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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: colin jones on March 27, 2006, 02:38:51 pm

Title: PDA software
Post by: colin jones on March 27, 2006, 02:38:51 pm

Does anyone use / have / heard of a quote software program that can be used on PDA's? Something like a template for ticking boxes for carpet type, stains, poss. even a formula for working out sq. metre price, etc?  :)

Cheers

Colin

Title: Re: PDA software
Post by: andrew chrysler on March 27, 2006, 02:45:29 pm

A friend of mine has a company that manufactures and installs window blinds.

He paid for a specialist to organise his existing Excel based software to work on O2 XDA's so every fitter and rep had the information.

It cost a fortune, and still doesn't work properly.

Maybe buying a cheap laptop might be a better approach ? I know they are bulky, but you could also use them to show before/after pictures to help get the job.

Andrew

Title: Re: PDA software
Post by: Dennis on March 27, 2006, 03:34:34 pm

Can't you program something in Pocket Excel or if you have a worksheet in Excel send it to the PDA?

Title: Re: PDA software
Post by: scott. on March 27, 2006, 09:33:06 pm

colin
Ive got a cheaper and faster method...I work it out in my head...takes about 30 seconds ;D

Title: Re: PDA software
Post by: Dave Parry on March 27, 2006, 09:48:02 pm

Dead easy using excel, you can even program it on your pc and port it over to the pda. Just dont use macros, use formulas instead.

Title: Re: PDA software
Post by: Graeme@Access on March 27, 2006, 11:28:28 pm

Hi,

I use pocket slides to port over a powerpoint presentation of our B&A pics.  You can then give it to the client and tell them to click the screen to change slide.  It seems to work well, but i have never thought about writing a spreadsheet to calulate cost of jobs and collect details.

Im sure it would be possible for a windows based pda, not sure about palm though.

Graeme
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