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Written by Judy Brown
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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 We are beginning to see the future of mobile devices with information coming out of research labs. With location awareness, accelerometers and orientation sensors, plus increased storage and processing power, the devices we carry have powerful capabilities to improve our lives. Much of this research can also be applied to learning at the point of need.
An article in MIT's Technology Review showcases Palo Alto Research Center's (PARC) mobile software, Magitti, which suggests things to do based upon the location and behavior of the user. The software "uses a combination of cues--including the time of day, a person's location, her past behaviors, and even her text messages--to infer her interests." Screen shots and further details are available here.
Researchers at Intel Labs Seattle have developed mobile device software to detect and record conversations to learn about the person's situation, mood, and social network -- not the |
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Written by Judy Brown
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
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Watching Europe and Asia mobile markets can give the U.S. an indication of what we might see in the future. Recently Symbian posted a list of the top 20 smartphone features requested in Japan:
1. mobile wallet
2. MANGA on mobile
3. mobile check-in at airports
4. mobile keys for door
5. mobile employee badges
6. mobile cinema tickets
7. mobile transport passes
8. fingerprint authentication
9. face recognition/authentication
10. mobile discount/promotion coupons
11. scented phones
12. mobile fashion consultant
13. mobile live TV
14. wii-like mobile phones (motion-sensor)
15. physical bookmarks for mobiles (shops)
16. privacy screens
17. 1D and 2D codes for marketing and even on fruit and veg labels
18. mobile GPS navigation for pedestrians
19. electric wave posters (uses RFiD)
20. waterproof phones Now this week the News & Observer claims that PCs [are] losing their relevance in Japan. Is this a future indicator for the U.S.? We'd love to hear your comments. |
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Written by David Metcalf
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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This week Google announced Andriod, the long awaited gPhone. More importantly they discussed the details of their approach called the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) of multiple handset hardware and OS vendors. This appears to be a stroke of genius in my view. The name Android evokes thoughts of the 1980s PC clone wars and the fact that Apple was ahead with the Macintosh for UI and experience, but Microsoft caught up by defining an OS and hardware clone manufacturers just conformed to a specification for hardware that could run the OS. This is a promising strategy. I am interested to see what happens as actual specs come out and we se some prototypes from the various companies. 1984 all over again? What do you think? |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 November 2007 )
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Written by Judy Brown
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
It has been a very busy Fall for mobile learning. We are making plans to upgrade this site and add some new features, but want to wait until the new Joomla is released (hopefully very soon now). We'd love to hear what else would make this a valuable site for those interested in mobile learning.
Some recent happenings of interest include:
 T-Mobile is offering one year of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot service to those who participate in the Give One Get One campaign to put laptops into the hands of children in the developing world. This service is normally $29.99 per month with a 12-month commitment. From Nov. 12 to Nov. 26, 2007 – people can donate $399 for two laptops. One laptop will be given to a child in the developing world. The other laptop will be sent to the donor along with information on how to activate the one year of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot service. More information is available at http://www.laptopgiving.org/ and http://hotspot.t-mobile.com .
 Philippe Kahn's new company Fullpower began to come out of stealth mode with some very exciting technology. (Philippe is the mathematician who originally started Borland, invented the camera phone and several other accomplishments.) Philippe and his wife, Sonya, have been working on this for the past 5 years and have over 50 partners in the life sciences area. They appear to have to complete solution for the future. From their web site "The Fullpower inference engine is the breakthrough technology that makes it all happen. Fullpower’s all-in-one complete solution allows multiple applications to concurrently take advantage of motion, imaging, and other sensors such as proximity, ambient light, pressure, compass, GPS, heart rate, and blood glucose. The Fullpower solution is designed to minimize integration efforts for the device manufacturer and maximize benefits to the end-user." Definitely a site |
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Written by Judy Brown
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Sunday, 08 July 2007 |
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 Although there are currently no specific mobile learning examples, the site MOOOBL.com from Spain has an emulator to view various WAP sites. These examples can give mlearning developers some ideas for content creation for smaller screens.
Choose from the "Select a WAP site" drop down and use the buttons on the Nokia phone skin to navigate. I found the various Operator Portals and the Seat Guru site to be interesting examples. |
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