filePro on a wireless PDA

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 04:36:44PM -0400, GCC wrote:
> >  From:                         filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> >  [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]  On Behalf Of Nathan
> >  Lehman
>>
>>>       I  would like to have someway for my plant managers to access our
> >  filePro  database  using a wireless PDA.  Has anyone ever done that or
> >  heard  about  someone who has?  The best way I can think of to do this
> >  is  to  use  fpCGI  and get a pda capable of web browsing.  My company
> >  already  has  an  intranet  via a local web server set up.  Is there a
> >  better  way  to  do  this?   Is  there  something  I'm  missing?   Any
> >  suggestions  on a PDA (I guess it doesn't have to be a PDA, as long as
> >  it is small and wireless)?  I thought I'd check with you guys before I
>    went out and bought everything.  Thanks for any help.
> 
>    If  you  are trying to keep things small you might try [2]www.oqo.com.
>    These  are  very  small  full  function Win XP computers.  John Esak's
>    assistant has one of these.
> 
>    This  is  not  an inexpensive solution but if size is a consideration,
>    this might just meet your needs without requiring any new programming.

If, OTOH, you want to optimize for cost and ruggedness, and you're
willing to do a little integration, go scout eBay for used Fujitsu
Stylistics.

Cheers,
-- jra
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