NEWARK, CA — (Marketwire) — 10/29/12 — Socket Mobile, Inc. (OTCQX: SCKT), an innovative provider of mobile productivity solutions, has released the , offering developers control over several unique hardware features of the SoMo 655 handheld computer. The SDK (Software Development Kit) provides flexible control via Application Programming Interfaces so developers can optimize hardware features of the SoMo 655 for their specific application and end user environment.
Controllable hardware features supported by the SDK include:
WLAN and Bluetooth wireless radios
Socket Mobile CompactFlash barcode, RFID, and magnetic stripe readers
Touch screen / backlight
CompactFlash I/O and microSD slot management
Audio, visual (LEDs), and vibrate notifications
Audio volume and microphone
Bottom connector pin-outs
Power management / monitoring
The SoMo 655 SDK is offered by the highly successful , which already includes more than 170 mobile developers interested in creating applications for Socket Mobile barcode scanners.
“Over the years, customers in healthcare, logistics, field service and other industries have asked to control hardware features of our SoMo handheld computers,” said Len Ott, Chief Technical Officer of Socket Mobile. “The new SDK makes it easy for developers to achieve tighter integration with the SoMo 655 hardware to produce high-quality applications and ultimately improve the end user experience.”
Examples of customer requests include medical device manufacturers embedding support for diagnostic equipment, healthcare providers incorporating system lockdown for mobile device management, and logistics solutions providers calibrating the microphone and speakers for noisy warehouse environments.
Developers registered in the Socket Mobile Developer Program can download the SDK from the . Sample code for both C++ and C# is provided. New members of the Developer Program can get a on up to three SoMo 655 devices.
With 20 years of experience in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) market, Socket makes mobile computing and productivity work. The company offers a family of handheld computers and an extensive portfolio of AIDC peripherals specifically designed to increase productivity and drive operational efficiencies in healthcare, hospitality and other business mobility deployments. The company also offers OEM solutions for the mobile device market. Socket is headquartered in Newark, Calif. and can be reached at +1-510-933-3000 or . Follow Socket Mobile on Facebook and Twitter and subscribe to , the company-s official blog.
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