[geeks] Warehouse Handhelds

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 05:57:22PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote:

>
>We have a small stores and need stock control. We need to be able to
>check in and out stock and also stocktake the stores without being
>tethered to a PC. We have no bar codes, and implementing that would be
>impractical at this stage (our suppliers don't even use them).
>
>I was looking at toughened handhelds running WinCE. I don't like having
>a WLAN in the building for security reasons so I'd like some way of
>logging transactions on the handheld then dumping that top a PC via the
>cradle.
>
>Buying a solution in is beyond our means, so our usual policy applies.
>Buy the hardware and write the software. Problem is I've never developed
>proper software, let alone for WinCE...
>
>Any alternative (apart from paper)?

For some reason I think you are in the UK. If that's the case, how about
a bunch on Elonex One's? Not handheld, but may be just what you need
at a reasonable price.

Geoff.

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