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New apple device. 9,7inc, resolution 1024x768, wifi - everything you need for comfort web browsing. We believe that some of our potential clients will be interested to use it as hands held self service devices. Prices starts from $499. We are waiting for other tablets for lower price

29.01.2010 Papa 

Self service check-outs going to non-food

Wincor Nixdorf announced pilot project with non-food operators including B&Q and Boots. Customer adoption is the main driver and after DIY sector the next big area will be convenience.Then it could be low-cost fashion (where the clothese are not wrapped in tissue). Some stores moving to almost 100 per cent self-service. Human labor focusing on better client servicing and check-out function will be ~30%

27.01.2010 Papa 

Touch screen another input option

One more technology for better input with touch screen. Peratech, a U.K. company bring touch screen technology that sense the touch pressure. Japanese screen manufacturer Nissha, which makes displays for companies including LG and Nintendo bought Paratech license. Already in April become new gadgets with touch pressure sense. For software makers it means more applications with extra input options

27.01.2010 Papa   

More and more all in one

Samsung show new DM-U200 20" touchscreen all-in-one. Nice design, advanced hardware(.2GHz Intel Pentium T4400 processor, 2GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce G310M graphics) compare with ASUS and MSI. One more feature - it is multitouch!

Of course Papa like it, one more step to interactive digital signage and cost effective self services

 22.01.2010 PaPa 

Touch screens coming to home electronics

Touch Revolution shows on CES microwave and washing machine with touch screen input. Yes no buttons only touchable display. Seems that very soon button producers loose their work. For home electronics producers it is also good: less parts, less installation, less testing, only one input device. The issue for producers will be clear user interface with smart work flow. 

Of course Papa like it

Papa 12.01.2010

emn8 rezn8 real self service applications competitors

Ok Papa has found one more competitor in Self service fast food market - emn8. Seems that this is serious company. They have very nice solutions. Clear implementation plan, ready templates, cms and etc.They work with IBM (hardware) and rezn8 (software) - their sister company. Rezn8 are making very cool products especially with 3D design. Jack in box self service software done by rezn8. Good news that emn8 self service solution are conected to hardware (not web based)

Oh ye Papa like emn8 rezn8 company names

Disney Land Jack in Box Burger King Carls Jr

 07.01.2010 Papa

Touchable projection by Light Touch

Ok Papa have has heard about touchable foils, and different touchable frames technologies, but mobile holographic laser projection with integrated infra-red touch sensing system. Wow. System have one minus projection size 10 inc.

UK-based Light Blue Optics (LBO) has unveiled a revolutionary compact projector that lets users interact with images projected onto a flat surface, essentially turning it into a touch screen.  Remarkably, it has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, which allows users to access and connect with internet-based applications and engage in social networking and multimedia sharing via the projector itself, which runs Adobe Flash Lite 3.1.

 

vot ce dilo, MSI's Dual-screen Booklet

E-reader? MSI call it e-reader. It comes with Windows 7 Home Premium. 10 inc and multitouch

Papa like MSI because they do cool things for low money:) We have been seen dual screen Asus and Dell

07.10.2010 Papa

All in one Lenovo A300

Thinnest all in one. 21,5 inc, resolution 1920х1080, WiFi, Bluetooth, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gb ram, Intel X4500HD graphics, $600. Probably will be touch screen option.

Papa like it. Ideal for non integrated self service solutions  

06.01.2010 Papa

Touch screen tacticle feedback

Touch screen input interfaces becoming mainstream. It save space and money. Everything in one device - keyboard, mouse, pc, screen, sound. But one thing are missing - tactile feedback. Lots of smartphone devices use vibration as touch feedback. Next step is real tactile feels. Biggest smartphones producers (Apple and Nokia) are doing in this area. Producers who developing this tehcnology pacinian, senseg and probably much more:)

06.01.2010 Papa 

Cheap touch screen tablets

Freescale semiconductors starting new wave of cheap touch screen tablets with full web browser functionality. Mobile traditional features also will be available - 3G, Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, camera. Their size will be 7-10inch. ARM processor, Linux or Android OS. Today it was a concept presentation and real model coming up soon.

Functions and price are better then JooJoo $499

For self service it is good indication. Touch screen tablets hing demand and low price will reduce another touch screen products. For budget clients it possible to use usual consumer products like Freescale tablet, for example hendheld virtual menu in restaurant. 

Interesting what resolution will be in this tablet?

05.01.2010 Papa 

Self service boom in retail

Happy new year!

NCR is the biggest self-service provider in the world. Today one of the most fast growing self-service business is retail check-outs. NCR are doing very good in this field. According to Elton Birden, the managing director of NCR in Britain: “Self-service checkouts will revolutionize retail in the same way that self service supermarkets did 60 years ago. It’s going to be a combination of existing customers rolling out and new users. It’s still a small percentage of the overall checkout.”

NCR have 80 per cent of the UK’s self-service checkouts, has predicted another bumper year in 2010, forecasting a 50 per cent increase in UK sales of the self-service scanning machines that have become a feature of stores nationwide 

According to Elton Birden, the managing director of NCR in Britain: “Self-service checkouts will revolutionise retail in the same way that selfservice supermarkets did 60 years ago. It’s going to be a combination of existing customers rolling out and new users. It’s still a small percentage of the overall checkout.” Non-food retailers, and the fast-fashion market, in particular, are the next target in the march of Mr Birden’s machines. Self-service counters cost about £8,000 each, including installation, and NCR estimates that they pay for themselves in about 15 months. A third more tills can be squeezed into a store and checkout staff can be deployed elsewhere. NCR argues that the counters cut prices. “Staff can be redeployed to the shop floor, so it can actually improve service,” Mr Birden said. He argues that interaction with staff at the checkout on a convenience shopping trip is usually minimal, anyway.

Justin King, the chief executive of Sainsbury’s, recently defended the supermarket’s use of self-service checkouts. Asked on Times Online about the impact of the checkouts on customer service, he wrote: “A growing number of our customers love the speed and freedom self-service checkouts provide. They might listen to their music and not want to talk with anyone at the checkout.”

Papa thoughts: Self service in retails will be mainstream and human service will be an option, of course it takes time. People like respect their privacy, service speed and freedom - all this things provide self-service. Self service help retailers to deployed staff elsewhere and improve their business models. 

 02.01.2010 Papa

Digital signage + Self-Service

Self-service applications for restaurants

Self-service in future

2010 Year of tablet and the touch screen

E-readers, smart phones, and other new gadgets are making touch screen mainstream input technology. You don't need keyboard or mouse, less hardware take less space. Good news that touch screen popularity push prices down. And we can buy cool things like Asus eee top less than $500. Papa like it. So next year we expect hands held touch interfaces with full pc functionality for $400-800, and low price things with full web browser functions for $200-400 

dell, apple, joojoo, asus, microsoft

Here you can find more information about this topic

30.12.2009 Papa