What are Mobile Applications?

Many businesses have technicians working on the job site using Pocket PCs. They collect test readings and other information while in the field.

These collected data can be directly imported into the corporate database using Mobile Applications.

Mobile Applications can be written for either Palm based or Windows CE based handheld computers.

What do I need to buy?

For equipment, just the handheld computer. It comes with all the interface equipment you need to connect to the corporate database.

Then, of course, you need someone to write the Mobile Application and manage the interface with the corporate database.

MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Example 2

This was an in-house project designed to track clients, field service reports and time expenditures.

A listing of clients precedes Screen 1. The desired client row (record) is selected from that list. Three options are available for the selected client:

Client Contact Information is managed via the "View Phone List" button.
Field Service Reports are managed via the "View Service Reports" button
Labor hours expended for this client are managed via the "View Time Tracks" button.

Assume that the user tapped the "View Service Reports" button. A list of service reports for this client is displayed in Screen 2.

This screen is the list of service reports for the selected client. Select the desired one or add a new one.

Once an existing service record is selected (or a new one is added), the form in Screen 3 appears.

Dates are selected from calendars and times are selected from lists. "Time On-Site" is a calculated field.

Screen 4 is a summary record. For details of each action performed for this client, tap the "View Time Tracks" button.

This screen is one of the time track records related to the open service report record that, in turn, is related to the selected client record.

The date is entered automatically from the parent service report record. The user selects Start and End times and enters the action performed.

When the PocketPC is connected to the host computer in the office, these newly entered records are copied to the master database for reporting, invoice generation, etc.

Screen 1	Screen 2
Screen 3	Screen 4