Walmart Phones Act as Scanners, Time Clocks: Samsung

Samsung called its deal with Walmart to equip 740,000 employees with Galaxy XCover Pro smartphones (see 2106030028) its largest U.S. enterprise deal. The phone has an immersive display, “powerful camera” and long-lasting battery, Samsung blogged Friday: On-the-job functions include mobile clock-in, access to scheduling and inventory management via the camera, which doubles as a barcode scanner. Workers can tap a co-worker's name and initiate a push-to-talk conversation from the phone using a physical side key. Knox security software creates separate work and personal profiles.