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"Despite the fact that much of the world sees that Commonwealth Games as, well, insignificant, it's great to see some pioneering mobile technology being used.
Using GPS, Microsoft Smart Tag technology (the sometimes annoying feature seen in Microsoft Office that provides a context menu when you type a name or address in a document), volunteers from Directions Plus, a joint initiaive between the Victorian Government and Microsoft, are providing real-time information to patrons at Commonwealth Games venues. They'll even have belt-clipped printers to give folks a hardcopy to take with them.
"If you're lost between two events at different venues, this device can tell you the quickest way to get from A to B, taking into account every mode of public transport, event-specific transport and walking routes," the Victorian Minister for Information and Communication, Marsha Thomson said.
I just saw this covered on the TV news and couldn't tell what device they were using although my best guess is that they used an Asus MyPal A716.
This sort of vertical application is a great pointer to the potential of the Windows Mobile platform. While the Pocket PC may be dying (at least based on stories like this) I believe that there will a market for non-converged devices for some time to come. If HP chooses to disregard this it will be to their own peril and will open the door for someone elese to step in and build a customer base."
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