Presentation given at a Software Association of Oregon event. Overview of mobile technology space, challenges for app developers, and the opportunity.
Includes some slides from the EXCELLENT Morgan Stanley report on the Mobile Internet:
http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/mobile_internet_report122009.html
In fact, the title is borrowed from Mary Meeker's presentation at Web 2.0 Summit. It is my theme for 2010.
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The Mobile Internet is Bigger Than You Think
1. Mobile Internet
is
Bigger
than most
Think it is.
Jason Grigsby • SAO Dec 2009
@grigs on Twitter • jason@cloudfour.com
cloudfour.com • mobileportand.com
2. Mobile is the Technology that Cried Wolf.
Flickr photo by CaptPiper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piper/197153406/
3. Mobile is the Technology that Cried Wolf.
(for 15 years)
Flickr photo by CaptPiper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piper/197153406/
4. “The Mother of
all Markets.”
Dr. Eli Harai, San Disk
CEO, 2008
John Sculley, Apple
CEO, 1992
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5D9143AF93AA25754C0A964958260
5. The Hope for Mobile
What is the
likelihood of
exponential
growth for the
Internet on Mobile
Devices?
24. Pinch Media’s Conclusions
•Users stop using the average applications quickly.
•Long-term audiences are generally 1% of total
downloads
•Paid apps retain users longer, but still steep drop
off.
•Difficult to make enough money from a free
application based on advertising revenue
http://www.pinchmedia.com/appstore-secrets/
25. Success Determined by Top Lists & Features
http://appcubby.com/blog/files/financial_realities.html
27. More Open ≠ No Gatekeeper
96%
Approved
(what about that 4%?)
28. Some Rejected Applications
• Obama Trampoline
• MyShoe
• I Am Poor
• The South Park App
• Pull My Finger
• iBoobs
• Slasher
• Murderdome
• Podcaster
• Freedom Time
• Google Voice
• iSinglePayer
"Even though my personal political leanings are
Democratic, I think this app will be offensive to roughly
half our customers. What's the point?" — Steve Jobs
http://www.pcworld.com/article/159887-2/rejected_10_iphone_apps_that_didnt_make_apples_app_store.html
32. iPhone Only Part of World Wide Market
Symbian RIM iPhone Microsoft Android Others
20000
19107
15000
10000
8521
7363
5000
3631
1455 0
1316
Q3 2009 Smartphone Sales — Thousands of Units
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2009/r2009112.htm
33. iPhone Only Part of US Market
RIM Apple HTC Palm Nokia Samsung Others
1%
4% 2%
5%
6%
52%
30%
Q3 2009 Smartphone Market Share
Source: http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch/mobile_internet_report122009.html
34. Symbian Windows Mobile
Objective C WebOS
C
Java ME Dalvik
Palm
Visual Basic
C++
.NET Compact
BREW
Flickr photo by André-Batista: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=408700622&size=o
35. Google Mobile — App Challenges
• Pressure from CEO for rapid releases
• 10+ platforms to support
• Over 100 different builds
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83731031@N00/445924458/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdave/142758127/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliejohnson/290541732/
40. Apps are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
• Small & medium businesses will be impacted by mobile, but haven’t yet.
• Can people find their locations, information on mobile?
• Enterprise barely begun — access to Intranet content
• Mobile search = mobile search optimization
• What about Google Maps? How to make sure you show up?
• Mobile advertising campaigns and planning
47. Plan for Mobile Context
personal
permanently carried
always on
built-in payment channel
creative impulse
social context
location aware
accurate audience measurement
49. Thank You for Your Time!
http://cloudfour.com/blog • Twitter: @grigs
Mobile Portland: http://mobileportland.com
Flickr photo by Pingnews: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/370061022/