The UW is the first educational institution to provide campus information on BlackBerry handheld devices. The UW’s new m.UW BlackBerry app - like the iPhone app already available - offers course catalogs, campus directories, maps, news, photos, and sports scores in a format optimized for that device.
UW computer scientists are using Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to transform a cell phone into a flexible data-collection tool, reports Uweek. Their free Open Data Kit is used by organizations around the world that need inexpensive ways to gather information in areas with little infrastructure.
Didn't make it to the Student Tech Fair last month? Want to know what’s on deck for green computing, cloud computing, and mobile computing at the UW? You're in luck. You can listen to the presentations online in streaming audio and view the PowerPoint slides.
The UW's new iPhone application offers convenient mobile access to campus resources - such as the UW Seattle campus map and online directory - on the go. If you use a Blackberry, Windows Mobile, or a "text phone" you'll have access to much of the same information. Go to m.uw.edu on the Web to learn more and see a simulation, or on your mobile device to get the app. In the first ten days, there were over 3500 downloads.
To avoid receiving calls from telemarketers (which could cost you on your cell phone, depending on how your minutes are charged on your plan), register your phone numbers with the National Do Not Call Registry. It takes 31 days from the time you register for it to go into effect.
With new iPhone and iPod touch software updates, you can download iTunes U videos -- including ResearchChannel programs -- directly to your phone. The 3.0 software updates make iTunes U directly accessible over both cellular and Wi-Fi networks through the iTunes Store. Look for ResearchChannel on iTunes U's new mobile platform to start downloading videos, including many programs from UWTV, straight to your phone today.
What do you call a mobile phone application that gives you Husky sports, the UW directory, our course catalog, an interactive campus map and more? Submit your suggestion by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday, July 26, 2009 and you could win an iPod touch. Check the UW home page August 15 for the winning name.
