TouchStar Technologies Ltd, headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom, has been designing and manufacturing mobile computing solutions for over two decades. Their specialized TouchPC line of rugged and mobile devices has a global installed base of over 50,000 terminals. Here at BuyToughPC.com you will find full details for the full range of TouchPC products, as well as supplementary educational and technical material designed to assist you in matching your data capture solution with the most appropriate technology.

Briefly, TouchPC touch-screen computers are used by businesses and industries where robust field automation applications are mandatory. The primary vertical markets benefiting are fuel delivery and mobile point-of-sales, including fuel distribution, on-board sales on airlines and trains, van sales and field service organizations. A primary strength of the TouchPC is the devices ability to incorporate a wide range of integrated peripheral modules such as bar code scanners, RFID read/write, GPS, WAN, thermal printers, credit card and smart readers. These add-on features are proven performers to increase productivity, improve accuracy, and save time for companies.

Current users benefiting from TouchStar hardware and software solutions span the globe and include companies such as: BP Amoco, Shell, NHBC, Air Products, GNER, Eurostar, and over 40% of the world's airlines including Lufthansa, Swissair, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Britannia Airways.

Brief History
Originally established in 1986, in the UK as ACS Data, TouchStar was bought by US energy company Mapco Inc. in 1997, which was in turn bought by The Williams Companies Inc in 1998. In 2001, TouchStar was acquired from US energy corporation, The Williams Companies Inc, by the management team of its UK division for an undisclosed sum. In May 2003 the UK division of TouchStar Technologies was again acquired privately.

It was formally announced on the London AIM Stock Exchange on Tuesday, September 27 th, 2005 that TouchStar would be acquired by Belgravium Technologies plc. The deal was ratified by Belgravium shareholders at an EGM held on October 21 st, 2005 and was formally completed on the October 24 th, 2005.

 The TouchPC Product Range - adding value and simplicity to your mobile operation

The latest generation TouchStar Mobile Computers combine impressive core processor power with local and wide area wireless technologies and can provide startling productivity and efficiency gains for your business.

TouchPC products are of particular interest to those within the Field Force Automation, Supply Chain Management, and Mobile Point-of-Sale sectors include:

TouchPC CEagle A rock-solid, versatile touch-screen handheld able to withstand all that the weather and the rigors of real-life fieldwork can throw at it. It's a heavy-hitter in the body of a featherweight designed to fly through any job asked of it – whether it’s in van sales, fuel delivery, inventory management or parcel tracking.

TouchPC Falcon Field operation objectives are now made easier with the TouchPC Falcon. A tough Touchscreen, that is sensitive and responsive enough to be pressed with a finger or a stylus, offers rugged, real world versatility and a level of precision that allows it to be used for pushing virtual buttons or capturing a signature. The Falcon is more than capable of breezing faultlessly through any complex task.

TouchPC Voyager II Being outdoors in all weather conditions, gathering mission-critical data and logging transactions requires the most appropriate hardware. You need speedy data transmission, integration with office systems and a level of ruggedness and stability that commercially available PDAs cannot provide. TouchPC Voyager II is not a compromise between the two – it’s a data handling machine built for hard work.

TouchPC TouchPoD Integrated End-Cap While the TouchPC range of hand-held devices is more than capable of offloading its gathered data to any network, there are times when having a paper record is invaluable. Consider making a delivery to a customer and being able to run off a proof of delivery for them and proof of collection for you. The way TouchStar’s machines let handwritten signatures be part of the record means that secure and forgery-resistant receipts can be produced – reducing the opportunities for fraud and disputes. The TouchPoD addresses this need.

TouchPC Hawk…Coming Soon After two decades of pioneering solid and portable touchscreen computing comes a new generation in TouchStar’s mobile computing arsenal…the sleeker, lighter, and faster TouchPC Hawk. The TouchPC Hawk boasts a wide-screen color display in a new form factor designed for ease of use and the ability to support graphic dependent packages like GPS navigation. The TouchPC Hawk, while designed to be predominantly vehicle mounted, utilizes an innovative quick-release mechanism allowing the user to detach it from the vehicle and switch smoothly and easily to a portable mode of operation. The TouchPC Hawk puts Power at Your Fingertips.