Mobile Access to Information
Gary Price
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WebSearch University
Washington, DC
September, 2009
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Overview:
An
April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American
Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the
internet by wireless means, such as using a laptop, mobile device, game
console, or MP3 player. The most prevalent way people get online using
a wireless network is with a laptop computer; 39% of adults have done
this.
The
report also finds rising levels of Americans using the internet on a
mobile handset. One-third of Americans (32%) have used a cell phone or
Smartphone to access the internet for emailing, instant-messaging, or
information-seeking. This level of mobile internet is up by one-third
since December 2007, when 24% of Americans had ever used the internet
on a mobile device. On the typical day, nearly one-fifth (19%) of
Americans use the internet on a mobile device, up substantially from
the 11% level recorded in December 2007. That’s a growth of 73% in the
16 month interval between surveys.
Source: Pew Interent & American Life Project, July 7, 2009
Mobiles Are Key to Learning of the Future
In today’s classroom, mobile phones are seen as a nuisance, but they
can be the key to a new, personal way of learning, according to Prof.
Marcus Specht of the Open Universiteit Nederland. Today’s learners -- of all age groups -- use their mobiles in nearly
all their daily activities. Mobile media enable learners to access
information and learning support whenever they need. “The students of
the future will demand the learning support that is appropriate for
their situation or context. Nothing more. Nothing less. And they want
it at the moment the need arises. Not sooner. Not later. Mobiles will
be a key technology to provide that learning support,” says Dr. Specht,
who is professor for Advanced Learning Technologies of the Centre for
Learning Sciences and Technologies (CELSTEC) at the Open Universiteit
Nederland..More than 50% of the world population use a mobile phone today. In the
Netherlands almost all children of 15 year old have a mobile phone.
Digital natives (those who grow up with computers, internet and mobile
devices) use mobile media as tools for informal learning and for
everyday living. This influences the way they communicate, live and
learn. The key question is what this use of mobile learning tools means
for learning. In other words: how can we unleash the power of
contextual effects with ubiquitous technology for learning. It calls
for a rethinking of education with its classical educational settings.
Source: Science Daily, September 2009
* Mobile Terms and Jargon
o Apps/Downloads (Apps: Software that is Downloaded On Phone)
- Moving Your Web Browser to a Certain "Mobile" Page)
- In More and More Cases Web Browser Can Automatically Determine What Browser Your're Using
o Carrier Agnostic (Works With Any Carrier)
o Don't Only Think Smartphones But Other Mobile Devices Like Sony
E-Book Reader, Kindle, Kindle for iPhone, etc.
o Think Multimedia (Watch Live Baseball Games for $.99 on iPhone,
YouTube Mobile, College Football)
o Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
o Push Technology (Your E-Mail "Automatically Pushed" to your
Device, iPhone Starting to Use it With AP Alerts)
- Pull Technology (You Send Your App or Browser to Get the Data)
o Some Formats of Content to Create Mobile Web Sites: XHTML, XML, WAP,
WML, CSS
o Carrier (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile)
o Keep a Eagle Eye on Your, Make Sure the Charges are Correct
o Texting- Growing in Usage (Remember in Some Parts of the World Not Everyone Has Access to Full Mobile Web)
- Wireless Access to Information is Now More than Social Networking, Music and the Like
-
Commercial and Scholarly Publishers Are Beginning to Use Mobile
* Searching (Many Tools/Apps with More Coming All the Time)Sometimes Related Searches are Listed (or appear as you type). Hopefully, This Can Save a Few Keystrokes o Google (App Also Available, Voice Search, SMS Search) o Bing.com (App Coming Soon), MSN Mobile Portal, 1-800-BING-411 o Yahoo oneSearch (Various Apps Available, New Flickr App for iPhone, Voice Search, SMS Search) o Ask.com o AOL (Search Portal), Direct to Search, MapQuest Mobile (SMS Directions), Mobile AIM,
Moviefone
* Make Your Content More Mobile Friendly o Winksite
* The Phone + GPS (Where am I? What's Around Me?)
o The iPhone and other LBS tools (Location-based services)
o Nearest ATM (ATM Hunter)
o Restaurant (Yelp, Urbanspoon, Where)
o Nearby Homes for Sale (Trulia)
o Movies Playing Nearby (Now Playing)
* The Phone + Camera o QR Codes & Semapedia
o Search by Pointing Your Camera: iPhone Users Try the Barnes &
Noble App or SnapTell
* Old Dog, New Tricks (IVR)
o Free Directory Assistance and More (Note: Your Wireless Minutes May
Still Be Charged)
+ 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
the directory info/map to others via SMS. Just say or type the other
persons phone number. The data is sent instantly. You might also want to try and compare 1-800-Bing-411.
+ 1-800-Free-411
# The phone number (only) can be sent (press 3) to your phone via SMS.
+ Real Time Traffic Reports for Major Roads and Cities (1-866-MY-TRAFC)
+ Airplane Departure and Arrival Times (1-800-Flights)
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
- GetHuman 500
- The numbers to press to work your way through a companies automated telephone response systems to get to a human being QUICKLY.
Printed Documents
* An Introduction to the Mobile Web
* An Introduction to QR Codes
* Creating a Site for the Mobile Web
* Further Uses for the Mobile Web
* 10 Most Useful Blackberry Apps
* Mobile: A Top 5 Web Trend (includes Charts, ReadWriteWeb)
Coming Very Soon From Google
Google Voice: The Next Big Thing?
Getting Started Guide
Google Voice Blog
One number for all your calls and SMS.
* Call screening - Announce and screen callers
* Listen in - Listen before taking a call
* Block calls - Keep unwanted callers at bay
* SMS - Send, receive, and store SMS
* Place calls - Call free within the continental US and to Canada
* Taking calls - Answer on any of your phones
* Phone routing - Phones ring based on who calls
* Forwarding phones - Add phones and decide which ring
* Voicemail transcripts - Read what your voicemail says
* Listen to voicemail - Check online or from your phone
* Notifications - Receive voicemails via email or SMS
* Personalize greeting - Vary greetings by caller
* Share voicemail - Forward or download voicemails
* Conference calling - Join people into a single call (Up to Four Callers)
* Call record - Record calls and store them online
* Call switch - Switch phones during a call
* Mobile apps - Try our apps for Blackberry and Android phones
* Mobile site - View your inbox from your mobile
* GOOG-411 - Check directory assistance
* Manage groups - Set preferences by group