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Why mobile matters

Why mobile matters. CS4032/CS5011 Mobile Computing. http :// russellbeattie.com image credit. Yes, angry birds makes money. $100,000 to develop returns $1m month from gamers and $1m month from advertising. http://www.rovio.com/index.php?page=angry-birds. Is an iphone capable app enough?.

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Why mobile matters

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  1. Why mobile matters CS4032/CS5011 Mobile Computing http://russellbeattie.comimage credit

  2. Yes, angry birds makes money $100,000 to develop returns $1m month from gamers and $1m month from advertising http://www.rovio.com/index.php?page=angry-birds

  3. Is an iphone capable app enough? http://pcweenies.com/ 24 June 2007 Bruce Scharlau, University of Aberdeen, 2009

  4. Is the Guardian satisfied? iphone Guardian app downloaded 214,000 times iphone iphone

  5. Mobile is more than iphone reaches Guardian mobile site has 3m unique visitors a month Other parts Web http://www.flickr.com/photos/oblongpictures/4516124048/

  6. Mobile web reaches 3.4bn people the world half http://www.flickr.com/photos/oblongpictures/4516124048/

  7. Mobile money is bigger than app sales $11.5 in 2010 on mobile ads beats App store’s $1.5bn http://www.flickr.com/photos/azrasta/4604791840/

  8. Mobilize sites for better UI Wurfl or roll your own Basic tags + mobile CSS Use only basic tags Rely upon browser: do nothing http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/000428.html

  9. Deliver mobile content with help http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/ http://jquerymobile.com/

  10. Don’t forget $105bn SMS business Provides direct connection to 88% of developed world households and 51% in developing world http://www.flickr.com/photos/generik99/3527445640/

  11. This is what you do next http://mobiforge.com/ Read these http://mobilewebbook.com/ Research this http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/

  12. Follow the stories and background Blogs for stats and opinions on topics http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/ http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/ Mobile web stats http://metrics.admob.com/ Forums and mail lists Forum Oxford Mobile Applications Panel http://openmoodle.conted.ox.ac.uk/login/index.php Mobile Monday London mail list http://www.mobilemonday.org.uk/

  13. Mobile is more important in developing countries Mobiles provide functionality we take for granted with respect to: internet, PCs etc The developing world is “more mobile” than the developed world. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICATIONANDTECHNOLOGIES/Resources/IC4D-2012-Report.pdf http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/

  14. Mobile provides income in developing world People can build small to growing businesses as well as participate in work via their mobile: Rent access to their handset, find work, provide mobile services, etc

  15. Mobile provides income for women in developing world Women can buy handset with small loan and sell airtime to community, or other work via mobile and thus provide better income for family – more reliable than husband income -> better for children

  16. Mobile provides market information From farmers to fisherman can check the market prices for crop and catches before selling so have options for ‘where’ and also ‘when’ to sell

  17. Mobile provides learning Education programmes built around SMS and other apps for basic handsets which children (and parents) can use to improve themselves

  18. Mobile improves government Public can find information better and government can inform public better so government works better

  19. Mobile provides options People can have choices and change their situation with the spread of mobiles and the services they bring

  20. Mobile is more than apps Mobile is life and opportunities Mobile reduces friction

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