DuraTran by FQ Wireless
The DuraTran MDT is a ruggedized MDT designed to replace the consumer grade Android tablets that are widely used by commercial fleets for ELD and dispatch applications. DuraTran provides superior performance and reliability than consumer tablets, while reducing the total cost of ownership. Eliminate bloatware, excess data consumption , battery charging issues and mounting hassles with a puposebuilt device.
Fleets that require android devices to be used in their vehicles have the choice between using an off the shelf consumer grade tablet, such as a Samsung Tab E or Tab A, or using a purposebuilt android MDT. (Mobile Data Terminal) If the tablets are often used when the driver is out of the vehicle, then a consumer device, such as a Samsung tab can make sense due to its integrated battery. On the other hand, if the tablets are only used when the driver is in the vehicle, such as is most often the case in taxi, non-emergency medical, paratransit, towing, ready-mix and ELD applications, then there are several merits to choosing a purpose-built device:
The truth is that the vast majority of fleets are using consumer grade tablets these days. Its just so easy to buy them at a discount price from your local cellular carrier or Best Buy store. However, its also true that they are not as cheap or as convenient as they might appear at first glance. In addition to being plagued by theft and battery charging hassles, they are expensive to mount and often involve long term, expensive airtime contracts. The DuraTran rugged android MDT will outlast 2 or 3 consumer tablets, while out-performing them. Combining the hardware savings over time with lower ongoing airtime costs gives DuraTran the edge on cost of ownership. Book a quick call with the link below to review your application and get a side by side cost comparison.