neit2010+Open+Space+1+a

Open Space 1 A

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**__ Services and Resources: client devices independence __**

E-books format for different devices IPads don’t have all the capabilities Problem of maintaining devices that don’t have a lot of capabilities. Can’t get the tool drive the learning IPad technological disappointment. Distribution mechanism for kindles in library. Currently only full fledge computers working for all applications. Device independence is also a problem for chapters. Virtual desktop would be device independent. Everything would be a web resource. File format: Acrobat is not the solution anymore. Is xml the next pdf? Pdf was not going to change the format depending on devices. Flash was supposed to be a universal platform but it is not. Distribution of text. Google apps: access look different on a mac and a pc. Google and formatting are two different things. Google apps great for the sharing, formatting is terrible. Archives are for a fee on google apps and allow you to access accounts. Cyber bullying to the problem of technology this is a discipline policy. How not to dictate the purchase of devices? Moving to google apps is not perfect especially if you have some Microsoft products. Moving e-mail from Exchange server to Google apps: pb with privacy, backup (archive and litigation). Google apps don’t work so well with Blackberries.

To have compatibility between all devices you need to have incentives for companies.

Virtual desktop.

Independence: how do you support so many devices?