How can the Field Tool Benefit me?

The Field tool allows your team to digitally capture data in the field, ensuring your data is accesible and accurate.  In addition to capturing data more accurately, you can easily share any and all information gathered remotely with the office.  Using the field tool within your organizaion will allow project managers and other users to stay connected to job progress as well as any problems encountered that may affect job completion.  We have extensive customer feedback indicating 2-5% field labor savings, typically realized as higher productivity. 

What is the Field Tool? 

The Field Tool is a handheld device used to collect data and track issues by your organizations users in the field. We developed the software that runs on the Field Tool specifically for data collection and management needs. The Field Tool software will run on any Pocket PC or PDA mobile phone running a Windows Mobile 5.0 / 6.0  operating system. 

How can I get the Field Tool? 

When you sign a contract with us, you have the option to get your Field Tool devices included as part of the contract, or you can install the software on your own personal mobile phone or PDA, or a rugged device, provided it meets the supported operating system requirements stated above.

If you choose to get a Field Tool with your contract, the Field Tool software is installed, configured, and fully tested by our engineers before we ship you the device. We strongly suggest you work with our engineers to get the best and well tested device to meet your needs. 

Can I use my mobile phone as a Field Tool? 

Yes, Windows Mobile Smartphones with touchscreens, running Windows Mobile 6.1, have been tested and the Field Tool software will run on some of these devices. Due to the large numbers of makes and model of Windows Mobile Smartphones on the market, we have not tested all possible devices. Please contact us to see if our phone is compatible.  It is still typically better to have a dedicated PDA which will outperform a smartphone with battery life and in general be much faster running the field application.  As  base guideline, we recommend 624 Mhz processor and 256 RAM / ROM as well and SD card for performing mobile database backups.

Field Tool Devices we actively support.

The following devices are the current Pocket PC's that we offer to sell to new and existing clients. Please contact us if you wish to know more about these models.

HP iPAQ hx2490 Pocket PC

HP iPAQ hx2790 Pocket PC

HP iPAQ 110

HP iPAQ 210