Yes I know there's a lot of options with different PDA's and you can pick them up pretty cheap now. Main concern would be ease of use and robustness of the device in a poor environment. I can think of a dozen different ways to do this, just wanted some other people's ideas on the subject.
________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Something that works like a BB but runs everything over WiFi Are you think like maybe a wifi enabled PDA? I have not looked at them in several years but there use to be several out there. Dell had one HP had several I know the HP was a pain to get setup the first time but then the user liked to play with the settings, so it may have been more user issues than PDA issues. Both would get email both used Windows Mobile one was on 3.x if I remember the other was on 4(?). Jon On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: Just trying to do some brainstorming here. We are a mid sized manufacturing company and Management has embraced the use of BB's for a long time now. We even go as far as giving them to supervisors on the floor so they don't have to be tied to computer to check their email. We live and breathe email and it's very easy for most of management to justify the cost of service for a supervisor in time saved and productivity. But since we are a single location and have a facility wide Wireless infrastructure if I had a BB that connected via WiFi instead of cellular I could save a ton of money on the cost of cell service. I know there are certain models of BB's with built in wifi and I could use cheap windows mobile phones direct with exchange. The only real requirements are real time sync with email, contacts and calendar. And the ability to get through the day on a single charge which may be a challenge for some devices with wifi turned on all the time. Just want to know if anyone else has implemented something similar and how they went about it. Thanks Niles ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
