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