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Product Comparison
Standalone solutions from Merlin Proximity
Merlin Proximity offers you a comprehensive range of standalone Bluetooth Proximity Marketing (Bluetooth Advertising) solutions, products and in-house services, designed to meet your requirements and budget. As the UK's only full service manufacturer and developer of Bluetooth Proximity solutions we are ideally placed to offer you expert advice and FREE support.
Our Merlin Revolution and Merlin ProxBox are both standalone solutions, priced as one-off purchases with no additional fee's, costs or maintenance agreements incurred.
| Compare the features of our standlone solutions: |  |  |
Merlin Proximity Bluetooth Solution | Merlin Revolution | Merlin ProxBox |
| Features: | ||
| Hostname (Bluetooth friendly name) changeable per media advert | YES | YES |
| Simultaneous campaigns | YES | YES |
| Automated campaign delivery | YES | YES |
| Send a media file (JPEG, GIF, PNG, MP3, MP4, APPLET, VCAL etc) | YES | YES |
| Send a business card (VCARD) | YES | YES |
| Receive delivery statics (accepted / refused / missed) | YES | YES |
| Raw data available (CSV for EXCEL etc) | YES | YES |
| Traceability (log of all handset MAC's and media sent) | YES | YES |
| Full standalone operation (no external hardware required) | YES | YES |
| Built-in web browser (MAC, Windows, Linux compatible) | YES | YES |
| Single box remote viewing via network (no additional cost) | YES | YES |
| Multi 'Hotspot' management (optional upgrade via Merlin LIVE) | Optional upgrade | Optional upgrade |
| Slideshow functionality (static JPEG slideshow) | YES | NO |
| Adaptive target enhancement (priority send of content delivery) | YES | YES |
| Advanced tuning (fine tune retries, timeouts etc) | YES | YES |
| Schedule statistc delivery via email (require a network connection) | YES | YES |
| Automated regular email of statistics (requires a network connection) | YES | YES |
| Automated 'anti-spam' features ('best standards' compliance) | YES | YES |
| Android compatible (version 2.1 onwards) | YES | YES |
| iPhone mini-site (coming soon with Wi-Fi option) | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| Requires a network for operation (once campaign media uploaded) | NO | NO |
| Auto 'failover' backup facility | NO | YES |
| Auto handset adaption for applets | YES | YES |
| Intelligent internal handset database (increases throughput) | YES | YES |
| Proximity prioritisation software | YES | YES |
| Rebrandable software (easy OEM software rebrading) | YES | YES |
| FREE software updates | YES | YES |
| Physical connections (7 connections per antenna) | 7 | 28 |
| Multi-plexing connections | 21 | 56 |
| Maximum data range between boxes | up to 10km | up to 1200m |
| Proximity Marketing range to a typical handset (with a 3dBi antenna) | up to 40m+ | up to 40m+ |
| Proximity Marketing range to a typical handset (with a 9dBi antenna) | up to 80m+ | up to 80m+ |
| Proximity Marketing long range to a typical handset (upgrade op) | up to 300m | NO |
| Battery compatible (when undertaking mobile Proximity Marketing) | YES | YES |
| Wi-Fi compatible (via add-on module) | YES | YES |
| 3G / GPRS / HSDPA compatible (via add-on module) | YES | YES |
| VGA external screen output (required to run a static JPEG slideshow) | YES | NO |
| Hardened waterproof transit case (optional upgrade) | YES | YES |
| Antenna options available (expert advice / testing in-house) | Optional upgrade | Optional upgrade |
| Standard warranty (12 months, full UK RTB warranty) | YES | YES |
| Technical support (provided in-house, FREE by email / telephone) | YES | YES |
| Additional Merlin Proximity add-on services (optional upgrades) | ||
| Full creative in-house artwork service | YES | YES |
| Applet design service | YES | YES |
| Management and reporting service | YES | YES |
| Rental / lease option | YES | YES |
| Merlin LIVE Remote Management (paid-for optional upgrade) | ||
| Multi-campaign profiles (define and setup a campaign library) | YES | YES |
| Automated 'hotspot' grouping by campaign | YES | YES |
| Library based media management | YES | YES |
| Web based basic artwork creation tool | YES | YES |
| Slideshow functionality campaign management | YES | YES |
| Standalone server option under user management | YES | YES |
| Sub accounts / access rights management (server option upgrade) | YES | YES |
| Rebranding option | YES | YES |
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