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Android for digital signage?
Yeah I've really liked Elo for a long time since I came from the restaurant/POS world before coming to education. It's been pretty neat seeing what they are doing with Android in that space. But I've had a hard time understanding what buying an Elo Backpack with Android without an OS 360 subscription looks like as far as updates go. Do I not get any security/OS updates? Is it just a shorter amount of time? idk, the rep I'm working with isn't giving great answers but I will get to the bottom of it.
Thanks for the suggestion of other companies to look at! I'll be curious to see what we can take advantage of and what I can buy through an existing vendor like CDW. I know a lot of companies only do business with you if you want to purchase hundreds of devices and we only need around 70 or so.
My recommendation is the Elo Backpack with the software maintenance plan (OS360). It is very common practice for enterprise manufacturers to offer such a plan (Eg. LifeGuard OneCare from Zebra, Mobility Edge from Honeywell). I sell all of these manufacturers to my end customers and have never sold them without the corresponding software maintenance plan to guarantee access to long term security patches, OS upgrades, and. bug fixes. They have these plans decoupled from the hardware so you have the option of purchasing the hardware separate from the plan at a cheaper price. If you are an enterprise that needs access to the regular updates however then these plans are highly recommended.
