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Mobile Next. Karri Ojanen @karrio
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A smartphone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. Michio Kaku, “Physics of the Future”
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About Me
User experience designer, interaction design director Worked in Canada, USA, UAE, and Finland Worked with major brands, wireless operators, phone manufacturers, startups and NGOs
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Smartphone penetration: 51% in the UK 44% in the US
33% in Canada Google, Our Mobile Planet, 2012
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5.3 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide.
Growing faster than any other technology:
UN Telecommunications agency, 2010
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people in the developing world are using mobile phones
It doesn’t need to be a smartphone:
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in innovative ways.
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tripled between 2007 and 2010.
The total number of SMS sent globally
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UN Telecommunications agency, 2010
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Context and Use Cases.
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1.3 billion use the mobile Internet.
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People access the Web using whatever device makes sense
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to them at the time.
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Responsive web makes sense…
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…but not as an end-all, be-all solution. Scaling the size of the site as the screen shrinks/grows is one thing. Context, use cases, experience are another.
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“We are moving from millions of computers connected by the Internet to one huge computer that is the Internet. Every device will be a window into it.”
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Graeme Wood
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People demand access and real value in return for their data. For real value, they’re willing to share.
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Lessons learned: “I’ve been a Verizon Wireless customer for years…
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Why do they not know how to help me in the store with the information they’ve collected?”
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Today’s consumers own multiple devices and move seamlessly between them throughout the day.
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Start on smartphone… …continue on desktop/laptop… …complete on tablet.
Start on desktop/laptop… …continue on tablet… …complete on smartphone.
People take a multi-channel path to purchase.
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Mobile + Location Aware + Social + Multi-Screen + Internet of Things Individual smart objects interconnect to form a personal ecosystem.
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Design.
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Mobile design is about subtleties: Fewer options = simple and more effective UI
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Reuse learnt behaviours. Reuse interactions inherent in the device.
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Sweat the details. The brain does notice. The bar for new apps is set high.
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It’s a blank canvas, defined by its software. Instead of copying the old, try something new.
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Thank You.