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Article: MEDION Introduces World's First Fingerprint-enabled Personal Navigation Device.
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- Business Wire
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- December 3, 2007
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AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor Enables Security Features/Theft Deterrence
ESSEN, Germany & MELBOURNE, Fla. -- MEDION AG and AuthenTec (NASDAQ:AUTH) today announced the immediate availability of the world's first Personal Navigation Device (PND) to use a fingerprint sensor to enhance user security and deter device theft. MEDION's feature-rich new GoPal P4425 PND utilizes AuthenTec's AES1510 slide fingerprint sensor for user identification, ensuring that only authorized users can activate the device. MEDION's GoPal software offers the possibility to save five different user fingerprints to the device.
Theft of PNDs is on the rise. In fact, several European and U.S. ...