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Mobile Access to Information

Gary Price
gary@resourceshelf.com
Computers in Libraries
Arlington, VA
April, 2007

http://www.resourceshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mobile_cil_gprice_2008.html

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Mobile Terms and Jargon

Apps/Downloads (Software that is Downloaded and Placed On Phone)

"Walled Garden" (Only Available from Specific Carrier(s)

Carrier Agnostic

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

Formats of Content: XHTML, WAP, WML

Carrier (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T)

SMS, MMS

Bandwidth

Transcoder (Makes Web Content More Mobile "Friendly")
- IYHY
- Skweezer
- A Mobile Leap
- PHONifer
- LiftAssistive
- WebXCope
- Google Transcoder

http://mlvb.net

Login:rubble888, pass:cil2008

Searching

http://mobile.msn.com

Yahoo (App, SMS, WAP)

http://wap.oa.yahoo.com

http://wap.aol.com

MDog

21st Century Reminders and Communication

Using Traditional Phone (Dial a Number) to Get to Information

ReQall (Leave Voice Notes, Get Transcript Daily)
Spinvox (Speak Your Note, Sent as Text Message. "Blast" Text Messages)
CallWave (Voice Mail, Virtual Fax, etc.)
Jott

Make Your Content More Mobile Friendly

The Podcast, I Mean The Phonecast

Reduces learning curve, done by listener or producer
Dial and Listen
NPR Has Begun Phonecasting Newscasts as Well
Podlinez ||| PhoneCasting
Example: National Acad of Science Podcast
++ 1 360 526-6227

The Phone + GPS (Where am I?)

Example

OR USING WI-FI Signals=Loki

The Phone + Camera

Semapedia

Mobot

Application Village

Orb
Stream music, access folders, and more from your primary computer. Free.
Soonr
Access your desktop computer via your mobile phone or device. Use Skype from your mobile phone. Free.

Old Dog, New Tricks (IVR)

Free Directory Assistance and More

1-800-Goog411 (Business Listings)

Say map it” or say “details” and then “text message” and directory info along with a link to a map of the location will be sent to you via SMS. Google will also automatically dial the number.

1-800-555-Tell (Business Listings, Residential Listings, Government Listsings, News, Movie Tickets, etc)

Tellme Business listings (phone number, address, and a link to a map) can be sent via SMS. Another useful feature is that you can also send athe directory info/map to others via SMS. Just say or type the other persons phone number. The data is sent instantly.

1-800-Free-411

The phone number (only) can be sent (press 3) to your phone via SMS.

1-800-YellowPages/(1-800-935-5697) (Not Available in All Locations)

Real Time Traffic Reports for Major Roads and Cities (1-866-MY-TRAFC)
Airplane Departure and Arrival Times (1-800-Flights)
Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) (1-800-FED INFO)

Multimedia (Bandwidth!)

Odds and Ends

Teleflip/FlipMail (For Those that Don't Have Mobile Email, Only SMS)

Gethuman 500

The numbers to press to work your way through a companies automated telephone response systems to get to a human being QUICKLY.

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