Yesterday we had lunch at the Bondi Bar and Kitchen. The restaurant (the restaurant part is a bit of an afterthought; I’d consider it more of a club). I noticed that the waitresses were carrying Palm OS devices, possibly Zire 72 devices. The silk screenscreend buttons were clearly visible and it appeared to have a mag stripe reader underneath it. I’m not sure if they had 802.11 connections or they used IR to transmit the orders, but it was interesting. However, the waitress seemed to spend a lot of time using the stylus to enter the order. I don’t know if this is the most efficient way to enter orders.
I’m kind of surprised that someone decided to use Palm OS for a vertical application these days; the availability of non-Treo devices is kind of questionable and the number of developers still writing Palm OS applications is dwindling rapidly.