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on August 21, 2009, 11:32 am,
by Elaine,
under
cool tools.
Thank you for participating and sharing in this week’s information packed mobile workshop event. The sheer number of participants clearly indicates that there is a tremendous interest and need to discover mobile technology usage and development. I believe we have only scratched the surface.
Many participants have asked, “What is next?”. Follow up monthly meetings are being considered at this time, stay tuned and reply with suggestions if you have specific ideas.
Below is contact information and some post meeting resource information from the presenters, stay tuned: Read the rest of this entry »
A company called CourseSmart has been getting some notice for offering a free iPhone/iPod Touch App to students who purchase electronic textbooks through their service. I checked several UVA SOM titles and did not find them on the site, but other disciplines may have better success. If you check this out and find titles for your courses that are less expensive than the print versions, leave a comment here! PCWorld has the full article on this service.
Macworld has a nice posting today about the top 10 iPhone/iPod Touch apps for students of all levels. So go beyond Epocrates and our own m.hsl.virginia.edu, and check out their must-have list which includes a flashcard app, calculators, and an assignment tracker.
Posted
on August 5, 2009, 11:51 am,
by Ellen Ramsey,
under
cool tools.
Are you involved or interested in the development of web or other mobile device applications? If so, mark your calendars and attend “The Mobile Technology Awareness Workshop” on August 17th, 2009, (11:00am – 2:00pm): drinks and finger food provided for participants.
The goal is to include the developers, the teachers/trainers/educators and, managers in this Mobile Technology Awareness Workshop. Please come and invite others interested or involved in mobile technology solutions in their industry.
View details and register here: http://blog.hsl.virginia.edu/mobileworkshop/
Some long-awaited good news for the iPhone-inclined of you on HSCS email systems! The newest iPhone, 3GS, will now be eligible to download email and calendar data from HSC Outlook accounts. Here are the full details from an announcement sent via email yesterday to Health System Computing users. Thanks to Elaine Attridge for the scoop. Contact HSCS directly for more info.
“Health System Computing Services announces the addition of the latest version of the Apple iPhone, 3GS which includes hardware based encryption, to the list of supported wireless email devices. Since prior to the 3GS Apple did not offer any encryption, HSCS could not connect and be in compliance with the University’s encryption policy. Computing Services will continue to monitor Apple for the ability to encrypt older phones.
For the medical center, Senior Leadership has determined that the Medical Center will not purchase iphones or pay for iphone voice/data/text monthly fees. Even with the Commonwealth’s contract, the cost is almost double the Ntelos enterprise cost and in these economic times we will not incur the extra fee since we do not have a reason to do so based on business requirements. Please be aware that non nTelos cell phones cannot be used near telemetry. The Medical Center cell phone policy is linked below [may require Knowledgelink login].
Health System Computing Services can provide the same Outlook connectivity for the iPhone 3Gs currently provided for Blackberry devices for $125/year.”
Requests for new service should use the following link:
https://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/intranet/computing/procedures/WirelessEmail.cfm
Requests to convert from an existing device to the iPhone should use the following link:
https://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/alive/Computing/forms/ServiceRequest/formSvcReq.cfm
Posted
on July 22, 2009, 2:41 pm,
by Ellen Ramsey,
under
Blackberry.
From CNET News: RIM, the maker of Blackberry mobile devices, just announced that a version of its smartphones’ desktop software will be released in September for Apple computers. Currently, you can only sync a Blackberry with a Windows computer. If you want to get on the list to be notified of when the software is released, sign up on RIM’s Mac page. For more details, read the entire CNET article, or go right to the RIM Blog.
In today’s Chronicle of Higher Education, Medical College of Georgia is noted for their own iPhone apps, including medical ones just for their students and faculty. The advantage to having their mobile resources packaged in an app, as opposed UVa HSL’s mobile-optimized web page, is that the app is available even when no internet or data service is available. The downside to the app approach is that it takes a long time to get approval from Apple, and it must be installed via iTunes rather than just pulling it up in the browser. So far their list of med apps is small. But their packaging and promotion is very impressive. We’ll be watching them! Here’s the Chronicle piece:
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3849/need-to-learn-medicine-theres-an-app-for-that
And here’s the direct link to MCG’s site:
http://www.mcg.edu/mobile/
It came out last week, and could be coming to an iPhone or iPod Touch near you. Free for iPhones, $9.99 for iPod Touches. Read a review (MacWorld) to see if this update is worth it!
Apple announced yesterday that the iPhone 3G will now be $99. Want the newest, faster 3G S just announced? $199. See details from the Washington Post.
Palm’s newest entry into the smartphone market premiered Saturday. Talk is it is a good competitor for the iPhone market. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal has an extensive review here:
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20090603/palms-new-pre-takes-on-iphone/
