Games on the iPhone may be cute but
THE iPHONE IS A BUSINESS WEAPON.
DId you bring a knife to a gun fight?
[See Indy vs Swordsman at left]
The winners will use the iPhone. Let's talk.
There is a Sea Change happening in mobile computing and databases. I provided the system structures of the first successful database management system over 40 years ago. Now I am making the data visible and portable - reducing the errors of bad or no data input.
Of the 10,000 iPhone apps and 300 million downloads thus far, the majority have been games - many free or 99 cents. But besides fanboys playing games, there is a growing group of users that recognize the iPhone for the revolutionary tool that it is ... a very capable and complete portable computer in your pocket with network and phone connectivity. More and more serious applications are appearing .. drug databases, corporate financials, personal organizers, etc.
I intend to produce a series of tools with a database foundation. Yes, the iPhone has relational database capability built-in. Starting with simple single file databases suitable for anyone to maintain work logs or mailing lists,, we will progress through useful relational databases in your pocket all the way up to network connected database applications for activities such as shop floor control, shift and on demand work scheduling and contact paging.
Stay with me and I will make the whole migration path cost effective for you - in both dollars and time. Here we go. ...
This page is new and a Work In Progress .....
Planned Products for the iPhone - either standalone or as part of an integrated system of software agents include:
1 - StarClock = Local Apparent Sideral Time - a portable tool giving you the data to operate a telescope in the field. It uses iPhone location services or your longitude setting.
2 - TOOT = The Georgia Tech Steam Whistle - a video and sound program suitable for alarms / alerts and clocking the hour [ or 5 minutes before the hour for true Yellow Jackets]. This will be accompanied with a screensaver/clock/alarm for the desktop as well.
2 - TED = Table Editor - a simple flat table editor for managing mailing lists, maintenance records, etc. Anyone can use use it.
3 - TEDSQL = Table Editor extended for multiple tables and SQL. A simple, cheap, full-blown relational database in your pocket.
4 - JOBTRACKER =
5 - SHIFTPLANNER =
6 - CONTACTME =