| Issue: Summer 2009 |
 National Beer Wholesalers Association Sep 22 - 25 Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| ScanSource Europe Partner Tour May - Nov Throughout Europe |
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New Products |
Software Updates |
 Most physicians use smartphones, many choose iPhone in 2008 |
| Happy Birthday Barcode! 35 years in retail |
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Wi-Fi Enabled Healthcare Products to generate $5 billion revenue in 2014 |
| RFID market expected to grow 11% in 2009-2010 |  |
Hospitality Industry Comes Home to Mobile Technology |
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In the hospitality industry, there is a huge push right now to accommodate customers hooked on BlackBerrys, iPhones or other intelligent devices. However, it’s not just the customers who are using mobile gadgetry, it’s also the hospitality workers — from management to wait staff to housekeeping — who are relying on mobile technology, as a way to increase productivity and improve customer service. |
| In this issue's feature article, learn about the interesting mobile hospitality deployments that Socket has been involved in since the early days of PDAs, and why many restaurants, hotels, and other hospitality businesses are looking into mobile solutions this year...... read more |
| Notes from HIMSS'09 | |
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Motivated by federal stimulus money, record numbers of healthcare providers packed into this year’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. Socket had a great time promoting its antimicrobial line of products, hosting key healthcare partners, and meeting with current and prospective clients..... read more |
| STAR Program Q&A with Senior Program Manager Ron Gibbs | |
| Last month, Socket announced the Socket Third-party Accessories Recommendation (STAR) program. Connections writer Krista Rogers recently sat down with Senior Program Manager Ron Gibbs to learn more about the program and its benefits..... read more |  |
| Socket Joins ScanSource Europe Partner Tour | |
| Socket Mobile is participating in the ScanSource Europe 2009 Partner Tour, an eight-month event that began in May and travels through eight countries..... read more |  |