Mobile Show & Tell

Staff Version

Mobile Devices

• Handheld• Portable• Computing capability• Smartphone• Tablet• ereader• Gaming • Wifi-enabled

Smartphones

• Offer more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary basic feature phone

• Run complete OS software including Android, Blackberry OS, iOS, Symbian OS (Nokia), bada and Windows Mobile among

• Allow the user to install and run more advanced applications based on a specific platform

• Require data package fees• Models vary in price and features• Some popular models are iPhone, HTC, Nokia, Palm Pre, RIM

Blackberry etc. • Take a look at the smartphone comparison chart here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_smartphones

Smartphone Market Share

Mobile Application Development

• There’s an app for that!

• Applications that are developed specifically for mobile devices

• Pre-installed or downloaded by user from app stores

• Free or pay

• Apps vary between platforms

Tablets

• Portable computers• Comparison chart is available here

http://www.tabletpc2.com/Compare.htm

• More models are slated to come out later this year

• Market share is still small

eReaders• Read/listen to books• Popular models are Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes &

Nobles’ Nook and Sony Reader• Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in

January 2010 had over 20 new ereaders!• Some models only allow you to read i.e. Kindle

while others can perform multiple tasks such as Apple’s iPad

• Compare ereaders here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers

What does it mean for libraries?

• Library vendor apps: Gale’s Access My Library, Tutor.com, Overdrive and Ebsco

• Mobile catalogs: Seattle Public Library• Mobile pages: Duke University• Want to find out more? Check Library Success

wiki at http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=M-Libraries

• Think of ways we can deliver services in a mobile environment