In this morning's case it was Point Of Sale and boy-howdy, it was a great demonstration. I had been looking at POS for the grocery store and there are a lot of applications out there but most of them are P.O.S.'s (the other definition).
Was looking at NCR and about to go ahead when I found Toshiba's system. Toshiba does the hardware and LOC (a spin-off) does the software. Excellent stuff. A little bit more expensive but the overall time savings is well worth it.
It is funny that there are so many vendors making tablet and iPhone based systems for retail. These would be fine for a farmers market or a small food truck but no way are they set up to handle a full production environment. I want touch screen for the point-n-click stuff but also dedicated keys for the data entry.
Ran into town after the demo to pick up some window blinds for the new music room as well as get some plywood cut for the acoustic baffles to cut the 'brightness'. I was planning to attend the Mt. Baker Amateur Radio Club meeting tonight but punked out - feeling a bit tired and wanted to head home. The meeting is just starting at 7:00PM and I am two hours away from bed-time.
