I was perusing Russ McGuire’s blog today and ran across a link he posted about using mobile technology in the classroom.  The full article discusses a program where Qualcomm provided a grant to schools to use smartphones and service at no charge.  The idea is to leverage new ways of encouraging kids to learn.

The reason I found this article interesting is it illustrates some novel, out-of-the-box thinking about how mobile technology and applications can be leveraged.  It’s all too common for companies to put up a mobile website and leave it at that.  There is nothing wrong with mobile websites, but real innovation is coming from applications that use mobile technology in ways that are not really possible with fixed PCs.  For instance, using a mobile application to fill out an onsite inspection form, while capturing the GPS coordinates so you know the inspector was actually there.

We are continuing to see more creative uses of mobility in the business realm.  I for one am very interested in seeing how we collectively steer and advance the use of mobile technology for business.