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Why Physical Keyboards Haven’t Gone Out of Style on Rugged Handhelds

18 June 2015-Logan, UT – As most electronics manufacturers make the move away from physical keyboards and towards solely touch interfaces, rugged handheld manufacturer, Juniper Systems, says physical keyboards still have a place in the rugged data collection world—especially for applications that involve high volumes of data entry. In a recent blog post, Juniper Systems names several key benefits that physical keyboards offer for data collection, that entirely touch interfaces simply can’t provide.

In their blog post called “Why Physical Keyboards Haven’t Gone Out of Style on Rugged Handhelds,” Juniper Systems lists the following benefits offered by a handheld with physical keys:

“We design our handhelds to maximize efficiency and productivity for data collection, and sometimes that might mean diverging from what the consumer electronics industry is doing,” said John Florio, Product Manager at Juniper Systems. “In this case, that means retaining a physical keyboard on our handhelds used for data-intensive applications, providing important benefits to those customers that they just can’t get from on-screen keyboards.”

Juniper Systems points to the physical keys featured on its Allegro 2™ and Archer 2™ handhelds, both of which are designed for data-intensive applications. Read Juniper Systems’ full blog post here:  http://bit.ly/1KkcoU4

About Juniper Systems:

Based out of Logan, UT, USA and Birmingham, UK, Juniper Systems designs and manufactures rugged handheld computers and provides field data collection solutions for use in extreme environments. Since 1993, Juniper Systems has provided innovative mobile technology to natural resources, utilities and public services, geomatics, agriculture, industrial, and military markets. For more information on Juniper Systems products, please visit  www.junipersys.com.


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Kirk Earl
Marketing Communications Manager
Juniper Systems
1132 W. 1700 N., Logan, UT 84321 
Phone: 435-753-1881 Fax: 435-753-1896 
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