Looking Towards the Future with Mobile
By Jeremy Vanderlan, AIDS.gov Web Developer

In the past week, text messaging to raise funds for earthquake relief in Haiti demonstrated the potential of mobile phones to offer simple solutions to help those in need. The emergence of smart phones
, mapping technology
and mobile applications
has dramatically increased mobile use — a recent poll from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 83% of adults surveyed have some type of cell phone
. At AIDS.gov, we asked ourselves what we should be doing to integrate mobile technology into our work on public health, HIV/AIDS, and new media. I recently attended the Gov Goes Mobile
workshop, gave a presentation on some of our work at AIDS.gov, and heard take-away messages from leaders in the field.








