Aqcess Technologies: Qbe PC Tablet
The mobile computing solution for hospital doctors, insurance agents, warehouse personnel, oil refinery service engineers and other workers on the move. As a result of Aqcess’ "best of the test" strategy,
the Qbe features a card reader for e-commerce, a modular video camera, hot-swappable expansion bays, a speedstep CPU, a 13.1” TFT screen and the “porticle” docking station-cum-stand, which allows to the device to operate in both portrait and landscape mode.
In WeLL Design, Aqcess found the partner it needed for an integrated approach to project management, industrial design, mechanical engineering and supplier sourcing and selection, as well as liaison between the client and suppliers in
WeLL also recommended enclosing the Qbe in an injection-moulded magnesium housing to ensure optimum heat transfer, robust performance and a high-end, professional look and.
Pioneering a new category of PCs when it was launched in 1999, the Qbe enjoyed an extremely long market life for this kind of product.
Awards: Best of Comdex, IF award, IDEA award silver
WeLL Designs activities regarding this project included:
Visualisation, User Test, Trend Research, Management, Design, Model construction, Mechanical Design, Engineering, Prototyping, Testing, Supply Chain
