I too have a field sales app, and I take your point entirely. There will always be a demand for handhelds, albeit a small one. HP has introduced the 114 and 214, and Palm is still knocking out the Tungsten E2 and the T|X.
I would not advise you to switch to WM at all. But if you do, avoid .Net CF at all costs. That is the way I went, my project collapsed in a pile of poo. I would recommend unmanaged C++, and ATL rather than MFC. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Rittgers [mailto:britt...@mchsi.com] Sent: 08 February 2009 18:55 To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: forum heart beat check So, what do you recommend for POS devices? We use Palms with a receipt printer for our Point of Sale terminals for customer's delivery drivers. They are not likely to upgrade to a cell phone. It works on the Centro and Treo, but we don't officially support cell phones. We provide are customers with handhelds, our software, and the receipt printers. Microsoft still sells handhelds with Windows Mobile (for a while yet). There was talk about jumping to Microsoft, but that means the handheld developers (There are two of us.) have to quickly learn the SDK and rewrite the software in a very short time period. If Microsoft handheld will also go the way of the dodo, then the effort of switching would be wasted as well. I don't really see people printing receipts from an iPhone or Android phone. Even in the Apple store, the employees carry Symbol Palms for scanning barcodes and inventory control. It is possible that they could not easily adapt their software for the iPhone? I have never seen anyone use a cell phone for "professional" handheld applications. Do you think cell phones may be the wave of the future with WebOS, Android, iPhones, and such replacing Symbol Palms for POS? I don't know whether or not we want a device that has a monthly fee or a contract. I am ready to switch, but I would like to know to recommend to the decision makers at my company. Ben Philip Sheard wrote: > I agree with you about Windows Mobile. I used to be a Microsoft Gold > Certified Partner, and I jumped ship because it was such a lousy OS. > Companies like HP and HTC will continue to make WM devices, and guys in > suits will still buy them, but there is no more future in WM that there is > in Palm OS. -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
