Survey Administer Goes UMPC!
With newer, faster, smaller, more adventurous UMPC’s (Ultra-Mobile PC) coming on the market today with greater screen resolutions and more gizmos at your fingertips, we’re proud to announce that Survey Administer is now compatible with such devices.
We recently purchase two UMPC’s, the Sony Vaio VGN-UX1XN and the Samsung Q1 Ultra. Both cost around the £750 mark, but you will find some good deals if you shop around the internet.
Samsung Q1 Ultra
Pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition, the Samsung come with its own QWERTY keyboard which is split into two, which is difficult at first but easily masters, although don’t ever think that you will touch type on it! The 7-inch touch screen is incredibly bright and clear, and easy to read. Powering the Samsung is an Intel A110 low-voltage processor. Memory is a decent 1024MB.
Also built into this Samsung are twin cameras, one at the front and the other at the rear, so you can take 1.3 mega pixel photographs or use it for video conferencing. There is Bluetooth, Wi-fi, and an SD card reader.
Sony Vaio VGN-UX1XN
Pre-installed with Microsoft Vista the Sony weighs in at an incredible 480g! The 4.5-inch touch screen display shows off incredible detail, and the zoom controls allow you to zoom in and out where necessary. Hidden away is a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from under the touch screen. Powering the Sony is an Intel Core Solo U1500 (1.33GHZ) processor, that runs at an ultra-low voltage. The Sony comes with 1024MB of memory and a Solid State Disk (SSD) with 32GB of Flash memory on-board, with means there are no moving parts in this device, allowing battery life to be more efficient.
Also built into this Sony is a 1.3 mega pixel camera, which can be used as a still or movie camera, or simply a web cam. There is Bluetooth, Wi-fi and a MemoryStick Pro slot, and a fingerprint scanner to help keep things secure.
Flybook V33i
On a separate note, Tablet PC’s are becoming smaller and more lightweight, and one that we have recently purchased to play with is the Flybook V33i, with 3.5G mobile connection. With a price of around £1,000 its more expensive than UMPC’s, but it really does depend on what you’re after at the end of the day.
The Flybook, which is A5 in size, comes with an 8.9-inch 16:9 high resolution touch screen LCD, 1024MB memory, 40GB hard drive and is powered by an Intel Pentium Mobility (1.1GHZ) processor. This is a really slick and stylish Tablet, and comes in various colours too!
Survey Administer Version 1127 Released
Survey Administer version 0.0.0.1127 is officially released today.
History of Changes (1119 to 1127)
ADDITION: New fields added to the SurveyAdminister table (SurveyAdminister table changed)
CHANGE: When importing surveys from Move Administer, ‘Other email’ and ‘Skype’ fields are now imported too
CHANGE: When exporting surveys to Move Administer, ‘Other email’ and ‘Skype’ fields are now exported too
CHANGE: The default height of the handwriting recognition window has been resized to accommodate UMPC resolution of 600 pixels high
CHANGE: The default height of the photograph form has been resized to accommodate UMPC resolution of 600 pixels high
ADDITION: ‘Other Email’ and ‘Skype’ fields have been added to the Correspondence tab of the Survey Wizard
CHANGE: Business 1 and 2 now only display on the Correspondence tab of the Survey Wizard if the customer has a company name
CHANGE: The default height of the Inventory Browse has been resized to accommodate UMPC resolution of 600 pixels high
Survey Administer Version 1119 Released
Survey Administer version 0.0.0.1119 is officially released today.
History of Changes (1109 to 1119)
CHANGE: SMTP Account Name has increased from 35 characters to 50 (SurveyDefaults table changed)
CHANGE: SMTP Account Password has increased from 20 characters to 35 (SurveyDefaults table changed)
ADDITION: A new field has been added to the SurveyAdminister table (SurveyAdminister table changed)
ADDITION: ‘Exchanged contracts’ checkbox is now on the Tentative tab of the Survey Wizard
ADDITION: ‘Exchanged contracts’ is now imported from and exported too Move Administer
Product User Guides
Additional copies of our product user guides, consisting of Move Administer – User Guides Volume 1 & 2 and Options Guide Volume 3, Commercial Administer, Shipping Administer and Survey Administer, are now available for purchase from On-Demand Manuals.
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State-of-the-art equipment allows On-Demand Manuals to print manuals one at a time as orders are received, a service that ensures up-to-date printed manuals are always available, eliminating the need to maintain inventories of manuals. On-Demand Manuals handle all aspects of order processing, sales, invoicing and shipping.
Survey Administer Version 1109 Released
Survey Administer version 0.0.0.1109 is officially released today.
History of Changes (1095 to 1109)
ADDITION: New key to Inventory table (Inventory table changed)
FIX: New key on inventory table eliminates a problem of a customer having more than one appointment, and therefore each appointment bringing up the first and only inventory created for that customer, where as each appointment should allow it’s own inventory to be created
FIX: Addresses imported from Move Administer where street contained multiple lines formatted the address incorrectly and consequently sent the incorrectly formatted address back to Move Administer
Comodo Code Signing Certificate
Administer Software Limited are pleased to announce that we have recently purchased a 3 year Comodo Code Signing Certificate for our software products.
Code Signing, through the use of digital signatures, enables software developers to include information about themselves and their code with their software. End users who download digitally signed 32-bit Portable Executable (.exe, .ocx, .dll or other) files can be confident that code really comes from us and has not been altered or corrupted since it was created and signed.
Recent operating system updates to Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and the new Windows Vista make it vital to use digital signatures in application files and installation packages. Vista uses code signing more widely than earlier versions of Windows. With the increased level of warnings in Vista, signing our application and installation files gives end users the reassurance they need to proceed with the installation.
Expect to see the use of our code signing certificate in forthcoming product releases and updates.
Survey Administer Version 1095 Released
Survey Administer version 0.0.0.1095 is officially released today.
History of Changes (1091 to 1095)
ADDITION: New field added to SurveyAdminister table (SurveyAdminister table changed)
CHANGE: Product now appears on the Quotation tab of the Survey Wizard. This field sets the type of Quotation to create when imported back into Move Administer, which can be different to the type of Enquiry originally taken
Survey Administer
I am pleased to announce the release of Survey Administer, a surveying and sales system designed specifically for the Tablet PC.
The aim of Survey Administer is to replace the folder that most surveyors take with them during their surveys, whether they use it to record specific notes about the property, customer requirements, a full inventory of items, or even just as a sales presentation aid. Survey Administer does all of this and much more!
At the time of publishing, Survey Administer is currently in use at: David Dale Removals, Banburys Removals, Britannia Sandersteads of Surrey, Britannia Bradshaw International.
For more information please visit www.surveyadminister.co.uk, or to read our online help visit help.surveyadminister.co.uk.