LTC 43-2003 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Office of the City Manager
Letter to Commission
To:
From:
Subject:
Mayor David Dermer and
Members of the City Commission
Jorge M. Gonzalez ~ ~/x/~~
City Manager
HANDHELD UPDATE
Date: February 5, 2003
This is to advise you of recent technological developments that may have a significant
impact on the City's Handheld Inspection Project. The City was informed that production of
the selected device for the Handheld Inspection Project, the Hewlett-Packard Jornada 728,
had been discontinued. This was as a result of a decision by Microsoft to discontinue
support for the PCS 2000 operating system of the Jornada product line.
The ramifications of this development are as follows:
· an analysis of other available handheld devices has been conducted and
presented for departmental review and evaluation;
· all participating departments, (Building, Code, Fire, Engineering and Sanitation),
have agreed upon the device to be used, a tablet PC, and a request for bids has
been issued;
· program specifications will need to be rewritten to match the selected device and
operating system;
· the software development cost have increased due to the changes in
programming necessitated by the selection and purchase of new devices;
· the new device will increase the cost by some $800-$1,000 per unit; and
· the Handheld Project timeline will be revised following the receipt of bids.
It is expected that the vendor selection process can be completed by late-February, 2003.
The increased costs for the project can be determined and a revised timeline and budget
will be prepared and submitted to the City Commission for approval at the end of March,
2003.
Despite this setback to the Handheld Project, it is clear that the project will go forward in a
timely fashion with your continued support.
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