They just keep coming, computers that are
smaller, computers that do more
portable computers, laptop computers,
but those are standalone units.
Now, the next step, a portable
computer terminal, the customer base
in our communication side of the house
that I needed to do a data.
I need access to my data.
This is the Motorola CD 800.
Your company's big computer is now
in your pocket.
We designed a radio network that would
accommodate a nationwide kind
of an approach.
A city wide application, again, would
have to be designed for that particular
city. Their needs were in building.
They wanted to get in building coverage.
Motorola has designed the coverage for
penetrating into buildings.
Inside this little box is the end result
of seven Motorola divisions developing
a new radio system, three new
microprocessor chips and a revolutionary
battery concept.
All because people don't want to be
can't afford to be tied to their desks.
The system is already used by IBM service
technicians.
General Dynamics will be installing the
system.
Even police departments are augmenting
their in-car computers with the portable
terminals.
Crime fighting and computing
may never be the same Ed Martelle
Channel 5 News, Dallas.