David Morton (mortonmanor)
Just the Facts
The University of Washington’s iPhone app, m.UW has been available from the Apple store for about 10 days now.
In those 10 days, we have seen it installed (or at least downloaded) on about 3,500 iPhones or iPod touches.
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Q: Why the name m.UW? A: ‘m’ is for mobile; this is your mobile UW. ‘m’ is also an increasingly common way to indicate web site that is designed for mobile use (i.e. m.cnn.com). Put this all together with our new, easy to text uw.edu identity and you get m.UW Q: Why is m.UW only for the iPhone (iPod touch)? A:The iPhone and iPod touch are the most widely used smartphone on our campus network.
Official Press Release The University of Washington’s new suite of mobile applications for the iPhone is now available for download. The free tool offers campus maps, course catalogs, news, events, athletics schedules and sports scores, all delivered for viewing on an iPhone or iPod touch. The application, or app, will be named “m.UW,” with the “m” standing for “mobile.” That name was chosen from more than 800 entries submitted in a naming contest held this summer. The UW is simultaneously launching a new mobile Web site, http://m.uw.edu. Users who point their BlackBerries, Windows Mobile devices, Palm Pilots or other Web-enabled cell phones to http://m.uw.edu will find UW information in a format designed to be viewed on a mobile device.
The m.UW iPhone app was developed by the UW in collaboration with Blackboard’s Mobile Edu product.
What do you call a mobile phone application that gives you Husky sports, the UW directory, our course catalog, an interactive campus map and more? Tell us what you think we should name our soon-to-be-released mobile phone app, and you could win an iPod touch! When Stanford University released a similar application, the best name they could come up with was iStanford. We think the UW can do better. Prove us right and submit your suggestion by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday, July 26, 2009, at: http://bit.ly/9KBVt A Fresh Coat of Paint For those of you using the iPhone/iPod Touch, Android or Blackberry Bold, FreshlyMobile has an updated mobile interface. I’d like to say that I spent hours toiling over a hot keyboard to bring this mobile goodness to you, but it really just took a couple of minutes, thanks to the WPtouch plugin from Bravenewcode. At the top of the mobile screen you will find options to search, browse categories, jump to a particular section or drop me an email. For the time being, Windows Mobile users will see the “classic” mobile page without a lot of the graphics. I hope to improve the WinMob experience in the future, but haven’t yet had the time. So you have a RAZR or other “feature phone”, not to worry, there is more magic at work to give you a decent mobile browsing experience as well. Let me know what you think about the new mobile look. |
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