Great feedback, Al.

Much thanks.

Given the constraints of a cellphone (4") or tablet (10") I'm not

thinking "port my Windows app to Android." But my clients want things

like a way for an employee who is not near a desktop computer to look up

inventory availability, prices, maybe even look up and email-forward an

invoice to a customer. With 4G cellphone throughput now being so

widespread, all of these functions have significant value and use. Some

of my competition have been adding such things to their offerings and my

customers are starting to ask Qs.

By the way, probably the biggest kick in the butt for me was last week

when on vacation. We were in a Nike Factory Outlet store and they were

using some incredible little battery operated Verifone gadgets...about

the size of a barcode inventory scanner to process sales. NO CASH

REGISTER (if you were paying by CCard.) They just scanned the

merchandise barcodes, then swiped your CCard, then had you sign with

your fingernail. If you wanted a printed receipt, there were a couple of

thermal printers nearby that were shared by all the terminals, or they

could email it to you. The best part was that the employee could process

CCard sales (which are 90% or more of all sales) anywhere in the

building, or in front of the building on the sidewalk, in seconds, with

one hand and no cord.

Okay, obviously I don't get out of the office enough, but THAT kind of

technology on a tablet is doable with a Square reader. The hard part for

my applications is that I need to capture name, address, phone, and

copious notes about delivery, so there will be SOME tap-typing (or voice

input...).

Most impressive to me about B4Android is that the company seems to be

aggressively moving forward, although appearances can be deceiving.

Thanks again.

Mike

Allen wrote:

> Hi foxgang

> I tried it, well purchased it a while ago when Dave first mentioned it. But

> recently I tried to make a simple app that called a web service and display

> the reply. Ok I did some basic way back so I have some idea. But with

> searches for what I needed it was fairly easy to do. So I now have my app on

> the phone working in a few hours.

> BTW it is not a replacement for VFP, it's an Android development so will not

> take over your VFP development. However you can easily make web services in

> VFP or .net that you can call.

> Al

>

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