Ok, i see, but im my situation, that's not enough. (think in industrial environments such as meat factories or heavy duty warehouses, frozen warehouses, etc, etc.)
Thanks. 2009/5/8 Mark <[email protected]> > > > That is an interesting question, one that I am interested in also. > I write software that runs on Palm devices, that is designed to be > used in outdoor environments see http://snowpilot.org . I don't know > of anyone right now that has an outdoor specific Android device in the > works, but I think there will be a proliferation of new Android > devices, some of these might good for outdoor use, Nokia just came out > with a new device the Nokia N810 , that may have some potential for > outdoor use, at least it has an LED screen that is designed to be used > outdoors, and its relatively cheap, being as how it is a netbook, not > a phone. I'm hoping that due to the open nature of Android, that we > will see a greater variety devices than with other OS's. My current > Android device is a G1, it's not specifically rugged-dized, but it > seems quite durable. > > Some advantages that Android / G1 currently platforms: > > - It can be completely powered down, and uses almost no power when in > sleep state. (not the case with I-phone or some WM devices like I-paq) > - It has a removable battery, replacemement batteries are cheap, > light, and easy to change out in the field. > - The G1 is relatively shock proof, I drop mine all the time it seems, > still works fine. > - The G1 is somewhat moisture resistant, some one claims to have run > there's through the washing machine, and it partially works. > > Also with the Palm devices we have used some relatively simple ideas > to ruggedize off the shelf devices, such as having a slip over rubber > cover to shock proof, and using a plastic wrapper for wet conditions. > In the future I'm hoping to see what would be the ultimate outddor PDA > based on Android, such a device would run Android, and have a > capacitive touch screen Mirasol display. The technlology to do this is > just now hitting the market, so maybe we'll see such a device in the > next year or two. Anyhow I plan use some Android devices in the > backcountry this summer, so we'll see how they fare under field use. > I'd like to port our Palm app to Android (or another modern mobile OS) > at some point, but I'm waiting to see how many users are willing to > adopt Android to replace their older devices. I do know that most of > the major mobile OEM's are planning on coming out with Android devices > within the next year, so that is encouraging. > > Mark > > > > > > > On May 8, 4:45 am, Hoze <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi to all, > > > > This is my first message in this forum, and I'm not totally sure if > > this is the right place to post this question, so excuse me in > > advance. > > > > I am part of an ISV and we are planning to redesign all our mobile > > applications during Q4 of 2009 and Q1 of 2010. > > But I have doubts about one very important question (not talking about > > reliability or any kind of issue about android). I have read a lot of > > blogs, forums, etc, and i have still not found an easy answer to this: > > > > Is there a plan to deploy Android to the enterprise market via > > rugeddized terminals (like the ones of psion or datalogic, for > > example)? when can we have one robust terminal working with Android? > > > > Today all the industrial terminals are working with WM and WCE, and > > due that our market is towards this sector, we are afraid to begin > > working with Android and after we'll have a working solutions and > > couldn't find any terminal to use with. > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
