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Using IPhone to Scan barocodes

Hi all,

I am considering using about 80 iPhones to scan barcodes for a major organisation. These barcodes would then be "sent" to a central server. We will need to put the IPhone is a special holder which will facilitate that scanning.

Question: I want the users of the iPhone to have minimal functionality. In fact, the only functionality I want is the ability to "scan" and then at then end of the day "send" to a server.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DIS-ABLE all the remaining functionality of the IPHONE (i.e. all the other Apps and possibly even the basic phone functionality).

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BlueYonder

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Patrick O'Dea

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Thanks Blueyonder,

Does this mean that I cannot prevent the staff from downloading apps and using the full IPhone funtionality? This could be a problem and the staff could download all sorts of rubbish when they are supposed to be working.

We are looking at a product called "Linea Pro" which the standard iPhone sits in. DO you have any knowledge of this product??

Thanks again!

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Ian Pattison

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BlueYonder

You can prevent it, but if an employee decides to download itunes and resync then all of the functionality would be restored. Even with a custom profile installed, that can easily be removed. My company did some research on remotely managing mobile phones, but remote management and control was limited for iphones. I have not used Linea Pro. I found that setting a policy for proper resource usage helps with misusing company resources.

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Patrick O'Dea

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Thanks all!