As
@DoWork said, these devices are excellent and the developers have done an excellent job. From a salesfloor perspective, here's what my team and I think:
First, we rejoiced with glory when SUBT and STO were added. For large-scale backstocking, I still use PDA STO, but that's fine, because the myDevices weren't designed for BR use (yet anyways), so the way those two apps function is perfect for the salesfloor and allows us to pull our items without bothering the BR team.
The way the information is presented on the two myWork screens is excellent. It's organized well and provides all the useful information in one spot. The myDevices have done an excellent job at taking all the information that used to be in many different RFApps and putting it in one easy to read place.
The scanners do continue to be an issue. Sometimes a restart of myWork fixes the problem, and sometimes you have to restart the device completely. The lucky times you just have to wait about 10 seconds. Not sure if anyone else has this issue, but I have noticed that more recently after about 10+ minutes of inactivity, the scanner will take a while to turn on, and then my first scan after that will get the "Doggone It" screen and I'll have to scan again. myWork will also disconnect from the wifi (When I unlock the iPod, it's connected, and when I open myWork it disconnects for a few seconds, displaying "Sorry, hold on").
It would be nice to have the ability to name your label and signing batches, as well as print UPC labels/UPC with price a la BCODE (and thankfully BCODE-esque labels are coming next update). I am often told to do things in other departments on my side of the store, so I may find myself printing 3x5's for Bikes, 3x5's for cameras, shelf labels for MMB, and it would be convenient to be able to name the batches as such. I would also like to be able to print generic labels for things like aisle locations. (if this is already possible, I would love to hear how). A "label printing" mode would be nice for those times I have to BCODE all of the DCODE video games and movies for the endcap.
A convenience on these devices is the presence of the Target App and Cartwheel. In my opinion, it's better to have it all on one device (now I don't have to use my personal phone to show guests Cartwheel and the Target app) and you can show the guest exactly where to find the information they are looking for on the screens they see, rather than trying to translate price inquiry, merch locate, item search, NOP, or myWork from Target-Speak to English. Need to ask for a DPCI over the phone from the Target app? Search for the item yourself or walk the guest through finding the DPCI or "Not Sold in Stores" (extremely helpful to show them where that is listed, because they don't always see that and then get angry when I say we don't carry it) over the phone while you see the same things they do, and they feel like you made an effort to help them learn instead of doing it for them.
Overall, the myDevices have improved greatly from when I first started using one and have become my preferred tool over an LPDA for the things I use it for. Not just the big improvements like SUBT and STO, but the little things as well like the addition of ZDATE, simple label printing, and easy to understand format, as well as the "sorry, hold on" to differentiate from "please wait" have helped make them easier to use. The camera on it has actually helped me in a few instances where I snuck a covert picture of a suspect for AP and deleted it once I showed it to them. Now, if only TMs would stop dropping them.
