Duke University students will have access to a variety of customized mobile applications in the spring, reports The Duke Chronicle.
The applications, which will be available for major mobile platforms including the iPhone and Blackberry, will include friend-finding applications, GPS tracking, and synchronization with the university’s online calendar and course catalog.
The project, dubbed iDuke by insiders, is the result of a collaboration with Stanford University. The California-based school has a similar set of mobile applications already available.
“GPS and mapping has a lot of untapped potential, whether it’s for a campus tour or the ability to locate your friends on campus to connect up. We also have a great and growing University calendar, and to be able to connect to your personal account on your mobile device will be a tremendous asset,” Michael Schoenfeld, Duke’s vice president for public affairs and government relations, told the newspaper.
iDuke comes after a failed initiative in 2004. The university had supplied 1, 650 iPods to the Class of 2008, containing an academic calendar, audio-based course tour, and more. Duke pulled the program the next year after students and advocacy groups felt it was unfair.
dukechronicle via allpoints blog
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