Comments on: Episode 28 – Raising the BarCamp http://digitalcampus.tv/2008/06/17/episode-28-raising-the-barcamp/ A discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:44:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Scheinfeldt http://digitalcampus.tv/2008/06/17/episode-28-raising-the-barcamp/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Tom Scheinfeldt Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:28:07 +0000 http://digitalcampus.tv/?p=35#comment-344 Thanks, Bryan. My sense is that campuses per se won't adopt the iPhone (or any phone for that matter) for just the reasons you identify. It would be tough to get the George Mason IT and budgets people, for example, to agree to let us buy a bunch of iPhones and AT&T contracts to use in our classrooms or even in our grant projects. However, I do think the new iPhone raises the bar so significantly that soon all other handset makers and service providers will have to follow suit. Indeed we're already seeing this with the upcoming release of the Sprint/Samsung Instinct, and we'll see even more in the fall when Andriod is finally released. Pretty soon I think all of our students and the audiences for our research and public projects will have these iPhone-like devices in their pockets already. It's at that point that we'll really be able to take advantage of the new opportunities afforded by the iPhone's feature set. I certainly don't expect our administrations to provide much leadership in this area. Thanks, Bryan. My sense is that campuses per se won’t adopt the iPhone (or any phone for that matter) for just the reasons you identify. It would be tough to get the George Mason IT and budgets people, for example, to agree to let us buy a bunch of iPhones and AT&T contracts to use in our classrooms or even in our grant projects. However, I do think the new iPhone raises the bar so significantly that soon all other handset makers and service providers will have to follow suit. Indeed we’re already seeing this with the upcoming release of the Sprint/Samsung Instinct, and we’ll see
even more in the fall when Andriod is finally released. Pretty soon I think all of our students and the audiences for our research and public projects will have these iPhone-like devices in their pockets already. It’s at that point that we’ll really be able to take advantage of the new opportunities afforded by the iPhone’s feature set. I certainly don’t expect our administrations to provide much leadership in this area.

]]> By: Bryan Alexander http://digitalcampus.tv/2008/06/17/episode-28-raising-the-barcamp/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Bryan Alexander Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:56:17 +0000 http://digitalcampus.tv/?p=35#comment-343 Good show! Question on the iPhone: do you see any limitations to its campus adoption based on the AT+T service plan (cost, coverage)? (Good show so far - am listening to this in stages) Good show!

Question on the iPhone: do you see any limitations to its campus adoption based on the AT+T service plan (cost, coverage)?

(Good show so far – am listening to this in stages)

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