The big news of the moment amongst App developers, is the surprise announcement by Apple that they are relaxing some key restrictions on how Apps can be made. In particular they say: …we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need. As one of a small (but enthusiastic) set of app developers striving to make cross-platform apps, this is a HUGE deal. They all use different languages. MORE >>

It also depends on what you want to do with it and how easy you can get used to technology. The iPhone is above all an incredibly easy phone to use (very intuitive in its user interface), so for those not that comfortable with technology, the iPhone is the way to go (although it is expensive). For instance if some application would be useful, but does not exist yet, android offers an open SDK (= an open development kit, which is similar to easy building blocks to build mobile software that the mobile device can run). Or is it of interest to you? linked to your location). MORE >>

to really engage in meaningful education through mobile devices (if such is possible), all the while allowing both local (not localized) and really contextual pedagogies (based on pedagogies that are meaningful within the culture in which education will take place) to be developed, leading towards meaningful education through the use of mobile devices (or any ubiquitous technologies). The video below is provided by the University of Kwazulu-Natal , the recording can be downloaded from their seminar website here. and so on. MORE >>

Turning up your web development skills, will enable you to prepare cross platform content for smartphones. Key questions to ask: comfort level with technology, approach (direct instruction (not really great learning, dixit Richard, for mobile learning), performance support, gateway to existing), online versus offline (sync issues), range of devices (take into account the lowest version of the operating systems), fidelity to device conventions. version of the OS, apple launched a different developers agreement: for the OS4.0 what is it aimed for? how do you support it? MORE >>

Mobile Development Mobile Technology Webinars Mobile Learning ConversationsIt’s time for a “soft reset” in the learning community, according to several experts in the industry. I think that we’re at a point that we really need to pause and [.]. MORE >>