CIL2006: Thursday Keynote

Note: This is the second time in a week that I’ve heard/read someone that “mobile” is the future. Sorry, but it’s already here.

• Planning for is no longer an option, it’s a necessity
• 1.4 billion in the world have mobile phones
• 62% of users use SMS
• 350 billion SMS messages per month world wide
• Devices
• PDAs
• Tablets
• iPods
• eBook readers
• Smart Watches
• Blackberry
• Smartphones
• Gaming Devices
• “PIN numbers” ARGH!
• eBook readers
• digital ink
• less than 9oz
• 80 books on internal memory
• Ultra Personal Computer
• OQO
• Vulcan Flipstart
• Looking to vertical markets instead of consumers
• Ultra Mobile PC
• Microsoft Oragami
• WinXP Tablet
• 7″ or smaller display
• 400×800
• 60gb hard drive
• WiFi Bluetooth
• Touchpad program
• Appropriate for fingers
• customizable
• onscreen thumb-based keyboard
• New font: Cambria (Times New Roman replacement?)
• Mobile Optomized Web
• Web sites intended for large screens, busy, multimedia content
• Reduce content
• Remove graphics
• Word wrap
• Narrow
• Examples
• TV Guide
• Google, Personalized Google
• National Weather Service
• Conversion
• iyhi
• sqeezer
• google
• Might loose wanted content when using 3rd party conversion
• Can’t translate flash
• Mobile Blue
• Flickr
• Mobiledelicious
• Native mobile content
• Splash Blog
• Moblog
• mob5
• hosted mobile web space
• Blogger on the go
• Top mobile content
• Weather
• Yahoo mail
• hotmail
• google
• ESPN
• Mapwuest
• CNN
• dining
• Traditional Library content
• opac (I do this with the Aurora Public Library)
• III: AirPac
• ebooks
• subscription content
• dictionaries
• encyclopedias
• Oxford American Dictionary
• PDAs
• Smartphones
• Look on Tucows for mobile content
• Handango
• 240+ reference titles for smartphones
• Handmark
• Tools toys for a mobile generation
• Cell phone downloads
• Mobile Genealogy (blog)
• Popular books
• Overdrive
• NetLibary
• ebrary
• Audible Air (Audible)
• download recordings
• Medical Health database vendors leading in mobile access to databases
• Point of need answers
• Yahoo! Go
• AOL Mobile
• Google Mobile
• Types
• Definitions
• phone numbers
• geographical information
• 4info
• SMS to 44636
• Searching shortcuts
• Medio
• “answers instead of lists of links”
• preferences, location, device to personalize results
• Answers.com mobile interface
• Have a librarians section
• “pre-research market”
• Don’t want to step on librarian’s toes
• gada.be
• mobile metasearch
• builds search into URL
• Search software packages being built into phones
• SMS-based search
• Google SMS (46645)
• send “shortcuts” to get list of commands
• Synfonic
• AskMeNow
• Yahoo! Go
• Voice messages
• Text alerts
• scheduled once or ongoing
• Reference IM
• Typically computer to computer
• Reference via SMS
• Altarama
• Converts SMS to e-mail
• Overdue notices
• Teleflip
• Free txt messages
• Cell#@teleflip.com
• RSS
• Talis, patron account data alerts
• LibraryElf
• Wake Forest, MobileU
• voice activated commands
• checking laundry in the dorm
• Montclair State U, Dawgtel
• Stephen King’s Cell (I did this)
• Other services
• Feedalot
• Mobdex
• feedbeep
• litefeeds
• UpSnap
• search
• live mobile audio content
• sports
• faith
• magic 8 ball
• iPods
• circulating shuffles
• podcasts
• local tours
• ebooks
• subway maps
• spark notes for iPod
• Test prep
• iPods @ GCSU
• All audio reserves on every iPod
• storyhour
• instruction sessions
• Mobile video
• mostly due to video iPod
• “mobisodes” mobile episodes
• mobitv
• LocationFree TV
• Guide by cell
• Self guided tours via mobile phone
• For library staff
• Sirsi PocketCirc
• Check out from anywhere
• III’s Wireless workstation
• 10 libraries currently using
• Glimpse of the future
• Shopping price comparrison
• Yahoo! Shopping (testing)
• Froogle (testing)
• Fandango
• movie times, reviews, buy online
• tickets sent to device w/ barcode
• barcode read off of phone
• e-version of Bonita Daily News
• Small version
• SMS alerts
• video highlights
• New business models
• free ebook reader w/ content membership
• ESPN phone
• mobot
• take pic, send in, get song
• mobile visual search
• Resources
• engadget
• imobile
• textually.org
• gizmodo
• mobileread.com
• gottabemobile.com
• web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda