Thanks BJ, but serving WAP pages doesn't cover the need of when the user has no connectivity. I think it's better that the end user do the exact same thing everytime regardless of connectivity status and let the software deal with sync.
--- BJ Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why not have WAP pages. > Then any phone that can browse the web can interact. > http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/affiliates/wap/wapindex.html > http://www.bitstream.com/wireless/ > > > Chris Howe sent the following on 8/25/2006 1:59 PM: > > Thanks David. The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit looks > to > > be able to do this simply enough. > > > > --- David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> On a phone? I don't think you can even run a J2SE > >> JRE on a phone... > >> not even with a "Hello World!" type of > application > >> (ie without OFBiz > >> in the picture at all). A J2SE JRE is a LOT > bigger > >> than a J2ME JRE... > >> > >> You could certainly do a SOAP or other client, > and I > >> know that has > >> been done before for very small applications, > even > >> running on a phone. > >> > >> -David > >> > >> > >> On Aug 25, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Chris Howe wrote: > >> > >>> I'm brainstorming a couple of options for > >> integration > >>> of ofbiz with mobile terminals (smartphones). > >> What > >>> could be stripped off of Ofbiz and still provide > >> the > >>> framework' basic database functionality with > hsql > >> or > >>> derby as well as the services and minilang. > Also > >>> looking at what could be done to pair down the > >> java > >>> requirement to JRE instead of the JDK. > >>> > >>> The most frequent use of this would be through a > >> thin > >>> client. However, I'm needing to anticipate loss > >> of > >>> connectivity so it needs to store information > >> locally > >>> and then sync. Would a paired down OFBiz work > for > >>> this or would it be better to look at another > >> option > >>> for use on the smartphone and then have it sync > >>> through SOAP when connectivity is available? > >> > > > > >
