Mobile devices, such as iPhones and GPhones, have never been more popular. Stylish and versatile mobile devices will be designed to tempt consumers, but the real win is for content creators and developers. Creative use of mobile devices to develop innovative media applications is essential to students as mobile lifestyle is how the way people live nowadays and expectedly, in the future.

The need and desire to access and use media devices regardless of where we are in the world has been around for centuries. This course first introduces the theory of mobile media and its creative use in existing representative art projects. The course then investigates various possibilities of practical mobile media development, taking full advantage of increasingly powerful technologies and functions of mobile devices. The integrated mobile hardware, software and service provide a challenging but enticing platform upon which to create innovative mobile media and interactive arts.