Sorry sport, no offence was intended. What can I say, I was once a NY taxi driver before working for a large software corporation and now in K12 education.
Hi Mr Mack
I've heard NY taxi drivers call people many things but never "sport" so I guess your progression via the corporate ladder to education has mellowed you, either that or you've spent some time with our friends from Down Under!
Your points regarding Microsoft are understood and one might agree that most of their recent mobile efforts are related to Windows Mobile for Smart Phones rather than the Pocket PC or Windows Mobile Professional (as now known for version 6). But just because they haven't done something in the past isn't really a justification for slating them for doing something in the present or promising support in the future. One of the challenges for pioneers like Dave and others is trying to "pin the tail on the donkey" on platforms that will be supported in the face of the many that can't see beyond laptops. The fact that Microsoft are apparently doing things for mobile at least provides some confidence for those considering projects which otherwise might not happen.
Whether this new browser is better or a copy of another browser is hardly an issue in terms applying mobile devices to teaching practice and learning.
I think many of us in this forum look forward to Apple's entry into the mobile space beyond the iPod but we've been disappointed to learn that the iPhone is likely to be a closed environment and we can only make do with rumour of an Apple sub-notebook/tablet for sometime in the future. At least Windows Mobile and Zenzui are open to developers.
Microsoft and Apple are both dwarfed in the mobile phone space by the likes of Symbian/UIQ who are the real dominant operating system for smart phones and the real target for these relative newcomers. Nokia have had zooming browser capability for a long time if we want to continue a debate of who had what first.
However, I really wonder if browsers with zooming capability are just a band-aid for badly designed web sites? Shouldn't web sites now be designed with mobile devices in mind as well as increasingly high-res PC screens? Most web development tools now have this functionality.
I was told that the mobile version of One Note didn't support the stylus on handhelds but this seems a bit odd to me!
Also we're looking forward to integrating our handhelds with the whiteboards which is supposed to come with Red Halo this Summer (so I'm told
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Hi Simone
My understanding, although Dave may have better knowledge on this one, is that One Note Mobile which comes as part of Microsoft Office 2007 is an add-on intended for smart phones running Windows Mobile (although it will work on PPC) so the use of the stylus for tap and drag has not been implemented, i.e. it uses the buttons.
There's a review for One Note Mobile
here and
here.
Also for comparison there are reviews of PhatPad
here and
here.
With regards to whiteboard integration with RedHalo the development team in Cambridge tell me that this will be demonstrable in time for the NECC show in Atlanta, US, so the Summer sounds about right!
Now where are those Easter eggs?
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