But there is one aspect of mobile devices that is consistently ignored: Small computers can simplify day-to-day working procedures in all areas of industrial and commercial businesses. Whenever access to vital information from different points of the working area is needed, a mobile device makes life easier, providing greater efficiency and saving time and costs.

This session is intended to show aspects of mobile computing using Linux-based mobile appliances. It will provide information as to why and when a Linux-based PDA is superior to Microsoft or Palm based devices, and what distributions and devices are available. A practical demonstration of a real life prototype application will be shown to illustrate the capabilities of industrial applications, and to show how Tux in your hands can support the "distributed working" paradigm.

Note: The session presentation will be partially run from a Linux driven iPAQ.