Advantages and Disadvantages of our design

Hey I found a link to a very good paper. They have a design very similar in nature to what we have been designing (the mobile based app. with initial data transfer through bluetooth, and then the application runs by retrieving the data from the cellphone's memory). They discussed other possible designs too (real time data fetching from server) and their advantages and disadvantages.

Link to the paper: http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/mobilemapping/soly_1.htm

Potential benefits of our application over currently existing mobile map applications:

* Search feature on map

* Specifically designed for a place acc. to the requirements of the costumer

* Additional information can be displayed

* Facility to manage events


Below are the advantages of off-line mode:

* Applications works anytime and anywhere

* Less expensive as compared to other modes which require connectivity

* No connectivity problems


Disadvantages of offline mode:

* Dynamic information/updates can't be provided