Great feedback, Al.
Much thanks.
Given the constraints of a cellphone (4") or tablet (10") I'm not
thinking "port my Windows app to Android." But my clients want things
like a way for an employee who is not near a desktop computer to look up
inventory availability, prices, maybe even look up and email-forward an
invoice to a customer. With 4G cellphone throughput now being so
widespread, all of these functions have significant value and use. Some
of my competition have been adding such things to their offerings and my
customers are starting to ask Qs.
By the way, probably the biggest kick in the butt for me was last week
when on vacation. We were in a Nike Factory Outlet store and they were
using some incredible little battery operated Verifone gadgets...about
the size of a barcode inventory scanner to process sales. NO CASH
REGISTER (if you were paying by CCard.) They just scanned the
merchandise barcodes, then swiped your CCard, then had you sign with
your fingernail. If you wanted a printed receipt, there were a couple of
thermal printers nearby that were shared by all the terminals, or they
could email it to you. The best part was that the employee could process
CCard sales (which are 90% or more of all sales) anywhere in the
building, or in front of the building on the sidewalk, in seconds, with
one hand and no cord.
Okay, obviously I don't get out of the office enough, but THAT kind of
technology on a tablet is doable with a Square reader. The hard part for
my applications is that I need to capture name, address, phone, and
copious notes about delivery, so there will be SOME tap-typing (or voice
input...).
Most impressive to me about B4Android is that the company seems to be
aggressively moving forward, although appearances can be deceiving.
Thanks again.
Mike
Allen wrote:
Hi foxgang
I tried it, well purchased it a while ago when Dave first mentioned it. But
recently I tried to make a simple app that called a web service and display
the reply. Ok I did some basic way back so I have some idea. But with
searches for what I needed it was fairly easy to do. So I now have my app on
the phone working in a few hours.
BTW it is not a replacement for VFP, it's an Android development so will not
take over your VFP development. However you can easily make web services in
VFP or .net that you can call.
Al
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