Starting A Jewelry Business - Ford to Offer Wireless Mobile Offices Inside Pickups

Hall said that about 60% of the people who buy Ford?s F-series trucks use their vehicles for business. Additional options including a digital camera and a credit card scanner will also be available. Ford spokesman Alan Hall said that the mobile office options are targeted to an audience of building contractors and other pickup truck drivers who do business on the road. And global positioning system, printer, which features a wireless-equipped computer, corporate executive types might be interested in checking out the new wireless mobile office design. And it?s not just for cowboys and good old boys anymore, unveiled its latest F-250 Super Duty pickup truck design. Ford Motor Co, at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas.

000 automotive industry insiders, all for the perusal of an estimated 100, the show regularly features innovative souped-up vehicles and the latest in cutting-edge aftermarket trends and components. But news of the surprises and exciting designs in the show are released to the public through various media outlets, the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas isn?t open to the public.

The computer can be removed from its stand and taken out of the truck for use in an office or a work site. Its touch screen option eliminates the need for a mouse or keyboard. The computer stays connected to the Internet at all times using a broadband wireless cellular card. Mounted on a stand between the seats and powered by the truck?s battery, the system uses a flat Stargate Mobile computer. Ford anticipates having the mobile office available for consumers to purchase as a dealer-installed accessory package.

Microsoft already has an operating system called Windows Automotive that is currently available in about 18 different models of vehicles. Dilger said this is the first time Windows XP has been available as a dealer-installed option in a vehicle. Which uses the Windows XP Professional operating system, " Microsoft worked in partnership with Ford to develop the mobile office. And you?re good to go, brush it off, pick it up, you can drop it in the dirt. "It?s super rugged, . Director of North American automotive and industrial equipment for Microsoft Corp, according to Patty Dilger.

Ford hopes to have the mobile office available as an option as early as 2006. And it can also play music or be used for navigation, and Excel, mS Word, including PowerPoint, the computer in the Ford pickups will be equipped with traditional office software. Much more, the mobile office system provides consumers with much, but while the Windows Automotive system is mainly used for communication systems such as real-time traffic updates.