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info@hand Mobile
info@hand
Mobile: Handheld Browser Support
info@hand Mobile allows users of wireless phones or PDAs, with browser
support, to access their info@hand (or SugarCRM) server. Mobile
users may view or update existing data, as well as add new data. Only the
principal modules may be accessed using info@hand Mobile,
including Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, Leads, Tasks, Meetings, Calls and
Cases.
The user interface has been
optimized for browsing on smaller screens, and is character-based to conserve
bandwidth. You can try it out at
http://demo.infoathand.net/mobile - this links to the database of our
regular demo site, so login as admin/admin. If on a BlackBerry - make sure that
browser options - Emulation is set to BlackBerry. You can also go to this
address with a full browser - with interesting results. (See Mobile User Guide
here.)
info@hand Mobile
recognizes four classes of device:
- If a device only accepts WML,
it is a WAP browser.
- If it accepts some sort of (X)HTML,
then screen width come into play : If width < 320 pixels then it is classed
as a small device (most likely a mobile phone, maybe a BlackBerry or a
Windows Mobile device such as an iPAQ)
- If screen width is in the
range 320 - 639 pixels then it is classed as a medium-sized device (many
modern PDAs, including Blackberry 8700, and Treo 650/700p)
- If screen width >= 640
pixels then it is classed as a large device (most likely a PC/Mac browser,
or perhaps a VGA-class PDA such as some Dell Axim models)
Small, medium and large
devices each have different screen layouts. For small devices, list views are
rendered in one column, each label and data item on a separate line, and the
same for detail/edit/search layouts. For medium devices, there is still a
one-column layout, but with labels on the left and data on the right of the same
line.
For large devices, there is the usual tabular layout for list views, and a
4-column layout for detail/edit/search screens.
WAP Interface
Medium Layout
(Blackberry 8700)
Large Layout (Dell Axim X50V) |
