.Net is mainly C# and VB.Net. -----Original Message----- From: Kent Loobey [mailto:k...@uoregon.edu] Sent: 08 February 2009 22:11 To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: forum heart beat check
On Sunday 08 February 2009 13:54:46 Philip Sheard wrote: > 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 What was the problem with .Net? That is C# right? > 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/ -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
