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Android-based i View digital signage tablet from i DISPLAY launches (Video)

November 27, 2011

London-based digital signage firm i DISPLAY today announced the launch of its Android-based tablet display, the new i View Android.

The new interactive retail digital display powered by the Android open operating system provides a rich communication channel between brands and their customers in a compact and elegantly-designed 10.2-inch digital signage unit, the company said.

The i View was developed to be commercial grade and support retail business needs, and features a multitouch resistive screen that allows customers to easily and intuitively interact with the content, the company said. The embedded Wi-Fi functionality automatically connects to a Web-based, easy-to-use, remote content management system powered by Scala, a leading digital signage content management expert. The i View Android is available with an optional long-lasting rechargeable battery, offering the user the flexibility to use it in any location.

Based on Android open operating system i View Android offers retailers the ability to utilize a wide variety of retail applications to promote products, run campaigns, entertain customers and communicate with them in-store. Retailers can download applications from the Android Market or develop their own applications. With access to a wide range of retail applications, customer entertaining games, product information and pricing applications, interactive feedback forms, club membership registration applications and Web browser for Internet surfing, the i View Android gives consumers a new way to engage with brands while providing them a hands free tablet experience. Additionally, the i View Android allows retailers to develop multiple enterprise management applications, thus providing store management visibility at their fingertips.

A wide range of accessories are available to complement this product. The I Dispenser tray integrated with the i View Android provides restaurants and bar customers with an interactive digital menu board experience. Restaurant necessities are placed on the Dispenser Tray while a wide variety of applications can run on the i View Android. In addition, the i View Android can easily connect to a printer so that customers can print out coupons or in-store promotions, encouraging increased sales for retailers. Retailers may benefit from the i View Android's applications interactivity with customers' mobile phones and emails by adding forms and QR codes to the various applications, thus building a customer data base and allowing customers to scan codes to receive product information and discounts.

"The i View Android, with its advanced touchscreen and Android operating system, is a revolutionary digital signage unit that lets the customer be in charge of their retail experience," i DISPLAY CEO Ariel Haroush said in the announcement. "It is a new era in the digital signage world. No more a simple advertising machine. With i View Android it is all a matter of interactivity and two ways communication; between the brand and the customer and between the screen and the smart phones. By offering customers a personal experience they begin to build brand loyalty that helps to increase retailers' bottom line sales. We have taken what we know works in the digital signage retail environment and have enhanced it to provide the newest technologies that help engage customers and provide repeat sales for retailers."

See a video about the iView from i DISPLAY below:

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