SCKT...more colored 7ci scanners coming available soon
I found out through one of the sites I track (and then verified it with the CFO a little while ago) that Socket is expanding the color options of their most popular 7ci model. They added yellow a little while ago for special order only. They now will add red and blue also and all of them will be available to carry by the distributor for general delivery (it's up to the distributor to order what they think they can sell).
Overall, it's not a big deal, but it highlights the fact that Socket is stepping up to provide customers who are using tablets and smartphones the best selection of scanners available. They will have:
7ci: 1D optical scanner in grey, yellow, red, blue. Will work on Apple IOS system, Android operating system, BlackBerry OS, Microsoft Tablet OS using their highly customizable software development kit.
7di/7diRX: 1d optical scanner with hard case (and optional anti-bacterial case). Works on all tablets with SDK.
7xi/7xiRX: 2d optical scanner with hard case (and optional anti-bacterial case). Works on all tablets with SDK.
7M: 2d laser scanner that works on all tablets with SDK.
7P: 2d laser scanner focused on industrial customers that works on all tablets with SDK.
This is why NCR, Fujitsu, Casio, Panasonic, ShopKeep, Lightspeed, and a whole bunch of other POS developers have all chosen Socket as their barcode scanner for their systems. It's why scanner sales are ramping up and should grow substantially going forward.
(ex. They sold 1200 7ci scanners in 3rd Q, 2500 in 4th Q, I expect they will sell at least 8200 this quarter. I expect it to grow sequentially in 2Q and will be over 20K in 3rd Q----pretty much a guarantee if their partner, Fujitsu, gets the rest of the Japanese order that they just did a trial shipment on).
Dave
