Kiosk Central
In good serendipitous fashion, we are now in the market for a kiosk system that runs on a tablet device. It started when Dr, Atreja and Milan checked out a kiosk system that was being used for a conference in the lobby of the hospital. The kiosks were apple Ipads running the app called eCrisper. Today, I hunted for the best tablet kiosk system available and will summarize some findings below.
Tablets are a real threat to the kiosk industry where buyerzone.com puts the cost of a kiosk between $3,500-$8,000. With the average tablet price hovering around $400, and even the most supped up Apple Ipad at $799, there is a great incentive to replace traditional kiosks with a tablet running a kiosk app, Next, simply purchasing a stand for a few hundred dollars can give you the same great features for $1,000s less (and a tablet to play with when you are not using the kiosk...). The $1,000s incentive was enough for us and below are three of the leading applications that can turn your tablet into a makeshift kiosk,
eCrisper is an app for apple products that allows the administrator to select and restrict the websites allowed to be accessed on a device. For $79 per device, eCrisper can lock an apple Ipad so only specific websites can be browsed and no other app on the device can be opened. While the application cannot run applications on its own, it can run web apps if the administrator decides to include the URL on the "Okay list."
Kiosk Pro comes in three different versions: Kiosk Pro Lite
(free), Kiosk Pro ($4.99) and Kiosk Pro Plus ($39.99). Like eCrisper, this app only services apple products though in addition to creating a kiosk for websites it can also present photos and media. Upgrading to one of the paying versions allows remote access to the app so it can be manged over the internet by another device.
(free), Kiosk Pro ($4.99) and Kiosk Pro Plus ($39.99). Like eCrisper, this app only services apple products though in addition to creating a kiosk for websites it can also present photos and media. Upgrading to one of the paying versions allows remote access to the app so it can be manged over the internet by another device.
Mokimanage is a kiosk application that can be run both apple and android products. Broken down into two components, MokiTouch restricts website use like the applications above while Mikimanage allows the control of the tablet (home button, 3rd party apps, etc.). For Android products, this means a kiosk center can be set up that allows and restricts both applications and websites. Because the present OS for apple iPad/iPhone only allows one application to run at a time, Mokimanage cannot set up a kiosk that gives options to open applications (this very well may change with the new operating system that is being released). The cost of these services is a monthly fee determined on a sliding scale dependent on how many devices are signed up and is payed based on a 12 month subscription. At four devices, the monthly fee would be $7 a month and $84 for the year,
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