Motorola Solutions announced the end of life of their industrial-class rugged mobile computer MC9090-G. On April 13th, 2012 all configurations of MC9090-G except RFID ones will be discontinued. Replacement model is the next generation product - Motorola MC9190-G. Since all accessories MC9090-G are fully compatible with MC9190-G the discontinuation notice is not related to any MC9090-G accessories.

Motorola announced end of sales of 802.11a/b/g AP-5131 and AP-5181 Access Points on January 15th, 2012. Both APs have been on the market for several years and their hardware components got aged. Except this these APs are not supported in the new generation of Motorola wireless networks called WI-NG 5.

In August 2011 Motorola Solutions released a new mobile EPC RFID reader combined with a barcode scanner. It's named MC9090-Z and from its predecessor MC9090-G RFID it varies especially in 30% faster RFID decoding on up to twice longer distances. This reader complies with European RFID standards. Up to 650000 RFID tags decodings may be performed with a fully charged battery. Options include a standard laser, Extended Range laser or 2D imager. Pistol grip determines MC9090-Z for the use in an industrial environment. MC9090-Z has a color touch display and operating system Windows Mobile 6.1. MC9090-Z's API is different from the one for MC9090-G RFID. Therefore application migration request the newest EMDK use.

Motorola Solutions released a new type of RF controller - RFS4011 designed for smaller installations and branch offices (SME/SMB). RFS4011 is based on the hardware architecture of RFS4010. It is supplemented with Facade antenna (see picture). With this antenna RFS4011 may act as an access point as well.

As a part of MSP update Motorola released new utility called MSP Package Builder. It is a standalone Windows-based application enabling creation of MSP software packages. MSP Package Builder extends the features of legacy AirBeam Package Builder to the support of new Motorola or non-Motorola devices including Apple iOS and Android devices.

I developed for you a simple free application called Easy Inventory for scanning barcodes and entering quantity on Symbol MT2000 Series (MT2070 and MT2090) barcode scanners. Application is available in Czech and English version including a configuration package.