Mobile Device Usage Up Sharply

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No matter how you look it, the data from our web and network logs is compelling and even a bit alarming.

Consider the following about our Wi-Fi network last month:

In any month these numbers would be extraordinary, but this was a summer month. A month when many students, faculty and staff are away. School starts again in a week, I wonder what the next couple of months will bring.

Let me know what you think.

In the mean time, I’ve updated the UW Mobile Usage Stats for your viewing pleasure.

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Besides eating a bit more than our share of Chistmas cookies this season, the Freshly Mobile elves have been hard at work with tweaks to the site and preparing for the new year.

One of the updates includes optimized versions of Freshly Mobile for the the iPhone and iPod Touch. To view the mobile versions, simply point your iPhone/Touch to the www.freshlymobile.com page.

Lest our Windows Mobile or Blackberry friends feel left out, we also have a beta version of sites optimized for you as well. We are still testing and tweaking those pages so let us know what works or doesn’t work for you.

A week from today David will be heading to Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), for which I am extremely jealous. Look for his coverage over the next couple of weeks. For all of you lucky readers who are also able to attend, please feel free to post your experiences and share your insights.

The following week I’ll be covering MacWorld and am looking forward to reporting back. This will be my first time covering the conference and I’d love to hear all of your “must see” suggestions.

Better iPhone support means being able to post from our mobile platforms as well. This, and other posts come directly from the iPhone as well. Look for more “express posts” as we post on the run.