Lockdown of mobile Device

[jud9r]

Hi,

Is there any way of "locking down" a mobile device, so when the field worker gets their grubby little paws on it, they can't start removing programs or messing with settings?

I am thinking like Windows Admins can really tighten what users are allowed to do?

Or alternatively, is it possible to launch an application when the PDA is powered on and when that application exits, power the PDA off, so they would never be able to get to any other settings?

Thanks in advance

Jud

[Strider]

There are a few things you can do.

Inside your application you can disable the startmenu and taskbar by code, so once inside the application they cant exit it.
They can power off the device but when they power it on the application will still be running.

You could require a password to exit the application.

Also you may need to add a shorcut to the application in the startup folder

[jud9r]

Thanks for the reply m8, that sounds good. I have also found an article of locking it down as an administrator would with Windows. I will dig it out and post it here if anyone is interested

Cheers

Jud