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Windows Mobile phone in college technology pilot
Jul. 12, 2006

This fall, Wake Forest University will equip up to 500 students, faculty, and staff with Cingular 8125 Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile 5.0. The deployment is part of a mobile computing wireless technology pilot program, for which Cingular has been selected as the exclusive wireless carrier.

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Cingular's EDGE-enabled 8125 Pocket PC phone features a 2.8-inch QVGA color touchscreen along with a slideout QWERTY keyboard for easy text input. It's based on a 200MHz TI OMAP processor, and is equipped with 64MB DRAM and 128MB flash memory. Other features include built-in Bluetooth and WiFi, a Mini-SD expansion slot, and an optional 1.3 Mpixel camera.


The 8125's slideout QWERTY keyboard enables easy text entry

Additionally, Cingular supports the 8125 with Microsoft's Messaging and Security Feature Pack, enabling Windows Server and Exchange Server 2003 SP2 to supply push-based access to email, calendar items, contacts, and tasks.

The university has dubbed the device the "Mobi."

Wake Forest's plans for the "Mobi"

The Mobi gives program participants direct access to the university's campus portal, called the Wake Information Network (WIN). Students will be able to download class schedules into the device's calendar. A special application developed by the university ensures that the device's phone doesn't ring when the schedule indicates that the user is in class, or in an important meeting.

Students can check grades and search campus directories to find other students, professors, or administrators and easily download contact information into the 8125's contact list, according to Cingular. They can also search the main campus library's holdings and find the location of selected resources. Additionally, a pair of innovative voice-enabled applications let users know when the next campus shuttle bus will arrive at their specific location, and the availability of washers and dryers at a given laundry room.

According to Cingular, Wake Forest became one of the first universities in the country to provide laptop computers to its students when it began including ThinkPad computers with tuition in 1996. For the past four years, the university has experimented with mobile computing pilot programs to determine what technologies are most useful in an academic environment. Several additional applications are being developed for use in the program.

"This pilot program is illustrative of why Wake Forest University is regarded as being at the forefront of technology in higher education," said Chris Hill, vice president, government solutions, for Cingular Wireless. "The innovative applications that the University has developed for use in conjunction with Cingular 8125 Pocket PC demonstrates the positive impact that wireless can have on the lives of not only those who live and work in a university setting but in many other walks of life as well."



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