For George, I think a question about "what would be some potential uses" characterizes our community, and is part of what prompted me to open the discussion. With hundreds of thousands of apps out there for every mobile device, there are any number of potential uses for mobile access, regardless of the platform on the back-end. With apologies for my directness and not the content: Pick people need to stop thinking like Pick people and start looking at what the rest of the world is doing in terms of data access and updates.
To answer your question more directly however, many companies these days look for things like reporting, BI, dashboards, GUI, and web services to satisfy their needs to communicate current data to trading partners, management, and other employees. The mobile device is just another UI where you can gather and provide information on a timely basis. For Dan, your point on connecting indirectly is my preferred method, and was the suggestion I made when an issue was presented with UO/CF. As to U2 applications covering a segment that isn't covered by mobile devices - I think U2/MV has widespread applications in every market, and almost everyone has a cell phone these days. I don't think there's anything to separate the kind of people who use U2 apps from the kind of people who use cell phones. And one of my points is precisely that, that these things are unrelated. People who use mobile devices download apps of all kinds. There's no reason why apps based on U2 should be categorically any different. As many people would be ready to state, we're selling applications, not databases. Thanks for your responses. T > From: George Gallen > To further the question, what would be some potential > uses of mobile phone with U2 that would not be covered > with website usage with U2, with different screen > layouts? > > Or are you talking about smartphone apps? > From: Dan McGrath > 4) Not directly connecting to U2 from the mobile > phone, but some intermediate web server in between. > Using a REST or Webservices API from the mobile device > would probably be far more common than directly > connecting to U2. For anyone (if there is) doing it > this way, you wouldn't see any questions on that here. > The other question would be, are the majority > applications built on U2 covering a segment that so > far doesn't have much penetration on mobile devices > (whether it is a U2 system or other)? _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
