Flash Tools on Pocket PC Field Test
Today we installed Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC on Uli's new toy - UTStarcom 6700. It is a pocket PC phone that comes with MS mobile 5.0. The phone has a fairly large touch screen (Vivid 2.8" diagonal, 65K-colour TFT LCD) and a 1.3 megapixel digital camera. The processor speed is 416 MHz, 64 MB of ROM (extendable) and 128 MB RAM.
After the installation, we tested 4 Learning Tools and 3 Pachyderm presentations on this device, guess what? All showed up beautifully in both vertical display mode and horizontal display mode. The learning tools we have tested with the phone are: Timeline tool, Multimedia Learning Object Authoring tool, Character Stroke Recorder tool and Flash Card Tool(Mobile Version). The tests were conducted in the alive mode (no cached or physical files, browsed to the real websites using UBC Campus wireless connection with VPN). Here are a couple of screen shots:
Very exciting stuff! One thing noticed is that Pachyderm needs a mobile version due to the screen size makes the text in the presentations un-readable. But overall, the navigation, xml parsing and UI layout all passed the test! Those of you with a PDA, check them out! It's time for some mobile learning (visually).
Comments:
This is amazing. Very exciting! Our first glimpse of pocket-Pachy! The potential is clear--as is the challenge that comes with it: how to adapt these screen designs so the Flash works as engagingly as before and yet delivers up the text chunks intuitively and sequentially when prompted, in a font size that is readable (even to middle aged eye like mine!).
Thanks so much for the inspiration. Let me know how I can help you and Uli take this élan forward, if that is your desire.
Peter
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