iPod Touch Tricks I learned at conference

2008 October 23
by Karen

I took one of the iPod Touch that the UH Libraries bought with me to Internet Librarian and over the course of the conference learned a bunch of neat tricks and installed some cool free Apps. This included:

  • How to take a screen shot on your iPod Touch
  • Stanza
  • InstaPaper
  • Wordpress blogging App
  • Stanza

Also for those of you reading my conference blog posts, nearly of these were done on the iPod Touch so there are some unique typos some of which I’ve caught some of which I have not. If you see an error, comment (like Jon Gorman did) and I’ll fix it. It pretty hard to proof on the iPod Touch and I just did a quick proofing on the laptop in my room at night, so mistakes happen. I felt like it was more important to get the content up speedily.

Some not free Apps I’m lusting after Air Touch which turns your iPod Touch into a remote mouse for a computer, and iBeam which allows you to send your contact information to another person (I’m always forgetting business cards so I like the idea of this App).

I’m in the process of making a demo video of what I learned for the staff at the UH Libraries. Cause a picture/demo is worth much more than me writing about it to them. Once I’ve got it done I’ll link to it from here.

All and all, I’m pretty please with using an iPod Touch at conference. Biggest issue, bad wireless, but this has me recontemplating the iPhone for myself. My cell contract expires in 2009 so I need to do some further research, especially since the Android phones should be coming out soon.

5 Responses leave one →
  1. 2008 October 24
    Jon Gorman permalink

    And, well, it’s just so cool to use an ipod touch for this type of thing. Very, very cool.

    Makes me think I need to get some more techie toys ;).

  2. 2008 October 28

    I am doing a presentation on Ipod touches/iPhones for a library in Melbourne, Australia would be very interested in how you think they could be used in libraries…
    Thanks
    Megan A Iemma

  3. 2008 November 16
    Anna permalink

    I have an iPod Touch, I love it very much, and I’d advise for everyone to get one! They are very convenient and can do many things!

  4. 2008 November 18

    Nice ideas for the Touch – I imagine that they work as well on the iPhone too? Except that the phone doesn’t have quite the same feature set ?

    Andrew

  5. 2008 November 19

    Actually all the things I mention work on the iPhone and most everyone who taught me these tricks has an iPhone not iPod Touch.

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