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TALKING MOBILE TECHAnali Perry – MCLC TechTalk August 25, 2009
What do we mean by mobile? Cell phones
What do we mean by mobile? PDAs
Cell phone usage USA
In 2008, 89% of adults have a cell phone (Harris Poll)
20% of all new phones have wireless capability
Worldwide Fastest growing segment of mobile market
are smartphones (over 40 million units) in second quarter of 2009 (Gartner)
Standard capabilities Wi-fi Network (3G) GPS
What do mobiles do? Talk! Text Message (aka SMS) Audio Mobile web GPS (e.g. Geocaching, maps)
User base
Source: AdMob and comScore, June 2009.
How do libraries fit in? Ubiquity Want information how, when and on
what device
Texting
Reference
http://www.sjlibrary.org/services/reference/texting.htm
Reference
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/textmsg.html
Reference
http://www.textalibrarian.com/
Mobile Web Adapted to cell phone abilities What do cell phone users want to
know? Hours Locations Holdings Library Account
Library Examples
http://www.flickr.com/photos/users_lib/3219818213/in/set-72157606324688497/
Library Examples
http://www.flickr.com/photos/users_lib/3705474508/in/set-72157606324688497/
Library Examples
http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/content/mobile/
What to look for Widgets and apps!
iPhone/iPod Touch Android phones Blackberries
Mobipocket
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/ProductDetailsReader.asp
Stanza e-book reader
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/04/kindle-for-iphone-walkthrough/image-page/5/
Kindle E-book app
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/04/kindle-for-iphone-walkthrough/image-page/5/
WorldCat iPhone app
http://www.apple.com/webapps/searchtools/worldcat.html
Washington DC Public Library App
http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/
GPS
http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/maps-compass.html
Questions?
http://www.guidanceisinternal.com/blog/?page_id=20
ReferencesGoogle Doc:http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUY-
tWJ2wtofZGRzM2Y1dDlfNzdkYnE3ODVkbQ&hl=en