smart uses for smartphones
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SyncingCommunicating
Accessing
Smart Uses for Smart Phones
Mobile Devices
• Come in all varieties…• Blackberry, iPhone, Android, Symbian*, etc…
*Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Samsung
What can they do? LOTS!
• Most importantly…– Sync information
across multiple devices
– Communicate (Call, text, email, tweet, facebook, etc)
– Browse Websites– Access files
Syncing Services
• Each type/brand of phone has its own syncing service.– iPhone – MobileMe– Android – Google Sync– Windows – My Phone– Nokia – Ovi
Cross-Platform Syncing
• Google Sync is available as a cross-platform solution.
• Google Sync is pre-installed on Android.
Feature BlackBerry iPhone Nokia S60 Windows Gmail sync X X XContacts sync X X X XCalendar sync X X X XPush support X X XAdministrative controls X X X X
Google Sync Video
Syncing Contacts
• Sign up for an account with the syncing service of your choice
• Download the necessary app to your phone.• Your phone’s contacts will be uploaded
Syncing Calendars
• Syncing services also sync calendars• Works great if everything is the same brand• Some work-around needed for cross-platform
support– PC to iPhone– Mac to Android– GroupWise to Anything
Syncing Email
• Using web-based email generally removes this need.
• Using apps designed for your phone removes duplication (read and unread messages)
Communication
• It is a phone after all!– Phone numbers on websites
show as links– Dialing the old-fashioned
way• Email• SMS/text messages• Instant Message– Many IM Services– Aggregators
• Brief communications– Mentions/Direct
Messages• Use short URL’s– Tinyurl.com– Bit.ly– Tr.im
• Links to content• Multiple interfaces
Seesmic App
Twitter Mobile Site
Twidroyd App
• Longer description• Rich links– Full titles– Additional Description– Thumbnails
• Links directly to content– Can “import” or “embed”
content• Several interfaces
available
touch.facebook.com
m.facebook.com
Facebook App
YouTube
• Large, rich description• Full and multiple URLs• Is the content• Singular interface
(minus YouTube apps)
YouTube App
m.youtube.com
Mobile Websites
• Some websites can detect mobile devices and alter their format
• Some text-based some graphics based.
• Mobile browsers vary on how pages display
library.msstate.edu/m
m.lib.auburn.edu
Accessing Files
• Google Docs can create many types of documents– Word processing– Spreadsheets– Presentations– Forms/Surveys
Accessing Files
• Dropbox is an online storage utility that syncs your files between devices.– 2GB Free– 50GB• $9.99/mo• $99/year
– 100GB• $19.99/mo• $199/year