Development Trends For Mobile Platforms And Its Technology
- 1. Development Trends For Mobile Platforms And Its Technology Kristaps Skutelis (@krizdabz) krizdabz.lv , androids.lv , windowsphone.lv , dubstep.lv, bradajumi.lv
- 2. I want to play a game
- 3. Who is this guy? Kristaps Skutelis (krizdabz) blogger (krizdabz.lv, androids.lv, windowsphone.lv, dubstep.lv, bradajumi.lv) technology enthusiast and early adopter certified IT Professional
- 4. Today I will talk about Global and local market situation (platforms, app stores, manufacturers) Mobile technologies from user perspective Emerging trends in mobile technology
- 5. Generations of mobile platforms “ Legacy ” platforms (Symbian, BlackBerry OS, BREW, Windows Mobile) “ Next-generation ” platforms (iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Phone, Bada) Handset sales are driven not by hardware features ( “ what the handset can do ” ) but the user interface and applications available ( “ what you can do with the handset ” ) Most important: ecosystem and network effect
- 6. “ Dumb phone ” era
- 7. “ Dumb phone ” era is not over yet
- 10. Situation in Latvia 124 000 smartphones (2011), 60 000 (2010), 30 000 (2009) TOP5 smartphones: iPhone 4, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5800, iPhone 3S, Nokia X6
- 11. Battle of App Markets Android Market : 600 000 apps, 10 billion downloads iOS App Store : 500 000 apps, 18 billion downloads BlackBerry App World : 50 000 apps, 1 billion downloads Nokia (Ovi) Store : 50 000 apps Windows Phone Marketplace : 40 000 apps
- 12. It was year 2000
- 13. It was year 2000 Phones were used for calling, SMS and playing Snake Monochrome graphic, monophonic ringtones “ Endless ” customization possibilities (covers, LED, logos, ringtones) No mobile Internet, GPS, apps
- 14. It was year 2005
- 15. It was year 2005 Color displays, polyphonic ringtones Mobile Internet (GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, Wi-Fi) GPS, camera, video, music and some apps
- 16. Nokia today Moving away from Symbian (Anna and Belle) Maemo -> MeeGo -> ? Microsoft and Windows Phone
- 17. It was year 2009
- 18. It was year 2009 Capacitive touchscreen , HVGA resolution, 3.2 ” display (~180 ppi) Android 1.6 Problems, lags, freezes, but potential is huge Apps
- 19. It was year 2010
- 20. It was year 2010 Bigger and better screens, WVGA resolution More memory, faster CPUs, better cameras (720p video) Evolution of Android (fragmentation, rooting/ROMs) Apps, apps, appps!!!
- 21. It is year 2011
- 22. It is year 2011 Dual and quad core processors - more power (1080p video, 3D games) Android tablets (+ Kindle Fire, Barnes&Noble Nook) NFC, cloud computing/services Android 4.0 Apps, apps, apps, appps!!!
- 23. Android today >225 million devices sold since launch >550,000 new Android devices are activated every day Android has about 48% of the smartphone market share ~2% of Android devices are tablets 2.2 Froyo (35,3%), 2.3.x Gingerbread (50,6%) devices Revenue comes from search
- 24. My experience with BlackBerry and Windows Phone
- 25. My experience with BlackBerry and Windows Phone Great messaging Metro UI is interesting and something new Microsoft services & products No localisation Problems with apps Problems with devices Nokia + Windows Phone = ?
- 26. And one more thing...
- 27. And one more thing... Example where closed system is better than open one User experience (people like simple and neat things) People buy simple and neat apps I don ’ t have an iPhone... yet
- 28. Trends Utilize the power of interconnected modern mobile devices Everything social Cloud and content services HMTL5 Voice recognition Mobile payments (NFC) Augmented reality
- 29. Thank you! Kristaps Skutelis (@krizdabz) krizdabz.lv androids.lv WindowsPhone.lv