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Wireless Shopping Carts Run Windows CE

Posted by Zonk on from the carts-go-mad,-wreck-local-shopping-center dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Fujitsu has introduced a self-service retail scanner that could make long checkout lines a relic of the past. The U-Scan Shopper is a ruggedized XScale-based wireless computer with an integral bar code scanner, running Windows CE 4.2, and mounted on a shopping cart. The company even suggests that customers might upload a shopping list to the store's website before leaving home, and then download the list to the shopping cart upon arriving at the store."

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  1. At the local supermarket by Centurix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Ah, I see this has the new Windows CE thing attached, I'll be a smart shopper now!"

    *pushes trolley, front wheel wobbles out of control

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