Along the lines of what Tom said, but something totally different, is the use of syncML.
There's an awesome project now called funambol that is shweeet for doing sync type stuff, works with mobile phones, PDAs, and all kinds of stuff. Way off the path for most folks 'round here, I reckon, but a pretty nifty way of getting "mobile", perhaps. I've only used it for syncing calendars and contacts, but I did it for phone > palm > pocketpc, all synced up to the same data. Pretty slick. Worked where other stuff didn't. Just another log for the old noggin fire... On 3/13/07, Tom M wrote: > There's also the "old-technology" method, if you're going to support only a > single OS, and that's by creating an actual conduit, rather than relying on > a PDA's browser. This is a better solution in some cases, such as when the > data entry needs to be done in a field situation, with the sync coming > later. It also allows you to create an interface that's most appropriate for > the device. > > We've used this for years in a situation where users need to take machinery > readings manually during the day, then sync with the site at day's end. > > This may or may not fit your situation; but building Palm apps, for > instance, is not particularly hard. > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:272623 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
