Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of the BlackBerry smartphones, and the Playbook tablet, is a current client of mine. Many people are predicting their demise, so it is good to note Natasha Lomas’s article at Silicon.com on 10 reasons why RIM can survive and even thrive. The reasons range from RIM’s focus on security to “the stickiness of BBM&# (BlackBerry Messager). agree. While they are going through hard times, they are big enough and strong enough to turn it around. Tools BlackBerry Research in Motion MORE >>

But it does support more phones (iPhone, Windows Mobile, RIM, Symbian and Android) These three are the main players. 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. They all use different languages. MORE >>

Research in Motion (RIM) – Blackberry. RIM – Chalk Pushcast - Waterloo, ON. In February 2011, I wrote a brief overview of the mobile learning industry in Canada. Since that time, I have become more aware of other mobile learning initiatives in Canada, especially being part of the “Taking Ontario Mobile” (TOM) project at the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU). Being Being a Canadian, I am interested in how the mobile learning is progressing in my home country. Here Here is an updated version of my previous post: Blogs and Websites. Dr. K. MORE >>

That having been said, this reality is changing quickly with the likes of Palm, RIM and Microsoft also developing a marketplace and vendor space for apps that will increase and improve the availability of learning app for students. In discussing the use of mobile devices, it is easy to forget that the educational and productive power of mobile devices comes through the integration of the devices with other tools. The mobile device, after all, is a hardware tool that makes certain tasks possible but the actualization of those tasks ultimately depends on the use of software or web tools. MORE >>

Right now, HTML5 is the standard that works most reliably across the newer mobile devices (Apple iOS, Google Android, and RIM Blackberry). Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Understanding Mobile Learning: 3 High-level Questions and Answers Since we began working on Mobile Learning (mLearning) here at Rapid Intake, Ive found that a lot of people are unsure of how to even begin to tackle the m-learning question. It seems like a mystery: how do all of the parts fit together? This one is a mobile learning overview. How will learners access the mobile course content? Android). How is it tracked? MORE >>