5 Essential Mobile Web Apps

A nice article covering 5 essential mobile web apps - I agree with the results ;-)

5 Essential Mobile Web Apps: "

This week we ran a contest asking you to tell us your favorite Mobile Web apps. We got over 50 comments and there were 5 Mobile Web apps that clearly stood out, with multiple mentions. Here then is the top 5, which will be useful to people new to the Mobile Web and wondering what all the fuss is about! We've also listed all the other Mobile Web apps mentioned in our contest post, at the bottom of this page.

1. Gmail Java app for mobile phone: this was noted by 18 people in the comments of our original post. This app is a Java-based version of Gmail for mobile, which features IMAP sync, attachment viewing. Phrases that were associated with Gmail for mobile by our readers included: 'just works', 'simplicity', 'functional', 'useful', 'a joy to use'.

Commenter 'mr white' said of the Gmail java app: 'This *is* clearly the path of the future. All your e-mails, all the time, everywhere. No more tedious synching with this outlook / that outlook and the webmailer. Now bring on calendar and contacts.'

Nathan commented: 'A very nice frontend onto a very nice service, and it does a rather nice job of reformatting files for the tiny screen. That's the sort of feature you don't actually appreciate until you're out in the countryside with nary a hardline in sight and need an address that was wrapped up in a .doc in your inbox that you forgot to print.'

2. Google Maps for Mobile: mentioned by 11 people. This too is a Java app, which Google released in December 2006. There is also a full-featured version, including GPS Integration, which can be used on Windows Mobile PocketPCs and smartphones. According to our readers, utility is the key factor for this app.

Phil commented: '...my favourite app has to be Google Maps for mobile (on my Sony Ericsson k800i). I use it a lot, from finding my way about places (I've lived in London a year and still have no idea where I'm going most of the time) to turning to the satellite view and impressing friends with the detail I can get on my mobile. The clarity of the maps, one of the main apps benefits that really shines in the mobile version, negates my need for a real map any more, though any time I'm stuck without signal I'm probably also lost too. I'd recommend Google Maps to anyone (with an unlimited or generous data plan and 3G, the maps can be pretty big!).'

Simon uses Google Maps on his N95, noting that 'it's fast, plays nicely with GPS and I hope it really pushes Nokia's own mapping.'

g0at commented: 'My favorite web app is Google Maps. It seamlessly blends the divide of a local application, and web app (as every good web app should). Incredibly useful stuff.'

Mr Gunn also uses Google Maps on a Nokia. He says 'they've [Google] got a Symbian native version that blows the java version away. The N75 and 95 have better screens so they look better than the iphone already, but the symbian native program runs so much faster, too.'

3. Opera Mini: noted by 10 people. Not strictly speaking a web app, but still it's something a lot of people want to download to use as their mobile web browser. Also the recent 4.0 release impressed a few of our commenters. The new features in Opera Mini 4 include quicker scrolling, auto-sizing and faster page rendering. It seems to be the mobile web browser of choice for our readers - odd though that Safari on iPhone got no mentions?!

Jono commented: 'It's better than my Nokia's built in browser for many sites because it doesn't get bogged down and run out of memory, plus it saves you money because everything is compressed through Opera's servers.'

Miss Universe noted: 'The latest version of Opera mobile allows for full page zoom-outs that enable magnification of a specific area of the Web Page.'

Marat uses Opera Mini 'to check gmail, greader and search the web.'

Sean said: 'I love how it intelligently modifies web pages (even if it does have to go through their servers).'

4. Fring: noted by 5 people. Fring is a free mobile VoIP software, that lets you connect to all your IM services and talk for free when connected to 3G or Wi-Fi.

Honor Gunday commented: 'It allows me to connect to all the IM networks I am part of : Gtalk, MSN, Skype, ICQ and chat, also it allows me to make mobile calls to Gtalk users when they are online and I am mobile. Normally, I would have to pay money to call them, but this calls right to their desktop and works perfectly fine over a slow GPRS connection even. I tested at least 6 apps to come to the conclusion that Fring is the winner among mobile IM/VOIP software.'

Uri said: 'The all-in-one IM client with great interface and Skype gateway, just makes my wi-fi Nokia e65 a portable skype phone & messenger. It's very useful when sitting at home on a couch not near the desk or simply in Caffes.'

5. Shozu: noted by 4 people. Shozu enables you to send your videos and photos from your phone to the Web - e.g. your Flickr account, YouTube, Facebook. The Flickr use case was the one most cited by Read/WriteWeb readers.

Anne Helmond commented: 'My favorite app for my N95 is definitely Shozu which enables me to send my pictures to Flickr with just one click. It is the perfect application for Flickr addicts and very easy to install and use. You can enable updates on the photos of your contacts (ZuCasts) and comments on your photos. You can also upload your videos to YouTube but I haven't used that option yet.'

Honor said: 'It allows me to send the pictures I take with my n80 to Facebook and share with my friends, or email people pictures while I am at an event, shopping for stuff for them etc...'

Honorable Mentions

The following Mobile Web apps were mentioned at least once in our original post. Please add more to the comments. Also we'd like to hear which websites and blogs have the best mobile features. Here is the mobile version of Read/WriteWeb, but we have more work to do yet for it.

WidSets

OggPlay

Installer.app for the iPhone

http://xpenser.com

netvibes

Nextbus.com

Yahoo go

ZuCasts

greader

TomTom

facebook

Agile Messenger

Jaiku client

Calcium

Windows Live Mobile

http://seeqpod.com/m

FeedM8

London Underground journey planner

FT.com newsreader

emoze

LiteFeeds

flickr

Radar

www.waterfallmobile.com

Mail for Exchange

Jott

Grandcentral

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(Via Read/WriteWeb.)

Mobile Google Notebook

Here's an interesting note about Google Notes - I think this will open up text creation/editing facilities for the iPod Touch & iPhone!HHmmm, bummer aparantly no way to edit a note after it is added :-( except in full web browser, going to the full version of Google Notes in Safari on the ipod touch gives extra editing options, but still can't seem to edit a previously created note on the iPod Touch.

Mobile Google Notebook: "

[From Eric Mann] Mobile Google Notebook looks mighty interesting. 'Google Notebook was one of the few Google apps that we're not available from a mobile phone. Now you can go to http://google.com/notebook/m and find a HTML version of Google Notebook optimized for mobile phones. There's also a new notebook 'Mobile notes' where you can add notes directly from the homepage.'

"

(Via PalmAddicts.)

Nokia and mobile web2

Nokia are taking a multi-pronged approach to mobile web2 development, providing links into popular web2 services as well as developing mobile focused web2 solutions. At least it gives the end user choices, and has spin-offs for non Nokia mobiles as well:

• Flickr S60 client


• VOX S60 client


• Typepad via Lifeblog


• Twango


• Widsets


• OVI (not sure if this will be Nokia only yet)


• Mosh


• Mobile Web Server (S60 only)

Google Android OS

The Google Android open source mobile OS looks interesting. They are providing a free SDK download for Windows, Mac & Linux - cross platform YAY!

http://code.google.com/android/download.html

Generation 'C'???

Bruns discusses the CONTENT Generation 'C', however other's have already moved on to Generation CONTEXT (learner-generated contexts enabled by mobile devices).

Bruns, A. (2007, 21-23 March). Beyond difference: Reconfiguring education for the user-led age. Paper presented at the ICE3: Ideas in cyberspace education: digital difference, Ross Priory, Loch Lomond.

Paper:
http://snurb.info/files/Beyond%20Difference%20(ICE%203%202007).pdf

http://snurb.info/node/721

Abstract:
ICE3 conference
Beyond Difference: Reconfiguring Education for the User-Led Age

* 23 March 2007 - ICE3 conference, Loch Lomond, Scotland

If produsage is an increasingly significant element of intellectual, economic, legal and political processes within society, then educational institutions must pay more attention to developing produser capabilities in their graduates - focussing on learners' collaborative, creative, critical, and communicative capabilities (or C4C, for short). Indeed, they must lead by example and base more of their teaching and learning frameworks on produsage models. Social constructivist approaches to education already call for a greater role for learners in the educational process, but even pedagogies based on this framework often still retain a strong role for the teacher, and standard tertiary education practices continue to allow for innovation only within the confines of otherwise persistent and immutable institutional structures.

Beyond this, however, there is a potential for more wide-ranging changes which reposition learners as co-produsers not only of knowledge, but also of course and institutional structures. Applying a systematic understanding of current cyberspace trends towards produsage in Web2.0 environments to tertiary teaching practice in the 'real world', this paper outlines potential avenues for such pedagogical approaches, and investigates the extent to which they address the needs of what Trendwatching.com describes as 'Generation C'.

Upgrading to Leopard

Updated laptops to Mac OSX Leopard:
Issues with ‘Application Enhancer’ – delete from sys prefs before update!

Also Leopard has apache 2.2.6 and php 5.2.4 preinstalled - cool!

To enable:
Uncomment php module in /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Create php.ini file:
cd /private/etc/
sudo pico cp php.ini.default php.ini

edit /private/etc/php.ini for post etc settings

Turn Web sharing on in sys prefs.
Turn on Firewall in security sys prefs

MYSQL:
Should be same after upgrade, however may need to point mysql default socket in php.ini:
/private/etc/php.ini

mysql.default_socket = /private/tmp/mysql.sock

mysqli.default_socket = /private/tmp/mysql.sock

Finally, redo confiq file in Moodle.

Cross Platform Mobile Screensharing: Image Expo

ImageExpo
http://www.sysopendigia.com/
Image Expo allows screensharing between Symbian S60 and UIQ phones and Mac or PC! Connect via either Bluetooth (best for Mac, but slowest screen update), USB or TCP/IP. A way to demo use of phone features, and also allow student presentations directly from phones to class?!

Also been reading “Mobile Learning: towards a research agenda” Pachler. Some interesting papers - will comment more later.

YouTube Releases Multi-file Uploader, Raises File Limits to 1 GB

YouTube Releases Multi-file Uploader, Raises File Limits to 1 GB: "

YouTube just announced the availability for Windows users of a desktop uploader (install page here). Users will now be able to do bulk file uploads. The company also raised its file size limit from 100 MB to 1 GB. Length will remain at 10 minutes though, so that just means more high quality video will be available on the site.

Google Video remains the option of choice for long form video uploaders but some YouTube users have long complained about the small file size requirements and resulting low quality. Vimeo, a tiny boutique competitor owned by IAC, opened to HD uploads at the end of last month.

A Mac version of the uploader is in the works, the company said. Hopefully the time limit will be changed as well - the YouTube brand is so strong there's no reason not to encourage users to store their full length videos there. Video archiving is important work and YouTube should be up to the task.

"

(Via Read/WriteWeb.)

Nokia, Vodafone, & OVI

GSM Mobile NZ ⇒ News ⇒ Vodafone and Nokia agree to launch Integrated Vodafone Services on Nokia Handset

“Web2. 0 is all about social networking and enabling people to connect with each other in new ways. Bringing location and context awareness to web2.0 services is the next stage in the web development and Nokia multimedia computers enable people to participate to their favourite internet services on-the-go”, said Executive Vice President and General Manager Nokia Multimedia Anssi Vanjoki. “We’re excited to work with Vodafone to provide consumers with internet services like navigation, music, games and communities to make their life richer and more enjoyable, independent of time and place.”

Powered by ScribeFire.

Mobile Web Server

Nokia is exploring a wide array of social networking options for mobile, one of the latest is "Mobile Web Server". Basically a web sharing interface between your mobile and any web browser. Download & install the mobile web server to your Symbian S60 "Media computer" (smartphone as Nokia are now calling them) and then securely share your phones contents and applications over the Internet - accessed via a web browser at http://mymobilesite.net

Interesting concept - requires mega 3G data connection or WiFi. Response was somewhat tardy using 3G. Will also obviously seriously reduce battery life - but worth exploring its potential. A lot of the social networking can be achieved in many other ways...

JOOST

Joost is a relatively new online (free) TV service, with over 256 channels - it looks really good! Joost is slowly incorporating social networking widgets into it's player interface (available for Mac & PC). The free view is paid for by pop-up advertising. Joost requires a good broadband connection with a decent data cap and a relatively new computer with a decent graphics card (not sure how the MacBooks will fare, but the MacBook Pro works great!).

I enjoyed some Aardman animations and some SciFi last night :D . Apparently there is integration planned for Meebo & Joost for social networking!

Time Magazine - Invention of the Year

The iPhone!





Why? Five reasons:

1. The iPhone is pretty


2. It's touchy-feely


3. It will make other phones better


4. It's not a phone, it's a platform


5. It is but the ghost of iPhones yet to come

Cross-platform screencapture

JING looks interesting!

Demo video HERE

Windows Mobile

Microsoft is promoting its Windows Mobile 6 system at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/startdoingmore/.

A few white lies on it - WM is the only way to get MS office on your mobile...

Hmmm - I think Documents To Go, and Quick Office would have a few things to say about that!

Nokia N82?

The N82 could be a winning device at a winning price! - hope it materializes!

The N82 comes equipped with a quad-band GSM, 2100 HSDPA, built in GPS, TV-out, and FM radio. Throw in Bluetooth compatibility and we have ourselves a cell phone that most companies would be proud of. But the N82 is not finished yet. The most astonishing aspect of this master piece is the camera. A 5 mega pixel Carl Zeiss lens, 20 x digital zoom, and 30 fps of video recording only serve to increase the hype Nokia is causing. Weighing in at a meager 120g and sporting a 240x320 resolution screen with 16 million colors, the N82 can be summed up as a combination of N95 features and N73 size. Truly the best of both worlds, the N82 will be available sometime during Q4 of 2007.

flauntR online image editing

flauntR online image editing

photostylR

Thousands of free one click effects, photo frames, filters, overlays and digital scrapbook styles. Store and share photos online for free!

photoeditR

Back to the basics photoeditor for all the small things that matter the most - to reach out for to fix that red eye or tweak that contrast...

photoprofilR

One click photo profile creation for more than 30 social networks! Get your photos automatically resized for that perfect profile image!

Blueapple.mobi

Blueapple.mobi brings Internet video and pictures directly to mobile users

Search over 10 million clips and pictures from around the Internet on your mobile and share with your friends via sms

Extend Internet sites to mobile users quickly and easily. No need to worry about formats, flow, or handsets

Give mobile portal users a dynamic video experience similar to what is on the web, capitalizing on the increased use of mobile video

Mlearn presentation1

Moving Mobile session @ mlearn2007

Mogopop

Mogopop is an online iPod multimedia manager. Create and share multimedia content for iPod.

Kyte

Kyte, a new video online video blogging site looks interesting - allowing uploading & downloading of video from/to mobile devices. You create your 'TV show'.

WiFi Shirt (Too Cool)

WiFi Shirt (Too Cool): "

I just saw this shirt and thought it was a really cool idea! I wonder what airport security would say about this?

* Glowing animated shirt dynamically displays the current wi-fi signal strength.

* Shows signal strength for 802.11b or 802.11g

* Black 100% Cotton T-Shirt

* Animated Decal is Removable (with hook and loop fasteners) for Easy Washing

* Battery Pack is Concealed in a Small Pocket Sewn Inside the Shirt

* Runs for hours off three AAA Batteries (not included)

Price $29.99, save $5 by using coupon code ' 7JBB' during checkout Expires 11/30

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/991e

"

(Via PalmAddicts.)

Learning2go

http://www.learning2go.org/


Some great stuff being done with PDAs at Wolverhampton - Windows Mobile Based :-( but it certainly meets their needs - may be useful approach for tertiary areas such as UATI - synchronizing smartboards with PDAs!

Mlearn2007 Charlie Schick

Mlearn2007 Charlie Schick


Originally uploaded by thomcochrane

Interesting keynote from charlie - looking at getting the phone on the web rather than getting the web on the phone! Supporting the 3rd wave of the internet - me & mine - maklng connections with our closest friends! Also showed empowering stories - see http://www.videoreporter.nl

http://www.videoreporter.nl/voicesofafrica_web.wmv

http://www.videoreporter.nl/mobiles_kenya_st_uk_branded.wmv


http://www.videoreporter.nl/wheelchairs_uk_tc.wmv

video: mobile phone booths nairobi
Duncan and John are living with a physical handicap. Instead of begging they converted their wheel chairs into mobile phone booths. 'We are doing good business now.'

Charlies focus is upon "enriching your FIRST LIFE" ;-)


Also interesting was the Bluetooth ihubs around Melbourne for sharing movies!


http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/.../go/home/news/cache/offonce
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/go/home/news/cache/bypass?sector=latest&id=2811


The staff of a regional community college have faced a steep learning curve in developing a revolutionary e-learning platform as part of a pilot study into the delivery of a course on sustainable house design. Young filmmakers are participating in a revolutionary film festival and information experiment where the movies they've produced can be viewed or downloaded from Melbourne's innovative digital information stands - iHubs.
See also the following:

http://mediaonthemove.flexiblelearning.net.au/mm/index.htm

Mike Sharples @ Mlearn2007

MyArtSpace - Mobile learning in Museums

Heysan - free mobile web based IM

Free mobile instant messaging!

* No download required
* All your friends in one buddylist
* It's free!
* Works on the iPhone

Try the pre-launch version of Heysan IM now!

Start at

http://m.heysan.com

using your mobile browser

Heysan

Mlearn Keynote

250 mlearners at melbourne here!

The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007

"The study, which reports noticeable changes from previous years, is based on quantitative data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with 27,846 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education institutions. It focuses on what kinds of information technologies these students use, own, and experience; their technology behaviors, preferences, and skills; how IT impacts their experiences in their courses; and their perceptions of the role of IT in the academic experience."

Available HERE

Fun Flash Animation

http://alanbecker.deviantart.com/art/Animator-vs-Animation-34244097

CTLI Minisymposium Video

One laptop per child project prototype

Very cool

War of the Worlds

Vector Arena - very impressive!

Wintec workshop

Mr Moodle

Martin Dougiamas opening the moodle moot - Hamilton 2007

Mobile 2 Ecosystem

Here's an interesting presentation on Mobile 2 Ecosystems - some interesting web2 links provided, including alternatives to QR Codes! - e.g. http://www.beetag.com/.

FRING Mobile VOIP & Chat

FRING looks like a great FREE solution for mobile Skype and VOIP with several services, plus chat. Fring is supported on several Nokia S60 phones, and SonyEricsson P1 and P990. Supports VOIP via Fring, Skype, and chat via MSN, Skype, Twitter, Google Talk. AND DID I MENTION ITS FREE!


Fring accesses your Skype and MSN buddies list - so you can see who is online for calling/chatting. Unlike IM+ for SKYPE on mobiles, Fring is multiclient and unlike GIZMO does not require your buddies to signup for another VOIP service.




"what is fring?
fring™ is a free mobile VoIP application that enables free mobile internet calls and live chat (IM) to other ‘fringsters’ and PC-based services including Skype®, Google Talk™, ICQ, MSN® Messenger and Twitter, using free Wi-Fi or your 3G or GPRS internet data plan instead of costly mobile airtime minutes."

Nokia bluetooth kbd

Unfolded view

You have a PXT from 6421607883

Testing the Nokia Bluetooth keyboard with the Sonyericsson P1 - It works for basic text entry and simple navigation - no application shortcuts. The Nokia KBD supports up to 5 paired devices at a time without loosing snyc - a nice feature! The Nokia Bluetooth keyboard is a stylish design, and works particularly well with the Nokia N series phones. It folds up smaller than the Stowaway floding kbd. The keys are slightly smaller tahn a full kbd and take a little to used to the restricted spacing. PS - the photo is of my m600 not the P1 as i used the P1 to take the photo!

You've received either a PXT or video PXT. To view your PXT simply open the attached files, each item will be attached separately. For example, if you have received a PXT containing a picture and a text message you will have two files attached. If your message is a PXT in most cases any media player should be able to open it. If you've received a video PXT (this will have the ending ".3gp"), or if you have received a sound or image file ending in .amr, .wbmp, .iMelody, or .gif you will need to install a special media player to play it. In the case of .3gp, .amr or .gif files you can download QuickTime free of charge, which is compatible with both PC and Mac computers.      Visit PXT World to find out all about PXT and create awesome picture messages!

Nokia MOSH

Nokia MOSH looks like an interesting new mobile sharing site (eportfolio?), very similar to VOX, but better mobile integration (form first glance). Worth checking it out some more. Currently there are 22484 registered users ;-)

Mobile address: http://mosh.nokia.mobi

Kordia rollout Metro WiFI

Kordia are rolling out a metro WiFi service - sounds similar to Cafe'net in Wellington. It's a user-pays city-wide WiFi network. Great news for mobile wifi enabled devices - e.g. the iPhone, & new iPod Touch etc...
Its still significantly more expensive than a home ADSL account or 3G broadband though - e.g. WI-Week account - unlimited data for $49.95/week

https://www.kordiametrowifi.com/plans.php

https://www.kordiametrowifi.com/

With the iPod Touch, iPhone-Specific Sites Suddenly Seem Smarter

Here's a nice look at the potential of the new iPod 'Touch' - using the newly developed Web2 sites for the iPhone!:

With the iPod Touch, iPhone-Specific Sites Suddenly Seem Smarter: "

When Apple released the iPhone in June there was a flurry of development from web 2.0 startups as developers worked to create iPhone-specific versions of their applications. There was some question about whether or not creating mobile sites specifically for a single handset -- one which was unlikely to have more than a couple of percentage points of the world cell phone market any time soon -- was a wise way to spend time and money. When I reviewed the iPhone-only social network iRovr, I remarked that the biggest question facing the startup was 'whether an iPhone specific social network can gain critical mass.'

Today it seems like a lot of developers may have made the right move. At a press even this morning in San Francisco, Apple announced the iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without the phone.

The iPod Touch is an 8/16GB iPod with the huge screen and multi-touch technology that made the iPhone so wowing. But what makes the Touch important for web developers is that it has built-in wifi and includes a full version of Safari. All those iPhone-optimized web sites will now work on the new breed of iPods.

Image from engadget.

The iPod is the most successful portable music player line in history, having sold 110 million devices so far, according to Apple. Even if the current version don't fly off the shelves due to their smallish hard drive size (the regular video iPods also hit 160GB today for $50 less than than iPod Touch at 1/10th the storage size), they're an indication of where the platform is heading. Flash memory will eventually drop in price, and the iPod Touch and iPhone will undoubtedly grow in capacity and become more attractive to iPod devotees.

What that means for web developers is a much larger user base for those iPhone-versions of their web applications. Instead of 1% of the cell phone market, they might end up eventually with access to 70-80% of the MP3 player market -- or a whole bunch more people surfing those iWhatever-optimized web sites.

Conclusion

Last month a report from Forrester Research compared the iPhone and the traditional mobile web. Forrester concluded that the iPhone signaled the end of the mobile web as we know it, while Dave Winer disagreed, saying that the 'iPhone view of the web is not optimal for the user.'

Richard MacManus took a more even approach, coming to the conclusion that 'the iPhone isn't quite a Mobile Web killer just yet.' The iPod Touch, however, might be another nail in the coffin of the mobile web, especially given that iPhone-optimized sites take away the ease-of-use advantage of mobile web optimized sites -- and will not be more widely available because of Apple's latest device.

What do you think? Will you be getting an iPod Touch? Does it make sense for developers to be optimizing their sites for Apple's devices? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

(Via Read/WriteWeb.)

New iPods!

So many choices!!!

Apple have updated their iPod line, and also dropped the price of the iPhone.

Perhaps most exciting news is that the iPhone is now only $399US ($649NZ) - the same price as the new iPod 'Touch' 16GB. The new iPod 'Touch' appears to be basically an iPhone without the camera or phone builtin - i.e. it has the same interface & built-in WiFi networking and comes with either an 8GB or 16GB flash drive.

The iPod Nano now also features video ($329NZ for 8GB), and the 'Classic' iPod now comes in either 80Gb ($399) or 160Gb ($549) models.

I'm still keen to see what the iPhone will offer when it's finally available in NZ! - hopefully 3G and a larger Flash drive ;-)

New JISC publication explores the learner’s perspective on e-learning

New JISC publication explores the learner’s perspective on e-learning: "A new publication from the JISC e-Learning Programme, 'In Their Own Words', has been launched at ALT-C in Nottingham. Synthesising outputs from Phase 1 of the Learners’ Experiences of e-Learning theme, it gives striking insights into learners’ motivations, beliefs and intentions about using technology in learning."

(Via JISC e-Learning Focus.)

CTLI Minisymposium 24 August

Workshop on integrating learning technologies into teaching & learning - a show & tell session followed by brainstorming! Great fun!!!





Notes for the workshop: http://ctliwiki.unitec.ac.nz/index.php/CTLI_mini_symposium

Wintec Workshop Links

Links to workshop on Wiki's, Blogs & Podcasting at Wintec 22 August 2007:

Powerpoint Presentation

http://www.slideshare.net/thomcochrane/wintecpresentation/

Wiki Notes

http://ctliwiki.unitec.ac.nz/index.php/WintecWorkshop


http://ltxserver.unitec.ac.nz/mediawiki/index.php/PodCasting


http://ltxserver.unitec.ac.nz/mediawiki/index.php/SocialSoftware

Word Notes: Google Docs

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dchr4rgg_11fx83vk

Wordpress

http://wordpress.com

QuickTime Tutorials

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/videopodcasts.html

Podomatic

http://www.podomatic.com

PBWiki

http://pbwiki.com

Treo680 test

Date: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:38 pm

Mobile camera phone trial options
Treo680
advantages: cost, text entry
disadvantages: low connectivity, no multitasking, low res camera.

Nokia E65
advantages: marketshare, 2MP camerra, WiFI
disadvantages: cost, txt entry

Nokia N80
As E65, plus only available as parallel import in NZ - cost lower than E65 from parallel.

Traxler on Mobile Learning - again

John Traxler has published a paper that explores and articulates mobile learning issues and the connections between them specifically in the context of the wider and sustained development of mobile learning.

Available from Educause. and Journal article online: The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 8, No 2 (2007), ISSN: 1492-3831

Elearning Guidelines mtg Wellington

Meeting members of the miniprojects

Educause Resources - Immersive Environments

Two new ELI resources address emerging tools for teaching and learning. The video Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths to Interaction and Engagement offers a look at the pedagogical applications of online games, simulations, virtual worlds, and other immersive environments.

The video is a 154MB Flash Video file!

The 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter brief looks at the microblogging and social networking service and its potential value for teaching and learning.

Apple updates .Mac

As I suspected would happen, Apple are beginning to roll-out integration of their .Mac services with the iPhone - you can now upload photos to a gallery on .Mac directly from the iPhone. Storage limits have been increased significantly as well - now 10GB, and 100GB/month data transfer. While very welcome, it still seems a bit steep to pay US$99 per year for the service (although I do) when there are plenty of free alternatives around!
However, at least iMovie has been updated to enable exporting of movies directly to YouTube!

Another new .Mac feature: "Another new feature of .Mac is the ability to use a personal Web address. A new “Personal Domain” button now appears in users’ .Mac settings windows, and enables you to forward a registered Web site domain directly to a Web site hosted on .Mac."

iPhone vs Mobile Web

This is an interesting article comparing the mobile web experience on the iPhone to 'traditional' mobile web browsing. While not conclusive - it points to a brighter future for the mobile web experience! Read the full article at Read/WriteWeb:

iPhone vs Mobile Web: "

Recently a Forrester report was released stating that the iPhone 'signals the beginning of the end for the mobile Web as we know it today'. The report suggested that re-designing sites for the small screens of mobile phones would become 'a thing of the past', because of the iPhone's advanced technology such as zooming.

(Via Read/WriteWeb.)

Mundu IM on iPhone (web based)!

The mundu experience now on your iPhone


Enter the url http://iphone.mundu.com into your iPhone browser. Go!

CTLI Planning using wireless laptops

SonyEricsson Mac support

SonyEricsson are getting onboard with Mac support for their new phones (just like Nokia is - my guess is iPhone envy :-) ).

P1i isync plugin

P990 iSync plugin


Its a pity they still don't provide a full Mac software management tool like Nokia now do (Beta).