That is an interesting question, one that I am interested in also.
I write software that runs on Palm devices, that is designed to be
used in outdoor environments see http://snowpilot.org . I don't know
of anyone right now that has an outdoor specific Android device in the
works, but I think there will be a proliferation of new Android
devices, some of these might good for outdoor use, Nokia just came out
with a new device the Nokia N810 , that may have some potential for
outdoor use, at least it has an LED screen that is designed to be used
outdoors, and its relatively cheap, being as how it is a netbook, not
a phone. I'm hoping that due to the open nature of Android, that we
will see a greater variety devices than with other OS's. My current
Android device is a G1, it's not specifically rugged-dized, but it
seems quite durable.
Some advantages that Android / G1 currently platforms:
- It can be completely powered down, and uses almost no power when in
sleep state. (not the case with I-phone or some WM devices like I-paq)
- It has a removable battery, replacemement batteries are cheap,
light, and easy to change out in the field.
- The G1 is relatively shock proof, I drop mine all the time it seems,
still works fine.
- The G1 is somewhat moisture resistant, some one claims to have run
there's through the washing machine, and it partially works.
Also with the Palm devices we have used some relatively simple ideas
to ruggedize off the shelf devices, such as having a slip over rubber
cover to shock proof, and using a plastic wrapper for wet conditions.
In the future I'm hoping to see what would be the ultimate outddor PDA
based on Android, such a device would run Android, and have a
capacitive touch screen Mirasol display. The technlology to do this is
just now hitting the market, so maybe we'll see such a device in the
next year or two. Anyhow I plan use some Android devices in the
backcountry this summer, so we'll see how they fare under field use.
I'd like to port our Palm app to Android (or another modern mobile OS)
at some point, but I'm waiting to see how many users are willing to
adopt Android to replace their older devices. I do know that most of
the major mobile OEM's are planning on coming out with Android devices
within the next year, so that is encouraging.
Mark
On May 8, 4:45 am, Hoze <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> This is my first message in this forum, and I'm not totally sure if
> this is the right place to post this question, so excuse me in
> advance.
>
> I am part of an ISV and we are planning to redesign all our mobile
> applications during Q4 of 2009 and Q1 of 2010.
> But I have doubts about one very important question (not talking about
> reliability or any kind of issue about android). I have read a lot of
> blogs, forums, etc, and i have still not found an easy answer to this:
>
> Is there a plan to deploy Android to the enterprise market via
> rugeddized terminals (like the ones of psion or datalogic, for
> example)? when can we have one robust terminal working with Android?
>
> Today all the industrial terminals are working with WM and WCE, and
> due that our market is towards this sector, we are afraid to begin
> working with Android and after we'll have a working solutions and
> couldn't find any terminal to use with.
>
> Thanks a lot.
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