Slides from my Cybertour at Computers in Libraries 2011 on March 22, 2011.

1. Superphones, Tablets
& Libraries
Computers in Libraries 2011

2. 2007
before the iPhone

3. 2010
after the iPhone

4. Mobiles are everywhere

5. Desktops lag

6. smartphones will dominate
just a matter of time

7. Rise of the Superphone
Beyond the smartphone

8. LG Optimus 2X

9. Samsung Galaxy SII

10. Motorola Atrix
it slices, it dices, it juliennes fries

11. Motorola Atrix
look carefully

12. Motorola Atrix
it’s a laptop, too

13. Motorola Atrix
biometric security

14. the shape of the future is flat
tablets, tablets everywhere
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15. iPad
there is no escaping it
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16. Samsung Galaxy Tab
First iPad competitor
Photo by TAKA@P.P.R.S - http://flic.kr/p/8GCSyB

17. Motorola Xoom
Sweet Honeycomb

18. Blackberry Playbook
Slick, but predictable

19. Lenovo U1 Ideapad
best of both worlds?

20. HP PalmPad
can a tablet save WebOS?

21. conclusion

22. it just isn’t evenly distributed.
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23. Douglas Adams said...
I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our
reactions to technologies:

24. Douglas Adams said...
I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our
reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is
normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of
the way the world works.

25. Douglas Adams said...
I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our
reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is
normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of
the way the world works.
2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re
fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and
revolutionary and you can probably get a career in
it.

26. Douglas Adams said...
I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our
reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is
normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of
the way the world works.
2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re
fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and
revolutionary and you can probably get a career in
it.
3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against
the natural order of things.

27. Adoption/Innovation Curve
where are you? where are your patrons?

28. Jason Griffey
Email: griffey@gmail.com
Site: jasongriffey.net
gVoice: 423-443-4770
Twitter: @griffey
Other: Perpetual Beta
ALA TechSource
Head of Library Information Technology
http://pinboard.in/u:griffey University of Tennessee at Chattanooga