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IT management thinks we need it
students don't want you pushing to their cell phones
not everything is available in the portal now, so you need to address mobile strategies beyond the portal
geo-mapping/location is a real value-add for cell phones but schools are not positioned to take advantage of it
look at what the current teens will likely expect
need to identify what they want
they don't want push - they want pull
students use mobile sites even from their regular PCs
why can't you get your degree off of a cell phone?
some text books publishers are making books available online
visitors on campus may be very interested in mobile access

3G+ available is spotty in areas
need to look at how much you really deliver on each page
might be interesting in writing an app that consumes a feed from a uPortal instance (I am not sure what AndrewP was getting at here); nice out of the box eye candy might be valuable marketing
need to get vendor buy in from those providing services on campus
need to identify low hanging fruit
while automatically directing users to the 'right' version based on user agent, they may actually want a specific version. do we specifically ask them each time? Do we store their preference?
Need to look at making data available to others that want to make devices
Students are expecting APIs to their academic data
what about security on mobile devices? SSL is now supported on modern smart phones
are their social problems that now arise with the wide spread use of mobile devices

there has been an increase in mobile-focused sites, but these are also becoming popular on regular PCs because they are simple and easy to use
there is interest in both browser based solutions and native apps; perhaps we should focus on open standards that can increase integration with other apps on the phone

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