Blog Entries tagged 'future'

Cell Phone Documentary

adminjb — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 +0100

I missed it when it was first published on April 3rd, but was pleased to see the excellent Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) documentary on cell phones posted on the web (thanks, Tami). Having lived in Canada for 10 years and seeing the quality of the CBC documentaries, I was excited to see this full documentary. It is nearly 42 minutes, but covers the history, t [...]

CES 2008

adminjb — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:00:00 +0100

The Consumer Electronics Show has just concluded in Las Vegas. As a MASIE Learning Fellow, I covered the show for Learning TRENDS. I was interviewed by Elliott Masie via a PodCast and prepared three reports which you can access at: http://www.masieweb.com/CES2008-coverage. (The second covers more learning related topics.)

The CES show was all about hardware with lots of mobile devices, [...]

Views into the Future

adminjb — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:00:00 +0100

Especially at this time of the year, we tend to review--and hopefully learn from--the past and to look ahead to the future. I have always been intrigued by what the future holds for us in the mobile area for our lifestyle, but mainly for learning. I have been excited about what sensors can and will bring us for our safety and health, but have added several videos this wee [...]

Mobile Content Creation

adminjb — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:00:00 +0100

Half of Japan's top-10 selling works of fiction in the first six months of the year were composed the same way - on the tiny handset of a mobile phone. They sold an average of 400,000 copiesThus far most of the mobile initiatives we have been following have been access to and delivery of content, however user generated content is of strong interest. Other than photos to blogs and Flic [...]

Mobile Devices in Research Labs

adminjb — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:11:21 +0100

We are beginning to see the future of mobile devices with information coming out of research labs. With location awareness, accelerometers and orientation sensors, plus increased storage and processing power, the devices we carry have powerful capabilities to improve our lives. Much of this research can also be applied to learning at the [...]

Japan Watching

adminjb — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:08:17 +0100

Watching Europe and Asia mobile markets can give the U.S. an indication of what we might see in the future.

Recently Symbian posted a list of the top 20 smartphone features requested in Japan:
1. mobile wallet
2. MANGA on mobile
3. mobile check-in at airports
4. mobile keys for door
5. mobile employee badges
6. mobile cinema tickets
7. mobile transport passes
8. fingerprint authentication
9. face recognition/authentication
10. mobile di [...]

Lots of Mobile Activity

adminjb — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:00:00 +0100

It has been a very busy Fall for mobile learning. We are making plans to upgrade this site and add some new features, but want to wait until the new Joomla is released (hopefully very soon now). We'd love to hear what else would make this a valuable site for those interested in mobile learning.

Some recent happenings of interest include: