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The Business of Android Apps Development. Reference: Mark Rollins. Mobile!!!. Content!!!. Why Mobile Content?. User Device & Network Technology Evolution. Mobile Device Penetration. Source: Tomi Ahonen Consulting '7th Mass Media in 2008' .
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The Business of Android Apps Development Reference: Mark Rollins
Mobile Device Penetration Source: Tomi Ahonen Consulting '7th Mass Media in 2008' By October 2010, there are 5,282 billions mobile handsets in the world (77% world population) Source: ITU
User Lifestyle Source: Multi-service Trend for Mobile Broadband Network, IndarAtmanto
Types of Mobile Content Games Application Images/Wallpaper Music Streaming Video Social Networks RBT Quiz, Contest
Top Mobile Content in Indonesia (Content Provider’s Perspective) Source: Manuel Irwanputera, Creative Mobile Business: Innovative Creation & Market Perspective
Top Mobile Content (Global) US$ Million Source: Informa Telecoms & Media
Trend in Mobile Content: Advertisement TOP 5 Mobile Advertising Indonesia is in second place as a country that managed to attract the attention of advertisers. With the achievement of an increase of 31% banner ad in this quarter, and the growing Internet users in Indonesia, this can become its own potential to create highly profitable mobile applications Source : BuzzCity Note : * Jumlah tayangan iklan yang ditayangkan
Mobile Content Value Chain APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER CONTENT PROVIDER/ AGGREGATOR OPERATOR/PROVIDER CONTENT Owner/ CONTENT DEVELOPERS ENDUSER SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK PROVIDER
The Android Application Business • May 2011, 3 billion applications downloaded, few months 30,000 free and paid applications. • Grew to 30,000 from 16,000 in exactly three months • On average, has had 100,000 downloads
free application and still make profits? • Angry Birds, by Rovio • 2 million Android downloads in the three days after its Android release, and 7 million Android downloads one month after that. • Still finding ways to make money on the Angry Birds franchise with spin-off applications, merchandise, and more
Massive amount of Android applications on the market Application can get lost in the crowd and become very difficult to be noticed.
The Origins of Android • Bought by Google in August, 2005. • November 2007 announced the start of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA); HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, and other big names • HTC Dream (also known as the T-Mobile G1) in October 2008
Android vs. iOS • iPhone was first unveiled a new sort of business model was established for consumer electronics. • Android may not currently have the high numbers that Apple has, but its market is evergrowing.
Trend in Mobile Content: Android Worldwide Smartphone Operating System (OS) Market Share in 2009-2015 Source : Gartner
In short, the Android market is presently booming, and if any software has a chance to eclipse Apple’s huge dominance over the app industry, it’s Android.
As a developer, you should know how Android compares to iOS at least at some level. • Apple iOS is a proprietary operating system, while Android is open source • Android uses the Linux kernel software for all of its versions. This is different from iOS, which works only on Mac products. • Android has no approval process when it comes to apps.