> N810's... I've got a couple of these babies floating around the house > and in the travel bag. Very very nice, but unsuitable for the types of > applications you'd use Psion/Teklogix equipment for. I know that from > logistics. It's pretty harsh out there at the water's edge (of a > container terminal) or at the warehouse. Also... if you operate such a > place, you want to make sure you issue equipment with no potential for > dual use, if you know what I mean.
Of course, whe think the same about this hardware. Nokias, HTC, etc. are consumer products, but if you want to make software for industrial environments, these are not the right ones. > I've seen Pison/Teklogix equipment in action on straddle carriers. On > the application level, the vendors rely on multiplexing Telnet > sessions over a duplex radio channel. We go quite far. We don't use old telnet. All our software is web- services oriented, with graphical user interface, helps, etc, etc. We work against a local sql-server mobile so we can work online or offline without problems. As I see, Android is an ideal solution for our way of work, because we can take a lot of functionallity from google to improve our solution. We use GPRS, GSM, WiFi or whatever to sync data between devices or between devices and one main DB server. Also we use barcode scanners integrated in the terminals, etc. Definitively, N810 is nice for calling, gaming or browsing, but it's not a good solution for us :( > They've also come out with WiFi, > lighting up the terminal. Relatively simple stuff (on the transport > layer), no commitment to the terminal's platform needed, as long as > the terminal supports Telnet and has an RS232 interface that hooks up > to the wireless modem. Vis-a-vis WCE/WXP, this can be made running on > Android as well. > The OP was talking about apps though. In transportation/fleet > management I am aware of at least one vendor that relies on WCE/WXP as > an application platform. The downside: one morning a decision maker at > MS wakes up and decides to pull the plug. Android has the assurance of > OSS. > A manufacturer of ruggedized mobile equipment can always fork it > and use it as "their" platform Yes, but when???? supose that i can port my solution to android in ... 3 months, for example. If there aren't any terminals in the market, my "new and nice" application will begin to be an "old and standard" one before I can sell just one license. > - it's licensed under Apache 2.0 so > there isn't much headache handling proprietary extension that may or > may not be needed. Is Android going to proliferate in that market? Who > knows... I am not aware of any serious plans, but I have to admit I > don't keep my ear to the ground. Noone's holding their breath. Time > moves slowly at the water's edge. I'm also waiting for news :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
