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The iPad specifically, or slate devices in general? The former I'm not sure about, the latter, quite possibly. My thinking is that if I were running the IT dep

by shade 16y ago

The iPad specifically, or slate devices in general? The former I'm not sure about, the latter, quite possibly. My thinking is that if I were running the IT department in a manufacturing firm looking for ways to bring these devices into my factories, I'd be giving preference to touch-oriented web apps rather than iDevice applications specifically. You retain a bunch of advantages of web apps -- easier and simpler deployments, generally faster development, more choice of languages -- and once the Android tablets start to hit, you avoid locking yourself into a single supplier.

francoisdevlin 16y ago
I was referring to slate devices in general, although I'm sure the iPad will remain the sexiest of the bunch for quite a while.
veemjeem 16y ago
I think android tablets will have a problem of having non-standard interfaces. There are already point of sale machines using the iphone because all iphones have the exact same bottom connector so it makes it fairly standard to interface across. All android devices have different ways of hooking up to -- I don't know why device manufacturers always like reinventing the wheel when it comes to hardware interfaces. I already own a few dozen different phone chargers at home, the only one that hasn't changed is the iphone.
riltim 16y ago
Disclaimer: I write PLC & SCADA system code for a living in the industrial and wastewater markets. Real time plant floor control/monitoring is not an unsolved problem and an iPad/tablet accessible web app was not the solution. See page 12 of the link below[1] for an example of what industry really works with. In some applications seconds can cost thousands of dollars, a limb or even a life. I'd never leave that up to a web browsers JavaScript engine. [1] http://www.automation.siemens.com/salesmaterial-as/brochure/en/brochure_panels_en.pdf http://www.automation.siemens.com/salesmaterial-as/brochure/...

by shade 16y ago

francoisdevlin 16y ago

I was referring to slate devices in general, although I'm sure the iPad will remain the sexiest of the bunch for quite a while.

veemjeem 16y ago

I think android tablets will have a problem of having non-standard interfaces. There are already point of sale machines using the iphone because all iphones have the exact same bottom connector so it makes it fairly standard to interface across. All android devices have different ways of hooking up to -- I don't know why device manufacturers always like reinventing the wheel when it comes to hardware interfaces. I already own a few dozen different phone chargers at home, the only one that hasn't changed is the iphone.

riltim 16y ago

Disclaimer: I write PLC & SCADA system code for a living in the industrial and wastewater markets. Real time plant floor control/monitoring is not an unsolved problem and an iPad/tablet accessible web app was not the solution. See page 12 of the link below[1] for an example of what industry really works with. In some applications seconds can cost thousands of dollars, a limb or even a life. I'd never leave that up to a web browsers JavaScript engine. [1] http://www.automation.siemens.com/salesmaterial-as/brochure/en/brochure_panels_en.pdf http://www.automation.siemens.com/salesmaterial-as/brochure/...