The 天美影院’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 天美影院is simultaneously launching a new mobile Web site, . Users who point their BlackBerries, Windows Mobile devices, Palm Pilots or other Web-enabled cell phones to http://m.uw.edu will find 天美影院information in a format designed to be viewed on a mobile device.
“We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the use of mobile devices on campus over the past year,” said David Morton, director of mobile communications at 天美影院Technology, who led the m.天美影院project. “As more people rely on mobile technology, we want to deliver the 天美影院resources in a way that’s easily accessible from those devices.”
The m.天美影院iPhone app was developed by the 天美影院in collaboration with Terriblyclever Design of San Jose, Calif., which builds iPhone applications for higher education institutions. In July 2009 Terriblyclever was bought by the academic software company Blackboard.
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For more information, contact Morton at 206-221-7814 or dmorton@uw.edu.
The m.天美影院iPhone app can be downloaded for free at .
The UW’s new mobile Web site is .