Tag Archives: mobile

Textbook Alternatives

Posted on August 9, 2010 by cpjobling

Last week I wrote a blog posting on the Swansea Learning Lab about the new-to-uk Amazon Kindle and a followup in Reflections about textbook availabilty and prices. I’ve actually been a long term subscriber to O’Reilly’s Safari Books online service … Continue reading →

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More on BBC Mobile

Posted on August 8, 2010 by cpjobling

On the theme of mobile web accessibility (#thereisawebappforthat) I did some more exploration of the BBC’s mobile (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile) web site and discovered that there is a mobile version of iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer which streams video in MP4 format suitable for … Continue reading →

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Update to BBC Accessibility

Posted on August 7, 2010 by cpjobling

Interesting follow-up to yesterday’s mobile web accessibility post (#thereisawebappforthat). When demonstrating mobile web page accessibility to my wife, I went direct to the BBC web site (http://www.bbc.co.uk). Interestingly, this page recognizes that I was using a mobile device and switched … Continue reading →

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Mobile Accessibility

Posted on August 6, 2010 by cpjobling

There should be a web app for that! Earlier today I tweeted A bit disappointed to be finding that major media outlets like the BBC make apps instead of making website mobile browser compatible. After that outburst I felt some … Continue reading →

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