Clark Quinn

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The death of the PDA greatly exaggerated?

Clark Quinn

My daughter got an iPod touch, but within a year we needed to get her a new phone, and it’s an iPhone. A colleague wondered if the image on the cover of the new book was a PDA, and my initial response was that the convergence of capabilities suggested the demise of the PDA. But then I had a rethink… For what is a PDA?

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Defining Mobile

Clark Quinn

If I had a small enough tablet, or iPod touch, probably, but the phone, yes! Probably, as the ultimate mobile test is whether it’s a device that does with you everywhere : to the market, to a party, even to the bathroom. And some may be able to, but which ones really do ? Regularly?

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iPads do make sense for schools

Clark Quinn

It may be that iPod Touches are even better for K-6, but running around and filming with a tablet (particularly an iPad mini, which may be optimal for K-6) is better than a laptop. My lad and lass both have MacBook Pros, though they each also have an iPod touch (lad’s is my old iPhone without a sim card) that they use.

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Living with Complexity

Clark Quinn

Using Apple’s iPod, he points out how simplifying the purchasing (backend: lining up publishers to allow downloading individual titles for a simple fee) and downloading music (instead of converting files and storing in special folders) made a device that could carry a lot of music in a small package.

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Learnlets » iPod Uni

Clark Quinn

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Intimacy & Immediacy

Clark Quinn

This seems to give me a handle on thinking about the differences between tablets and smartphones & PDAs (I think the iPod touch is a great device, say for kids in schools). This might be the use of a touchscreen kiosk you find at a public spot or in a museum, or perhaps also using someone else’s device for a quick access.

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Making Sense of Research

Clark Quinn

A new iDevice is always cool, and while it’s not the first smart watch (nor was the iPhone the first smartphone, the iPad not the first tablet, nor the iPod the first music play), Apple has a way of making the experience compelling.

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