Apple iPod Touch - Setting Up iPod touch

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Getting Started with iPod touch:
A guide for using iPod touch and iTunes for teaching and learning
Accessing Information with Web Apps
Many web applications (web apps) are now available that are specially designed to
take advantage of the Multi-Touch display on iPod touch and the iPhone. For example,
you and your students can use web apps when connected to a Wi-Fi network to do the
following:
• Checkoutthelatestnewsfromavarietyofnewssources.
http://getnews.mine.nu
• Seewhathappenedonthisdayinhistory.
www.mymobilewebapps.com/history
• Readeducationheadlinenews.
http://207.45.186.82/~mdelfs/iphone/education/index/index.html
• Catchuponeconomicstimulusarticles.
http://207.45.186.82/~mdelfs/iphone/stimulus/index/index.html
As with other websites, you visit these websites by typing their URL in the Safari
address bar on iPod touch or by adding a bookmark to each. To browse through
the more than 1700 web apps now available, go to www.apple.com/webapps. The
description of each web app includes a link to that page.
Creating Webpages for Viewing on iPod touch
When you and students create webpages that will be viewed on iPod touch, it’s easy
to design them so that they are optimized for viewing on iPod touch or another
mobile device. For example, using columns and blocks to lay out a webpage makes
the page more readable on iPod touch and works better for double-tapping. For
details of such considerations, see the “Getting Started with Web Apps” document at
http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/GS_WebApp.