Remote Wireless Access to i5

Our company's sales force covers all of TN and most of the surrounding states. Currently they use a "brick" to enter customer orders and then call the order in my using the acoustic coupler component to communicate with the i5.


At best this is 1970's technology, but it does have the advantage of being reliable. It has the disadvantage of becoming more expensive to repair (forget about replacing) the "bricks." So we have had several vendors in to make proposals for a replacement system.



One of the solutions is for an Intermec CN3 device running Windows Mobile 5.0. I wasn't at the proposal meeting, but my boss (who is not an i5 talent) said that one of the things mentioned was the ability to connect directly to the i5 and enter orders on-line.


Which sounds pretty cool. But, since I have never worked with mobile devices except my cell phone (which I fat finger often - why are those keys so small?), I thought I would ask if anyone on the list has used this or similarly defined Intermec device for remote applications, even local warehousing. It sounds like Access for Wireless or similar software would need to be installed on the CN3. If true, I probably should add that to my list of sessions at COMMON next week as I've never used it either.


Thanks.