[Andy Sjostrom]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/casestudies/cs_default.asp

I left work last week for a four week vacation. Now, I spend time with family, relax... and read as much as possible. On my night stand I have "A Survey of Bible Doctrine" and a Pocket PC with some great articles that I've saved for offline reading. I went to the Case Study portion of PocketPC.com and found some interesting case studies that I haven't read. Here are some of them:

"Wagamama, the popular noodle restaurant has recently implemented the use of Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC 2002 devices to speed up the entire ordering process."

"Value sandwich retailer Benjys needed an effective way to replenish 380 fast selling product lines across its 50 London stores on a daily basis. With the help of solution provider Information Systems Associates, the company has implemented a new, wireless solution built on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. This helps the company capture orders using information about stock levels and predicted sales. The result is fast, accurate replenishment ordering and a wealth of sales information to help with strategic decisions."

"Mobile Solution Frees Up Time and Improves Efficiency for North Wales Police. Deployment of Pocket PC and GPRS mobile phones allows access to email and diary information in the field, and also provides access to additional data and applications."

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[Andy Sjostrom]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/casestudies/cs_default.asp

I left work last week for a four week vacation. Now, I spend time with family, relax... and read as much as possible. On my night stand I have "A Survey of Bible Doctrine" and a Pocket PC with some great articles that I've saved for offline reading. I went to the Case Study portion of PocketPC.com and found some interesting case studies that I haven't read. Here are some of them:

"Wagamama, the popular noodle restaurant has recently implemented the use of Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC 2002 devices to speed up the entire ordering process."

"Value sandwich retailer Benjys needed an effective way to replenish 380 fast selling product lines across its 50 London stores on a daily basis. With the help of solution provider Information Systems Associates, the company has implemented a new, wireless solution built on the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. This helps the company capture orders using information about stock levels and predicted sales. The result is fast, accurate replenishment ordering and a wealth of sales information to help with strategic decisions."

"Mobile Solution Frees Up Time and Improves Efficiency for North Wales Police. Deployment of Pocket PC and GPRS mobile phones allows access to email and diary information in the field, and also provides access to additional data and applications."

Do you have any cool reports from the field, near you, about what Pocket PCs are used for? Tell us!

[karen]

Originally Posted by Andy Sjostrom

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/casestudies/cs_default.asp

I left work last week for a four week vacation. Now, I spend time with family, relax... and read as much as possible.

Dang Europeans...always flaunting their extended summer vacations....Next you'll be chattering on about statutory holidays... :roll:

Do you have any cool reports from the field, near you, about what Pocket PCs are used for? Tell us!

Not really cool, but has a punchline...One of my clients (a Canadian Natural Gas utility) is using PPCs (Symbol originally, then I think they moved to Compaq) to do leak surveys. In the NG business, there are regulatory requirements to survey the distribution system for NG leaks. They use a truck decked out with sniffers and hand sniffers to detect leaks. The surveyors then record what they find via the PPC. I was joking with the developer that we needed to develop and market a siffer device that interfaced directly with the PPC, recording the readings. I envisoned the PPC being just like the 'spiderman' barcode readers. What an odd sight - to see people walking down the street, pointing at the ground, then typing things into their forearm, pointing, etc.

K