Experience with Creating a mobile learning solution

My experience with creating a mobile learning solution was straightforward. The GuideVue Author program is easy enough to use. The interface appears to be clean and professional though it is a little rough around the edges. There are misspellings and a few layout issues in the help screen. I've authored workflow applications in the past and GuideVue presents a similar authoring model, albeit with a much simpler interface. Inserting images was simple, however, the sound recording feature was problematic and I wasn't able to record sound so far.

The article certainly makes the point clear that there is a pronounced trend showing that increasingly more people access the Internet from mobile devices. This trend shouldn’t come by surprise. Most information workers expect to access their email via a mobile device; many youth almost exclusively use their mobile devices to communicate via texting. Also, more and more software being released that allows mobile users to access web services such as social networks.
My thoughts are toward contrasting the quantity with quality of mobile traffic. People are certainly using mobile devices increasingly, however, what use cases are we looking at? I use my mobile phone quite a bit for accessing maps and navigation applications while outside. Email and quick access to specific data is easily accomplished with my phone. Tablet and slate form factors afford larger screen real-estate and perhaps better battery volume. However, the larger size often precludes them from being carried around all the time. Laptop sizes are shrinking to the point where some are the same size as an iPod while offering the full power of a PC.
Mobile computing through smart phones is certainly a fascinating phenomenon, but as many others, is most probably overestimated in some respects. Amara’s law is a maxim stating that we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. I see mobile computing today as being a tool for accomplishing relatively quick and sporadic tasks that do not require deeper reflection. Indeed, mobile/smart-phone computing affords us quick access to information and a device capable of electronically publishing smallish morsels of data. Many of us live in a constantly connected environment where media from camera-phones often precede official news reporting. However, I just do not see people spending the deeper and reflective time on smaller mobile devices.