Microsoft joint development program partner highlights new operating system's benefits at embedded systems conference.

Tripod Data Systems (TDS) announced that it will demonstrate the data safety features available in Microsoft's new Windows CE .NET 4.2 operating system on its ReconT handheld computer at the Embedded Systems Conference. TDS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trimble, developed the rugged Recon handheld computer for all-day operation in extreme environments.

The TDS Recon is ideal for a variety of mobile computing applications including surveying and mapping, civil engineering and construction, utilities, forestry, facilities and asset management, military and law enforcement.