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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