ITScriptNet has the capability to integrate with Vangard Voice Systems AccuSpeech system, which allows for voice prompting, navigation, and data entry. A properly designed voice input system can yield excellent productivity improvements. Vangard has a new Field Force Automation product that is targeted at mobile field-service applications.

If you are interested in learning how Voice integration can help you, contact us for more information!

Honeywell has announced a new addition to the Dolphin line, the Dolphin 6500. This device is similar to the Dolphin 6100, but with a larger screen size. The full product specs are available on Honeywell's site.

We added support for the Dolphin 6500 to ITScriptNet with our recent 3.1b release, so it you have downloaded this update, you already have the Dolphin 6500 client!

As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Microsoft has officially announced Windows Phone 7. This new OS is more like the Zune OS than the traditional Windows CE-based OS.

What is not clear is the future of Windows CE, and the future of Windows CE and Windows Mobile-based Data Collection devices. Will this new OS be suitable for these devices? Will Windows CE still be supported? We will continue to monitor these developments.

We have just released an update to our Check In / Check Out Solution Pack. Version 2.0 is now available!

There are lots of rumors that Microsoft is planning to show off Windows Mobile 7 at the Mobile World Congress on February 15th in Barcelona. The consensus is that this version will not be backwards compatible with the previous Windows Mobile versions, and will not directly run Windows Mobile 5/6 applications. This suggests that Windows Mobile 7 might not be based on Windows CE, but something more like the Zune OS. It sounds as though Microsoft is aiming this version more squarely at Consumers to compete with the iPhone and Android, instead of Enterprise users who need Office and Exchange integration.

The impact of this to the Data Collection world would be interesting. Would device manufacturers use this new version, or will there be a compatible flavor, or will this turn out not to be true? Hopefully we will find out in a few weeks!