Are PDA's always rubbish and slow you down?

[kremmen]

I just started this week on 6 month contract and as someone has lost 1 pda I have to use paper. No one wants to swap unfortunately. However all the vans have chargers and we don't have any bicycles or own cars here. It was all so different when I did Xmas temping in 2011.

Paul

[clashcityrocker]

Isn't it wonderful that somebody can stick a barcode on a packet in a post office in Myanmar and I can scan it in the streets of Cambuslang?
One global village.

[motch]

I don't mind the PDA, it has crashed twice which slows me down about 5 mins each time. Found the lock device the other day so now do that before i place it in the bag otherwise it can come up with some weird menus when i next take it out the bag. The thing is crap for signing though, not met anyone who can sign it with any with anything like their really signature but with GPS i guess royal mail can prove it was signed outside the address.

I often scan a non-signed for tracked item in the van, and then deliver them a distance away, then when I get back to the van I click the appropriate onscreen button - is this opening myself up for potential hassles if the customers says they never received it? it's easier doing this sometimes rather than carrying half a brick around in a bag..

[sussexlad]

I don't mind the PDA, it has crashed twice which slows me down about 5 mins each time. Found the lock device the other day so now do that before i place it in the bag otherwise it can come up with some weird menus when i next take it out the bag. The thing is crap for signing though, not met anyone who can sign it with any with anything like their really signature but with GPS i guess royal mail can prove it was signed outside the address.

I often scan a non-signed for tracked item in the van, and then deliver them a distance away, then when I get back to the van I click the appropriate onscreen button - is this opening myself up for potential hassles if the customers says they never received it? it's easier doing this sometimes rather than carrying half a brick around in a bag..

You should scan it on the doorstep to be honest. Anyway what do you do if you have 2 tracks for that loop?

[motch]

I don't mind the PDA, it has crashed twice which slows me down about 5 mins each time. Found the lock device the other day so now do that before i place it in the bag otherwise it can come up with some weird menus when i next take it out the bag. The thing is crap for signing though, not met anyone who can sign it with any with anything like their really signature but with GPS i guess royal mail can prove it was signed outside the address.

I often scan a non-signed for tracked item in the van, and then deliver them a distance away, then when I get back to the van I click the appropriate onscreen button - is this opening myself up for potential hassles if the customers says they never received it? it's easier doing this sometimes rather than carrying half a brick around in a bag..

You should scan it on the doorstep to be honest. Anyway what do you do if you have 2 tracks for that loop?

If I had 2 tracks that I know will post through the letterbox i'll scan them both at the van as delivered. A big parcel I might scan it at the van - take it around with me - and then input appropriate data back at the van. This is when i'm using the van by myself and not as a park and loop scenario.

[sussexlad]

I don't mind the PDA, it has crashed twice which slows me down about 5 mins each time. Found the lock device the other day so now do that before i place it in the bag otherwise it can come up with some weird menus when i next take it out the bag. The thing is crap for signing though, not met anyone who can sign it with any with anything like their really signature but with GPS i guess royal mail can prove it was signed outside the address.

I often scan a non-signed for tracked item in the van, and then deliver them a distance away, then when I get back to the van I click the appropriate onscreen button - is this opening myself up for potential hassles if the customers says they never received it? it's easier doing this sometimes rather than carrying half a brick around in a bag..

You should scan it on the doorstep to be honest. Anyway what do you do if you have 2 tracks for that loop?

If I had 2 tracks that I know will post through the letterbox i'll scan them both at the van as delivered. A big parcel I might scan it at the van - take it around with me - and then input appropriate data back at the van. This is when i'm using the van by myself and not as a park and loop scenario.

Ok but they can check on black-bay exactly where you are when you make your scans, so if someone happened to notice that you have little groups of scans in one or two places then they could start asking questions.