Comments on: Primerica Deploys 4,000 Palm Devices
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RE: Their more efficient
A nice positive story and so far it's troll-free!
RE: Their more efficient
RE: They're more efficient
Yes, I did find it a touch odd that Palm mentioned the internal custom App being used by the finance company but not the models of handhelds/smartphones sold, especially when they've done so with similar press releases in the past.
For all we know they could've have sold 2 Treo 600s and 3,998 Zires to get rid of discontinued stock! Jibing aside, what matters is whether the Palms make it easier for the company to conduct their business and Palm is adequately paid for what they've provided, so hopefully everyone walks away happy.
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
1 Treo 600 + 3999 Palm m100 = 4000
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RE: Their more efficient
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But PPC seems much more popular for enterprise deployments
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RE: But PPC seems much more popular for enterprise deployments
I wonder what specific app they are using, that would seem to work well on both a pda AND a smartphone? An app that runs great on the Lifedrive, for example, would look somewhat different on a Treo, wouldn't it? (Assuming the app for the LD took full advantage of the screen).
Just curious.
All good things...
It's ironic you raise this issue because...
www.appforge.com/corp/press/2004/030404-primerica.pdf
and to quote:
Swift and his team have developed an application for capturing and submitting life insurance applications on hand-held mobile devices. The application called TurboApps, developed using Microsoft (Redmond, Wash.) VisualBasic and AppForge (Atlanta) MobileVB tools, will run on standard hand-held devices using the Palm and Pocket PC operating systems. "While our first implementation will be with the Palm OS," says Swift, "it was important to us that we could use the same set of source code for multiple operating systems."
Tom Swift, senior VP of field technology with Primerica Life
Insurance.
So Primerica is hedging its bets on the Palm vs PocketPC debate (as it's wise to do). It's a good sign they've gone for Palm hardware and PalmOS this time but there's the possibility they'll change their mind in the future.
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Their more efficient
As an owner of both Palm(T3 and T5) and PPC devices(Dell Axim x50v) I find myself resorting to Palm for daily work. Its just so much faster and more efficient.
The corporate world and Palm need to work more together like this example. Well done Palm!
T3 & T5 user