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Verizon and the iPhone
Verizon has become the second carrier in the United States to carry the iPhone. The University of Maryland has a number of faculty experts who can talk about its impact, the iphone as a must-have mobile device and much more.
Comments from our Faculty Experts:
"The impact of iPhone 4 release by Verizon on the competitive landscape boils down to one word: performance. That is, the performance of iPhone 4 on Verizon's CDMA wireless communications network."
"Verizon has been touting that its CDMA network's reliability will afford iPhone users to be on all the time and continue interacting with usage-heavy iPhone applications without having the current problems they experience with AT&T's network, whose performance has been spotty. AT&T rolled out its usage tiered-pricing schemes for its iPhone 4 precisely to counter its network quality problems, some of which were partly due to the unlimited data usage plans for the previous versions of iPhone."
- P.K. Kannan - Smith School of Business.
"From the perspective of producing mobile content, the question is whether iPhone4 users will see immediate improvement on Verizon's network over AT&T. It's no secret that many customers complained about AT&T's service, but Verizon's 4G network is also relatively new. That means it will be imperative Verizon's network is tested and ready for the additional traffic load. For example, if Phone4 users would need to use Verizon's older CDMA network, they would lose the ability to multitask (such as surf the Web while chatting on the iPhone 4), which users now have with AT&T's network. Multitasking isn't important to everyone, but it is to those reporting live events from the field."
- Professor Ron Yaros - Merrill School of Journalism
Feel free to contact our experts directly. They are listed alphabetically.
Number of experts found: 6
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Benjamin B. Bederson
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Professor
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Computer Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Information Visualization,
Biodiversity Informatics,
Human-Computer Interaction,
Graphical User Interfaces,
Digital Libraries,
Image and Photo Management,
Voting Machine Usability,
iPhone - one of first owners
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301 405 2764
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bederson@umd.edu
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Allison J. Druin
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Associate Professor
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College of Information Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Children's technology; k-12 education; educational computing; libraries; digital libraries; technology policy issues; human-computer interaction; mobile computing.
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Expertise Credentials:
For the past six years, Allison Druin has led interdisciplinary research teams of librarians, educational researchers, computer scientists, artists, classroom teachers and children to create new educational technologies for elementary school children. Her work has included: developing digital libraries for children; designing technologies for families; and creating collaborative storytelling technologies for the classroom. Most recently she was appointed by the White House and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become a Commissioner in the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She is the author or editor of three books: Designing Multimedia Environments for Children (Wiley, 1996), The Design of Children's Technology (Morgan Kaufmann, 1999) and Robots for Kids (Morgan Kaufmann, 2000).
Dr. Druin is the research leader for the recently launched the Iternational Children's digital Library (ICDL). Supported by substantial funding from the National Science Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Druin is leading the research efforts to understand how children as users of new technologies change in their thinking about books, libraries, technologies and other cultures due to the development of new digital libraries.
Druin has received numerous recognitions for her work: an NSF Career Award (2001-2006), the University of Maryland Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award (2001), School Library Journal's People to Watch: Ten Leaders Who Are Making a Difference in School and Public Libraries (2003) and Rhode Island School of Design "Alumni Leaders: Making an Impact" (2003).
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Web Site(s):
 The International Children's Digital Library
Kids Design the Future
Allison Druin's web site
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301 405 7406
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301 864 7345
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301 332 2551
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allisond@umiacs.umd.edu
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Address:
3180 A.V. Williams Building
College Park, MD 20742
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Degrees:
Ph.D., Education, University of New Mexico
M.S., Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab
B.S., Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design
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Publication(s):
What children can teach us: Developing digital libraries for children.
The Role of Children in the Design of New Technology
Cooperative Inquiry: Developing New Technologies for Children with Children
The Role of Books, Libraries, Technology, and Culture in Childrens Lives: An International case study
Sensing, Storytelling, and Children: Putting Users in Control
Physical Programming: Designing Tools for Children to Create Physical Interactive Environments
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Jason Farman
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Assistant Professor
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American Studies and Digital Cultures and Creativity
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Expertise Key Words:
Mobile technology, social media, videogames, violence in gaming, digital storytelling, digital maps and cartography, digital performance art, surveillance, identity in online environments, embodiment, blending of digital and material spaces
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301 405 9524
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jfarman@umd.edu
jasonfarman@gmail.com
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P. K. Kannan
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Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing Science and Chair of the Department of Marketing
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Marketing
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Expertise Key Words:
New product/service development, design and pricing digital products and product lines, marketing and product development on the Internet, e-service, and customer relationship management (CRM) and customer loyalty. The publishing industry.
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301 405 2188
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pkannan@umd.edu
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Roland T. Rust
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David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing; Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Service
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Marketing
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Expertise Key Words:
Branding; Customer Service; E-Commerce; E-Service; Service Marketing; Advertising; Media; Retailing; Marketing Research; Customer/Brand Equity; Customer Relationship Management; Service Quality; Feature Fatigue; Customer Value; Product Positioning; Return On Marketing. Olympics&Super BowlAds.
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301 405 4300
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301-365-1243
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rrust@umd.edu
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Ronald A. Yaros, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism
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Expertise Key Words:
internet, mobile technology, multimedia, journalism, interactive, science literacy, health literacy, technological literacy, health communication, science communication, convergence journalism, citizen journalism, cognitive processing, media, media use, reading comprehension, video games
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301.405.2425
301.405.2399
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301.312.4102
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ryaros@umd.edu
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