Everything I have done so far for our mobile devices has been a web app. A little bit of extra programming time up front is more than made up for in ease of management/deployment and platform independence.
That and I would probably die without ClickOnce support... -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 5:08 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Pondering recent thread on compact framework Since it's a little slow here I'll open a discussion which is borderline between Tech and Community. The thread "Uniobjects.Net Compact Framework and Visual Basic" had an interesting resolution. I'd like to see more discussions on that topic. If only there were enough people interested in mobile connectivity, I'd get a WinMobile to replace my old Win PDA devices, and offer app development services for these devices. I've blogged about mobile development and have written proof-of-concept apps. But there is never a critical mass of demand for any device (Win, Android, iPhone, Blackberry, etc) to justify the investment required to do a lot of this. What I'm wondering of the U2 audience is: 1) Is there little to no interest in mobile computing for U2 systems despite hundreds of thousands of apps satisfying a hunger in the mobile-user marketplace? If that's the case, it's no wonder the Pick community continues to lose market share. 2) Is everyone with interest happily doing development internally? If that's the case, I'm surprised there isn't more discussion here. What are you folks doing to create mobile apps for your U2 business systems? 3) Are people resigned to "I don't know how to do this therefore my company won't do it"? Unfortunately that sort of thinking is quite common in the general Pick community, and it's no less than suicidal for the market and individual careers. In short - if you don't do it, you will be replaced by those who do - as many of you have seen over the years. So where do U2 developers stand with mobile? Personally I'm doing a lot with SMS rather than trying to write apps for every phone (all based on MV). That's just my solution. I'm also doing a lot with voice/telephony, virtual PBX integration for companies that want to shift from hardware solutions to more versatile phone systems backed by MV. This is only "mobile" because some companies have decided to forego the pleasures of the GUI for common voice menus. It's just another solution where mobile computing was once considered. Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog Visit PickWiki.com! Contribute! http://Twitter.com/TonyGravagno _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
