Megan Fox
Presentation will be available online at http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/mobile/ .
We want to overcome the dichotomy between ... did you get your information from the library or from Google? ... from a librarian or from your handheld?
Phone sales this year are expected to outpace the sale of televisions. Characteristics of newer mobile devices make them even more amenable to conveying information; e.g., larger screens, full (thumb) keyboards, new ways to interact with the device (e.g., iPhone screen navigation capabilities). Google is working on Android, an "open" software operating system that can run on multiple carrier platforms.
Some devices are using gestures for input. There is one device that, when you have a new email, you shake the device and it brings up the message, shake it again and the email minimizes back to your previous display.
The domain .mobi was created by a consortium of vendors for content specifically optimized for mobile devices. For web pages that aren't optimized for mobile devices, there are a number of transcoders appearing that re-style regular web pages for use on mobile devices. Mobile-specific web browsers are also appearing that provide features to optimize web access on small-screen devices. MobiFusion is working with information providers to create mobile versions of content (e.g., World Almanac).
Fremont Public Library (http://fremont.websiteforever.mobi/) and Ball State University Library (http://www.bsu.edu/library/mobile/) are examples of libraries that provide mobile-optimized sites.
Multimedia on mobile devices is becoming increasingly important, including television on mobile devices.
Presentation ended with a look at what's next:
- flexible e-ink "paper" becoming available in color
- cell phone will have built-in projector
- contact lenses project incoming text message or phone number
- Special pen devices (e.g., D:Scribe, pen to write on pad and gets transferred to PC [e.g., draw a calculator and use it to do math])
- Microsoft Surface - tabletop turned into interactive display
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