Library Grand Rounds

Smartphones: I Want One, But Which One?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
12:00 – 1:00 PM
DHMC, Auditorium G

Presentation Slides: Smartphones (PDF)
Smartphone Feature Chart: Smartphones (WORD)

Co-presenters: Bill Garrity, Director of Biomedical Libraries, Dartmouth College/Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Chief of Internal Communications, Dartmouth Medical School. Steve McAllister, Director of Computing, Dartmouth Medical School. Bill Weyrick, Senior Manager of User Support, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Wondering what kind of smartphone you should get? Definitions vary, but common examples are the iPhone, Droid/Android, HTC Nexus One, and BlackBerry. What form factor is for you- slider, dual slider, flip, back flip, candy bar, swivel, mixed? Mechanical keyboard or touchscreen keyboard? Manufacturer- Helio, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, RIM, Samsung, other? What carrier- Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, Virgin? Unlocked? This session was not prescriptive, but instead offered some guidance as to what you should think about in making your decision.

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