Why to develop for Tablet PC Edition 2005

   We will see why development for Tablet PC is important as well as see the benefits for developing for a Tablet PC.

   A Tablet PC running the Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system offers new levels of mobility and productivity to the increasingly mobile workforce. Developers can develop compelling solutions quickly for many markets, thereby increasing revenue opportunities and expanding their customer base. There were certain limitations for industries to integrate their applications with certain departments because these departments were always on the move or didn’t have staff at a certain place all the time. The Tablet PC offers the flexibility and features needed to introduce computing to more areas of their business.

   Today customers need products and applications that improve the way they work. These products and applications must consider the mobility needs of customers. The capability to access data from a variety of locations like car, train, metro, job site, office, home is essential for the information workers since companies rely on information from their information workers. Hence developing for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition offers customers flexible, highly mobile solutions that meet their increasing needs.

   The Tablet PC is ideal for today’s businesses. It provides a large screen, built-in wireless connection, on-screen handwriting capture, annotation capability, and speech recognition. These features enable a Tablet PC to integrate with how people actually work, instead of making people adapt to the computer. A Tablet PC conveys information in a visually appealing and convenient form and offers productivity-enhancing features for all industries.

  Examples where development for a Tablet PC is vital.

  • Medical practices use electronic copies of forms, eliminating the need to put traditional computers in examination rooms for recordkeeping.
  • Construction companies use rugged cases and brighter screens to make sure their Tablet PCs survive the rigors of construction sites and remain viewable in bright sunlight.
  • Realtors find that the Tablet PC meets the needs of their highly mobile on-the-road lifestyle.
  • Manufacturing plants can operate with fewer workers by using Tablet PCs to maximize worker efficiency.
  • Professors and students find that the natural input options of the Tablet PC enhance the learning experience.

    •    Since developers are already familiar with the development of desktop applications, web applications and mobile applications for the medical industry, they will find that they have only to extend this paradigm to the users on the move. That is they will have to develop applications that supports capturing data through ink and speech. Also they will not have to shift their programming curve but use the familiar standards for developing applications for the Windows XP Platform, since Tablet PC is a superset of Windows XP Professional. Also Tablet PC is the first Microsoft client operating system to include the .NET Framework, making it easy for developers to create Tablet PC-based applications.

       Also developing Tablet PC-based solutions is fast and no more costly than traditional development. Some of the new concepts that are found with developing for the Tablet PC are.

  • Minimal additional effort is required beyond basic application development.

    •    Using the Microsoft .NET Framework to create new solutions enabled developers to make use of advanced Tablet PC features quickly. And since the .NET Framework is a new platform that offers the highest level of security and reliability, developers will find that they have all the power of the .NET Framework to develop better applications than before.

  • Lower than expected development costs.

    •   Enabling existing applications for the Tablet PC did not require significant time or new skills. The .NET Framework and Tablet PC SDK reduced the time required to create applications and helped keep development expenses low.

  • Faster delivery of solutions and applications.

    •   Since the Tablet PC integrates very well with the desktop and other platforms integration of solutions applications can be done with ease and also help to deploy solutions rapidly than before.

  • Expanding quality assurance testing is the biggest change.

    •    Developing and checking Tablet PC–based applications is not difficult, but it requires some additional testing to evaluate speech and ink features. And the powerful features of the Tablet PC makes this a breeze that even fresh developers will pick up the threads of developing for Tablet PC on a fast pace.

      Also demand for Tablet PCs is growing as tablets offer access to new, previously inaccessible markets. Furthermore, the cost to add Tablet PC support to existing applications or to code new applications is very low. Using the robust .NET Framework speeds development and allows the easy addition of advanced features such as handwriting recognition.
     
     
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