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December 03, 2003
Mobile software development hurdles
The only downside, says Patricia Nassour, was the glare problem for workers conducting the roadside surveys in bright sun. The light washed out the Tablet's LCD display so it was almost impossible to read.
Gram experimented with visors and screen overlays, but in the end solved the problem by changing background and text colors to ones that would show up well despite the problems with glare and wash-out.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3114441 via Scoble
Stuff like this is what makes writing mobile software a lot different than writing desktop PC apps. The .NET compact framework removes a lot of the technical hurdles (you can use the same programming language, IDE, framework as on the desktop) but it's not going to make all desktop developers into good mobile developers. I've seen to many Pocket PC apps already that are just a little version of their desktop counterparts. Pockets PCs (despite the name) are not just small PCs and though Tablet PCs can be used like tradiational desktops/laptops, you've got to expect that they won't be used that way at least part of the time.
Posted by mikel at December 3, 2003 02:00 PM
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