On May 8, 12:59 pm, Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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,
N810's... I've got a couple of these babies floating around the house
and in the travel bag. Very very nice, but unsuitable for the types of
applications you'd use Psion/Teklogix equipment for. I know that from
logistics. It's pretty harsh out there at the water's edge (of a
container terminal) or at the warehouse. Also... if you operate such a
place, you want to make sure you issue equipment with no potential for
dual use, if you know what I mean.
I've seen Pison/Teklogix equipment in action on straddle carriers. On
the application level, the vendors rely on multiplexing Telnet
sessions over a duplex radio channel. They've also come out with WiFi,
lighting up the terminal. Relatively simple stuff (on the transport
layer), no commitment to the terminal's platform needed, as long as
the terminal supports Telnet and has an RS232 interface that hooks up
to the wireless modem. Vis-a-vis WCE/WXP, this can be made running on
Android as well.
The OP was talking about apps though. In transportation/fleet
management I am aware of at least one vendor that relies on WCE/WXP as
an application platform. The downside: one morning a decision maker at
MS wakes up and decides to pull the plug. Android has the assurance of
OSS. A manufacturer of ruggedized mobile equipment can always fork it
and use it as "their" platform - it's licensed under Apache 2.0 so
there isn't much headache handling proprietary extension that may or
may not be needed. Is Android going to proliferate in that market? Who
knows... I am not aware of any serious plans, but I have to admit I
don't keep my ear to the ground. Noone's holding their breath. Time
moves slowly at the water's edge.
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