Mobile Internet From there to here Brian Jepson Senior Editor O’Reilly Media, Inc. Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Jan 28, 2015
Mobile InternetFrom there to here
Brian JepsonSenior Editor
O’Reilly Media, Inc.Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Then:My First Featurephone
• Sony Ericsson T68i
• Bluetooth, IrDA, GPRS data, WAP, SyncML, email
• Apple used it to demo iSync over Bluetooth at Macworld Expo NY 2002
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Now: A Pocket Computer
• High-resolution camera
• Hard or soft keyboard
• 3D (OpenGL ES) games
• Augmented Reality
• Full web browser
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What’s Changed Between 2002 and Now?
• Insanely Great user experience
• Smarter devices
• Large 3G footprints
• Always-on connectivity
• Apps
Photo Courtesy of Apple
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What the book market saysTuesday, November 3, 2009
Challenges
• Walled gardens still exist
• Carrier lock-in
• Spotty 3G deployment
• Half-assed App Store clones
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Opportunities
• Gradual opening/transparency of the iPhone platform
• Open platforms like Android
• Handset choice, more unlocked phones
• Well-executed app stores/markets
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Everything but iPhoneTuesday, November 3, 2009
Mobile Dev DetailTuesday, November 3, 2009
iPhone DominatesTuesday, November 3, 2009
WTF? Or I Wish I Thought of That?
• Mobile web includes some unexpected devices
• What will lifetime all-you-can-eat Internet on dedicated devices mean?
Photo Courtesy of Peek
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009