[BPCS-L] RFID

[Pete R Moore <pymac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear BPCS List subscribers

Firstly I ought to say hi as I am new to the group. My background is in 
application development since the early days of the AS/400 using RPG.

Anyway since being thrust out of the RPG market for various reasons 
political, personal and outsourcing, my interest has turned to 
handhelds.  Now that IEEE 802.11 wireless is even available on a £99 
toy (Nintendo DS) due out next week, I think there is good potential 
for linking portable field applications to BPCS in the warehouse. I am 
not too expert in BPCS, does it do container un-/stuffing also?

PSION Teklogix have just announced a new handheld RFID reader,  
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050302/25133_1.html, although I haven't looked 
at it in detail, I expect their lead in the market means this is 
another significant announcement.

Anyway it is still early days as far as developer productivity, since I 
really want to develop applications using the Python programming 
language under the Symbian OS (currently installed in numerous 
so-called Smart Phones).

If this is an area that is not being addressed by SSA then I would like 
to take up the challenge, if there is any interest or comment to make 
by interested users I would be grateful.

Pete R Moore