Well, it’s out. Rather than repeat myself here, let me just refer to my write-up and podcast segment over at the Palomar Academic Technology podcast site: http://www.palomar.edu/atrc/Pod/pod09101.htm#BbFeature .

I do have two problems with the iPhone app already though:

• There is no way to force a refresh of the data (which automatically updates no more frequently than once an hour).
• The View buttons that try to take you in Mobile Safari right to the piece of content in a Blackboard course don’t always work correctly. If you already have a session in Safari open and logged in to Blackboard, then the links work fine. If you don’t, the links take you to a log in prompt, then to the default course entry point instead of to the actual piece of content.

Hopefully these issues can be addressed in the near future. Hopefully.