Re: handheld data collection questions

You can explore the PALM/OS world, nice objects, easy and
powerfull programming, a lot of free (or almost free)
software.

HTH
Marco
--- G Armour <garmour400m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently, we have 70 field personnel around the country
> using Telxon
> handheld units to record rudimentary information.  Every
> morning they
> download to our system.  It is one-way only.  They also
> fill out a bunch
> of paperwork (on our forms) that gets mailed to us once
> per week, which we
> want to eliminate completely.  (Probably the only thing
> they will continue
> to mail in would be expense receipts.)
> 
> We are planning to upgrade in terms of both capacity and
> functionality. 
> Some features we are requiring are the ability to sketch
> a drawing,
> capture a person's signature, and take digital photos. 
> These will end up
> being stored on the AS/400, along with the other text
> data that will be
> captured.
> 
> We are not considering "real-time" functionality at this
> time, although it
> may be considered in the (distant) future.
> 
> We'd prefer not to have to deal with Windows.  Part of
> that is keeping it
> strictly a company machine, and not something that Junior
> can do his
> report on at night.  Also, to restrict the user from
> changing settings
> and/or adding/deleting software.
> 
> Programming the units is up in the air at this point. 
> One vendor is
> proposing that they do all the programming of the units
> (they're using
> something called C#), while another proposes that we'd
> attend training to
> be able to do it ourselves.
> 
> Looking for advice on units and/or services.
> 
> ga



                
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