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Fordman:
No to the higher education, but I work for Ford Motor Company and we use the QR codes on alot of parts. The code contains the date, time, shift, operator, vendor or in house info. Also on the bottom of every vehicle, there is a QR code that is easily scanned to tell dealers when the vehicle left the build lot, then arrive at the dealerships and how many where in the shipment in case one *just happens to fall off the truck*.

*just happens to fall off the truck* <---- this has happened on more than one occasion, meaning the truck driver has done something with the vehicle.

Some businesses are reluctant to upgrade their systems as it takes cash plus they dont seem the need to spend millions just to get the same results with new equipment that they would get with older stuff. We still have alot of robots running on Windows 2000. They dont take alot of memory or cpu power to operate them as they are only programmed once and the program executes and the plc's do the rest.

Fordman

Hoopz:

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--- Quote from: Hoopz on July 07, 2010, 07:36:01 am ---
I went from Windows Mobile to a Blackberry initially and the Blackberry definitely had it positives.  That said, going from the BB to Android is like making the move from DOS to Windows XP.  I missed my touchscreen (WM) and the integration of email functionality was about the same on both.  A benefit (for me) of going to Android is that my office uses Google Apps so support on the Android is very, very good.  In fact, I selected the regular (ie less expensive) data plan via Verizon because I didnt need the enterprise version since Google Apps is supported.

I can't answer the Iphone v. Android question as I've only used a Iphone a few times.  Just throwing out another comparison that wasn't asked for.   ;D

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I can see where using Google Apps would make a big difference for you.  One of my problems with the iPhone/iTouch is the lack of file-level access and Office support.  I update several Excel spreadsheets on my WM.  We also use Exchange and I've heard Android does not support ActiveSync 100%.  That is one area where the iPhone shines.  I think their ActiveSync support is better than WM.  I guess I'm hoping the Android will be the best of both phones.

Are you in Higher Education by any chance?  I read a lot of about those institutions moving to Google Apps but not many businesses.

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Not in higher office either.  I work for a small (very small) non-profit foundation.  We have 7 users on Google Apps of which, 6 are volunteers.  So the nominal fee we pay ($50 per user) is pretty nice relative to the benefits we receive.  Google Docs in particular has a lot of features we need and we use an older version of Windows to complement it.

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