>Subject: Re: I hate to say I told you so but..
>From: "Linke, Andreas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:37:48 +0200
>
>...
>Business vs Consumer
>.....
>Palm has tried to penetrate the business market for years, with
>very limited success. They are very popular among consumers
>but business applications are scarce. It's true that business users
>might not care as much about color as consumers, but what they
>definitely need is more screen real-estate. You can't display any
>non-trivial business applications on 160x160 pixels (I'd love to see
>counter examples with good usability). .....
Having determined not to get involved in this thread, I find
myself dragged in by this horribly erroneous statement.
At Marietta Systems, we only do serious business applications.
Order entry, Route Delivery, Inventory etc.. Usually with databases
with tens of thousands of records.
While we'd like higher res screens, the limit on how much stuff you
can put on one screen is mainly restricted by the physical size of the
screen, ambient lighting and the vision of the operator. Consequently
we avoid the 'stdFont' and primarily use 'boldFont', 'largeFont', and
when we can fit it, our personal favorite 'largeBoldFont'
We used to write applications (and sometimes still do) on Symbol's
DOS handheld computers with 4x20 and 8x20 screens (rows x col)
and somtimes on 16x21 screens. Se we are very spoilt even on the
current Palm OS screen.
If you want to create a complex business application for the Palm OS (r)
go to our web site, download our PDE software and configure it
(on the Palm OS unit) to be that application. And then load down a
realistic set of validation databases using our conduit and watch it hum!
http://www.RF-TP.com
Roger Stringer
Marietta Systems, Inc.
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