[Gllug] simputer

[Wulf Forrester-Barker]

I know someone who's got one of those but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I think the call costs (and powered transmitters / dead zones problems) would scupper further investigation along that path.

I guess what I'm really after is a client so thin it's handheld... it only needs enough ompph to boot up, load a web browser and render the markup returned from the server. Having it running on an open source base would be an advantage... what I don't need is something that will encourage a doctor to enter all their appointments and todo lists.. and then cause a problem when it breaks or a patient (or fellow doctor) nicks it ;-)

Wulf

>>> jim at gonzul.org 10/07/2001 9:57:05 am >>>

Nokia Communicator 9110/9210 is a very nice single unit, decent 
screen/keyboard/dev. environment and https, but it doesn't have 802.11b, 
just GSM dialup. So unless you have a deal with, say, Dolphin Telecom, theny
 our phone bills will be high. OTOH you don't have to provide the networki
 nfrastructure yourself ... but you may hit problems with dead zones in 
your buildings.
You'd still have the problem of powered transmitters near to medical 
electronic equipment, though, no matter what you do :-(



Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim
Jim Cheetham jim at gonzul.org 


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