Handheld Topics
- Enterprise Application Development & Management Software Products -

• Afaria from Xcellenet is one of the leading solutions that can manage laptops, PDAs, smart phones, RIM pagers, WinCE devices, and more.  From a central location, you can keep devices running, deploy applications, check inventory, and provide automatic updates.
  
•   (Formerly Nettech) Wireless Application Development tools  for communications interface
  
•   Extended Systems XTNDConnect Server is a mobile synchronization and management solution that allows IT professionals to integrate and manage mobile devices as well as deploy mobile applications. By allowing mobile devices to synchronize directly to server applications, mobile workers can access information remotely, using a wired or wireless connection.
•   iMobile Suite - allows development of applications requiring DBMS synchronization on handheld devices - Client and Server modules 
• Dynamic Mobile Data APIs for mobile applications
• Eigensoft - EigenServer - XML-based B2B and EAI Server, Double Agent - Point of Sale (POS) Device Driver, EigenEngine Custom code generator framework for Windows CE and PalmOS applications
• IBM’s WebSphere eBusiness Mobile Environment
• MDSI’s Application Development Tools – esp. for Utilities, courier, taxi industries
• Oracle’s Mobile Agents – a good application development tool within Oracle environment
• Mobileware’s XMP SDK
• Palm HotSync® Server
  Palm, Inc. offers The Palm HotSync® Server as a platform for handheld management, integration and application development. With this server, IT organizations can synchronize handheld data with corporate databases and mission-critical applications, including groupware solutions such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes.... For more 
• RiverRun’s application development tools
• Sybase's SQL Anywhere Studio & iAnywhere Wireless Server

• Field Inspection and Reporting - Service Master ( a large American household cleaning service organization) also offers service to Greyhound - a  bus transportation company for cleaning their fleet.  After cleaning, inspectors are expected to submit a report to Greyhound.  A paper and pen-based application was replaced by Palm IIIE-based solution.  For more on this, go here.

• Mobile Field Sales Automation Solutions
  Palm devices can be used for a multitude of field sales force automation applications -  enable access to critical capabilities such as corporate email and databases, and evolve access to information through Palm mobile internet solutions.... For more 

• Enterprise e-Mail Solutions from Palm. IT organizations have many options, both wireline (LAN-based, dial-up and Infra-Red connections) and wireless, for providing mobile e-mail access to the workforce. Most major e-mail and groupware applications are supported, including Microsoft Exchange/Outlook, Lotus Domino/Notes, Novell GroupWise and IMAP4 and POP3-based solutions  Go here for more 

Following companies provide software for e-mail solutions to connect Palm OS devices are 

• EasySync for Notes, Lotus
• IntelliSync, Puma Technology, Inc
• MultiMail Conduit, Palm, Inc.
• PocketMirror, Chapura
• Pylon Conduit, GlobalWare Computing
• SyncWise, Toffa International

Internet-enabled mail applications include:

• MultiMail Pro, Palm Inc.
• Eudora Internet Suite, Eudora
• One-Touch Communicator, JP Systems Inc.
• Palmeta Mail, Palmeta Software Co.
• ThinAir Client, ThinAirApps, Inc.

Send & Receive E-mail Via a Synchronization Server

A Palm HotSync® server allows multiple Palm handhelds to simultaneously process their e-mail with a network-based e-mail application via their desktop computer, remote access server, or the Internet. Seamless wireline and wireless access methods are supported.  The following email applications support this environment:

• IBM Mobile Connect, IBM
• IntelliSync, Puma Technology, Inc
• Pylon ServerSync, GlobalWare Computing
• ThinAir Enterprise Server, ThinAirApps, Inc.
• XTNDConnect Server, Extended Systems

• Handheld Accounting and Professional Solutions - Accountants, consulting professionals, doctors and lawyers are early adopters of Palm and other handheld applications for managing their personal billing, calendar, expense reporting and related applications.  MobileTimeBilling is one such application.  For more, go here.