Presentation slides from the 2012 Mobile Learning Experience, April 2012.

1. Comparing Apples and
Androids
http://mlearning.muohio.edu/mlc
Twitter: @miami_mlearning

2. Comparing Apples and
Androids
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3. Comparing Apples and
Androids
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4. Comparing Apples and
Androids
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5. Purpose
• Mobile Learning Experience
– We love Apple!
– #1 tablet is iPad - Consumer Reports
• There is another option…
– Android
• This talk compares different
aspects/features to consider
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6. What is Android?
• Variation of Linux for
devices
– Originally a company
called Android was
acquired by Google
– OS platform now used
on large share of
smartphones
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7. Why Even Consider
• Market ShareAndroid?
– Phones (Comscore)
• 43.7% Android
• 27.7% iOS
– Tablets (Strategy Analytics)
• 66% iPad
• 26.9% Android
Source: http://cnet.co/IiUNcf
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8. Market Share…
NPD Group, Dec 2011
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9. If (y)our students are walking on campus
with Android devices, shouldn’t we at
least consider whether to include
support?
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10. Tablet Options
Apple Android
• iPad 1, iPad 2, New • Kindle Fire
iPad • Samsung Galaxy Tab
• Toshiba Thrive
• Asus
– Eee Pad
– Transformer
• Motorola Xoom
• Many more!
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11. Cost
Apple Android
• iPad - $499+ • Kindle Fire - $199
• Samsung Galaxy Tab
- $499+
• Many priced in-
between
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12. Device Support
Apple Android
• Apple iOS supported • Support for Operating
on most devices Systems determined
– Devices eventually by manufacturers
“retired”
http://bit.ly/rqF4Xe
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13. OS Versions
Apple Android
• iOS 5.x • 2.2 - Froyo - Kindle Fire
– Since iPhone 3GS • 2.3 - Gingerbread
• iOS 3.1.3 • 3.x - Honeycomb –
Toshiba Thrive,
– Older devices
Samsung Galaxy Tab
• 4.x - Ice Cream
Sandwich – Newer
tablets in process
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14. Kindle Fire
• Features • Home screen
– Price: $199 configuration is
• Lacks: different than other
– Camera tablets
– 3G/4G • Great size
– GPS – Thumb typing!
• Access to Google Play
(more on this later)
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15. App Stores
Apple Android
• iTunes • Google Play
– Well-known standards – Relies on community
for apps to report
bugs/malware
• Amazon App Store
– Some quality control
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16. Apps
Apple Android
• Only option for • Side loading of apps
bypassing the iTunes – Allows users to
store is to use the iOS develop own software
Enterprise license and developers to
provide a simple path
for distribution that
doesn’t require a
separate store
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17. Maintenance Issues
Apple Android
• Relatively • App quality
maintenance free • Malware and Viruses
• App/Process killers
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18. Factors to consider
• E-readers vs. Tablets • More than a e-reader
• Screen size
• Screen type (e-ink,
lcd)
• Wireless vs. Always
on data
• Flexibility
http://cnet.co/HJtdHm
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19. Advantages
Apple Android
• Polish of experience • Integration with
• Retina display Google
technology • Google Maps +
• Ease of use Google Navigation
• Flexibility of OS
– There’s an app for that
http://usat.ly/HEd3h2
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20. Disadvantages
Apple Android
• Apple corporate • Fragmentation
image • Manufacturer skins
• Lack of customization • Difficulty of finding
• Not on all networks apps
(yet) • Malware and viruses
• Real 4G support
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21. Benchmarking
• E-readers (kindle) • Whiteboarding
• Note taking (evernote) (syncspace)
• Social Networking • Communication (skype,
(facebook, twitter, google google talk,
edmodo) facetime)
• File sharing (dropbox) • Office Suite (documents
• PDF annotations to go, iwork)
(iannotate, repligo, ez pdf • Remote Desktop
reader) (splashtop)
• Handwriting (notetaker
hd, quill)
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22. Summary
• Ultimately comes down to a matter of
individual preference AND cost
– Our target audience may prefer the Android
device
• More educational apps seem to be targeted
towards iOS
– iear.org
– Top 25 Android Apps for Education
• However…
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23. Summary
• …many questions
have to be answered:
– Have we
demonstrated (with
research?) that
learning occurs when
using m-learning?
– Are we just “dipping
broccoli in chocolate”?
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24. Hands on
• On the devices • Try them out
– Dropbox • Compare them with
– Syncspace your iOS devices
– Evernote • Type with the
– Pulse keyboard
– Many more…
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