I would agree that porting to both platforms is very easy and would be a better choice if you are not providing the hardware to your end user.
Just to correct a few peoples previous statements,
WinCE:
-color screens almost unreadable in daylight, great at night
-short battery life, which can be a problem depending on usage model
Both of these are fixed with the iPaq Pocket PC, its lighting mechanism is perfect in ALL light, and even with the device and a 1GB microdrive running on a PCMCIA sleeve I get 10 hours of full use battery life. With normal use(no sleve & backlight on) I get almost 11 hours. Thats nothing to bawk at. Let alone it sounds like these guy will be investigating acidents, and I'm assuming they drive a car to the acident, and thus have a easy power source to charge from if needed.
Not that it is required but the iPaq also sports a nice recording mechanism, that could be for..i don't know...recording statements?
Oh and there is absolutly no chance in hell that Windows ME will have a spin off mini-ME, the lawsuits from Mike Myers Films and In Line Productions(who hold the rights to Austin Powers) would be the least of MS' worries.
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I would agree that porting to both platforms is very easy and would be a better choice if you are not providing the hardware to your end user.
Just to correct a few peoples previous statements,
WinCE:
-color screens almost unreadable in daylight, great at night
-short battery life, which can be a problem depending on usage model
Both of these are fixed with the iPaq Pocket PC, its lighting mechanism is perfect in ALL light, and even with the device and a 1GB microdrive running on a PCMCIA sleeve I get 10 hours of full use battery life. With normal use(no sleve & backlight on) I get almost 11 hours. Thats nothing to bawk at. Let alone it sounds like these guy will be investigating acidents, and I'm assuming they drive a car to the acident, and thus have a easy power source to charge from if needed.
Not that it is required but the iPaq also sports a nice recording mechanism, that could be for..i don't know...recording statements?
Oh and there is absolutly no chance in hell that Windows ME will have a spin off mini-ME, the lawsuits from Mike Myers Films and In Line Productions(who hold the rights to Austin Powers) would be the least of MS' worries.
_Z