Comments on: when did we all get mobile? http://blog.realprojects.co.uk/2008/09/when-did-we-all-get-mobile/ E-learning and learning technologies Fri, 18 May 2012 05:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rob Alton http://blog.realprojects.co.uk/2008/09/when-did-we-all-get-mobile/#comment-49 Rob Alton Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:11:12 +0000 http://realprojects.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-49 You might be interested in the work Carl Smith is doing at London Metropolitan - learners visit a modern day location and are sent images/texts and videos of how the exact places used to look in the past. You might be interested in the work Carl Smith is doing at London Metropolitan - learners visit a modern day location and are sent images/texts and videos of how the exact places used to look in the past.

]]> By: Tim Anderson http://blog.realprojects.co.uk/2008/09/when-did-we-all-get-mobile/#comment-19 Tim Anderson Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:03:06 +0000 http://realprojects.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-19 All part of what we will soon all be calling web 3.0 - the internet of things. My son has a GPS enabled mobile phone and was speculating on a system where you could get text alerts based on which phone cell you are in offering local services which then feature as pop ups on the phone maps. And there are already web applications which can track where your friends are by wireless access on their laptops and mobile phone positions. All part of what we will soon all be calling web 3.0 - the internet of things. My son has a GPS enabled mobile phone and was speculating on a system where you could get text alerts based on which phone cell you are in offering local services which then feature as pop ups on the phone maps. And there are already web applications which can track where your friends are by wireless access on their laptops and mobile phone positions.

]]> By: Jay K http://blog.realprojects.co.uk/2008/09/when-did-we-all-get-mobile/#comment-18 Jay K Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:58:41 +0000 http://realprojects.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-18 i often think about when i went traveling for a year shortly after leaving school 12 years ago. at the time it didn't even cross my mind to get an email account set up. i have no doubt they existed back then but they were far from common place. my only contact with back home was via good old pen and paper and the odd very expensive phone call. now twelve years on and i know spend probably the majority of my working day at my desk emailing people all over the world. i often wonder how businesses functioned without email...? i often think about when i went traveling for a year shortly after leaving school 12 years ago. at the time it didn’t even cross my mind to get an email account set up. i have no doubt they existed back then but they were far from common place.

my only contact with back home was via good old pen and paper and the odd very expensive phone call. now twelve years on and i know spend probably the majority of my working day at my desk emailing people all over the world. i often wonder how businesses functioned without email…?

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