF networking.

 
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