MOBILE AND TABLET COMPUTING The iPad, Xoom, and Other Tablet and Mobile Devices

MOBILE AND TABLET COMPUTING

The iPad, Xoom, and Other Tablet and Mobile Devices

Mobile Device vs Tablet

Mobile device (also known as handheld) Small handheld

computing device Screen display with

touch input Miniature keyboard Less than two

pounds Smart phones and

PDAs

• Tablet computers– Complete mobile

computer– Larger than a

mobile phone or PDA

– Virtual keyboard

Operating Systems

Apple’s iOS Started for iPhone Expanded to iPad

Google’s Android Originally for smart phones Found on more devices than any other OS Android 2.2

Smaller devices (smart phones to 7 inch tablets) Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)

Larger tablets (10 inch and more)

Other OS for Tablet Computers

Windows Business oriented with active pen and handwriting

recognition. webOS

Initially developed by Palm Used by HP’s tablet and Synergy technology

BlackBerry OS Developed by RIM for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Based on OS found in on-board automobile

systems and International Space Station eReaders

eInk screen, weeks between charges, read in direct sunlight

Mobile/Tablet Devices

Apple’s iOS iPod iPhone iPad

Google’s Android Motorola

Smart Phone Xoom

Samsung Galaxy Tab

• Other Devices– Amazon’s Kindle

Fire–Window’s Motion

CL900– BlackBerry

PlayBook• Apps are OS, thus device dependent• iOS apps will not run on Android OS• iPad apps will not run on iPhone• iPhone apps will run on iPad

Differences Between Apps iOS

500,000 apps No widgets Multitasking 37% of apps are

free More games

Android 250,000 apps Has widgets Multitasking Different sized

screens make development difficult

57% of apps are free

Apps (Education)

UNCP Pine Needle UNCP International Programs Ted HowStuffWorks Science360 for iPad

Apps (Document Management)

Dropbox: on-line "cloud storage" that wirelessly synchronizes with you mobile devices.  A great way to transfer documents from you computer to the mobile device.

iBooks: manages books, pdf files, and other text files

Kindle: eReader from Anazon Nook: eReader from Barnes & Noble

Apps (News)

CNN AP News Huffington Post NPR USA Today NY Times ($20/mth subscription) CNBC (Financial information) WRAL: Channel 5 in Raleigh; news and weather News and Observer: it is an iPhone app, so it

doesn't take advantage of the iPad real estate, but it does provide state news

WUNC: North Carolina public radio, iPhone app, but runs on iPad.  Live broadcast as well as archives.

Apps (References)

Dictionary.com: a must have app Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List WebMD Google Earth Dragon Diction: converts speech to text Speak4it: input voice to get information on

local businesses The Weather Channel: a must have app

(UNCP graduate working on this app for the Weather Channel)

YPmobile (Yellow pages)

Apps (Utilities)

Nightstand Evernote Bamboo Paper Pcalc Lite Units by TheMacBox Skype DataVault Password Manager eWallet Password Manager

Apps (Google)

Google Google Translate Google Sky Map Google Goggles Google Earth Google Docs Google Maps Google Body Google Voice Google Books

Apps (Entertainment)

What's On (tv guide) TV Guide IMDb (if you are a movie enthusiast):

information about thousands of movies Netflix: try hooking your iPad to your TV

set to watch a movie TuneIn Radio

Apps (Photos) (these have great pictures)

Life Fotopedia The Guardian Eyewitness

Apps (Universe)

Planets GoSkyWatch

Apps (Social Networks)

Facebook Flipboard Twitter

Apps (Games)

Fruit Ninja HD Lite

NinJump HF Hungry Shark

– Part 1 HD iStunt 2 HD –

Insane Hills Angry Birds

HD Free

Paper Toss HD

Chess.com ATC Mania Fire Ball Me Giggle 2

HD Lite Solitaire Sudoku Joy

Reversi HD *

Retro Pinball

Pool Break Lite

Talking Ben the Dog

Apps (Others)

Medscape: medical information Action Burn: exercise tracking

Links to iPad Apps Articles

Top 20 Free Apps for Your New iPadhttp://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-20-free-apps-ipad/

Top 100 Best Free iPad Appshttp://savedelete.com/top-100-best-free-ipad-apps.html

The 100 Best iPad Appshttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362572,00.asp

Gizmo’s Best Free iPad Apps http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-ipad-apps.htm

Comparisons – iOS vs Android http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38382217/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/t/app-showdown-android-vs-iphone/#.Tq8PpHJbX8g

Devices

MOTOROLA XOOM Android Tablet (10.1-Inch, 32GB, Wi-Fi) $426.00

Samsung Galaxy Tab (10.1-Inch, 16GB, Wi-Fi) $499.00

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus $499.00

iPad2 starting at $499.00