Mobile Outlook 2010 - Where Are We?

MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010 WHERE ARE WE? presented by Joseph Labrecque Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference - Boulder, CO August 12 th, 2010

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Joseph Labrecque Flash Platform Developer Multidisciplinary Digital Artist Adobe Education Leader • University of Denver  Senior Multimedia Application Developer  Center for Teaching and Learning • Fractured Vision Media, LLC • An Early Morning Letter, Displaced JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 3

About the University of Denver • The oldest and largest private university in the Rocky Mountain region, the University of Denver attracts thought-leaders who are committed to academic rigor, community engagement and global responsibility. In this active, intellectual environment, you'll discover unbounded opportunities to affect change in our growing global society. • We enroll approximately 11,600 students in our undergraduate and graduate programs. • The Carnegie Foundation classifies DU as a Doctoral/Research University with high research activity. JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 4

About the DU Center for Teaching & Learning The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers a variety of faculty development opportunities including workshops and seminars, grant funding for faculty-initiated projects, and support and development of technological applications that advance teaching and learning goals. Two Units: • Teaching and Learning Support • Grants and Teaching Support • Application and Services Support • Research and Development • Application Development (ColdFusion, Flash, Flex, AIR, Java, PHP) • Technology Advisement and Forecasting JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 5

Mobile Outlook 2010? Mobile is basically anything device can carry around with you! Many believe this is the future of general computing. During this session, we will be discussing a number of things. • Different forms that mobile computing takes • Mobile platforms • The Mobile Web • App Stores and Markets • Problems with Fruit • DU and Mobile JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 6

Form Factors? Devices? • Phones • We are still calling them phones??? • iPhone and Android devices • Also traditional cell phones • Tablets • Emerging market • iPad is the first of many • Bunch of Android devices coming soon • Netbooks • Ultra-portable (underpowered) laptops • Laptops • The mobile standard for years! JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 7

This is Uncharted Territory! Everyone is guessing at this point. Plenty of forecasting. Lots of new, emerging stuff. Lots of OPINIONS and UNKNOWNS!!! JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 8

Let’s talk mobile platforms JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 9

Platforms • RIM BlackBerry OS • Apple iPhone OS • Google Android OS • Microsoft Windows Mobile • Linux • Symbian OS • Palm OS JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 10

Mobile and the Web m. Subdomain Websites • Generally made for older phones • Super-basic version of the website content • Basically a big list Phone Formatting • Phone Browser overrides the text width • Sometimes removes images Custom CSS • Website has a mobile CSS for phones • Probably the best solution for a while JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 11

App Stores and Markets • Popularized and pioneered by Apple for the iPhone. • Adopted by Google Android and others. • Makes it convenient to just grab apps with little hassle. • Must be written for each and every platform. • As a result- not all apps are on all device platforms. • This is BAD. Very few have the time, money, and people necessary to do this. JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 12

Let’s talk mobile development JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 13

Native Development Apple iDevices • Apps written in Objective-C (1986) • Vastly different from many other languages • iPhone SDK (Apple Proprietary) • Many tools are Apple-only Google Android • Apps written in Java (1995) • Shares many similarities with C#, ActionScript, and other languages • Android SDK (Open Source) JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 14

Packager for iPhone - Problems with Fruit • Adobe announces Packager for iPhone in late 2009 to allow Flash developers to compile their code to native and distribute through the App Store just like any normal app. • Days before CS5 launches, Apple changes their developer agreement to exclude all apps written using “intermediate layers” – This includes Flash, Lua, Unity, C#; anything that is not Objective-C • This is a problem. • Adobe refocus on AIR for Mobile, specifically AIR for Android but other platforms will follow. JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 15

AIR for Android • Super-private prerelease earlier this year – later opened wide to a much larger prerelease program. • If the user downloads an APK from the market and does not have the runtime, AIR will be seamlessly installed the first time they grab an AIR for Android app. • Cost is minimal. Flash and Flex developers can leverage the skills they already have and distribute their apps across platforms and devices easily. • Mobile Flex Framework “Slider” is no more. • Flex 4.5 “Hero” will include specifics for mobile applications – specifically to deal with resolution differences across devices and touch interactions. JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 16

What is DU doing about Mobile? JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 17

DU and Mobile • Experiments with Adobe AIR for Android • CourseMedia™ StudyShufffer • Adobe AIR + Flash Player will be on Android, BlackBerry, Symbian OS, Palm/HP, Windows Mobile… • Farthest reach – write once, run *almost* everywhere • Apple iDevices remain a problem • Apple iDevices remain a BIG problem! http://www.openscreenproject.org/ JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 18

Experiment #1 – SketchNSave JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 19

Experiment #2 – StudyShuffler JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 20

What about Flash Player on Android? Works pretty well! • Near parity with the desktop 10.1 • Anything CPU/GPU-intensive will tax any battery; Flash or no Flash. • Have not noticed any battery drain on normal usage. • Even streams video at 1x connection! However… • Desktop controls often tiny, tiny… • Developers can optimize apps for mobile in many ways. • New ways to think about UI on ANY platform – not just Flash. JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 21

The future? JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 22

Mobile Forecasting Platform Market Share Changes? • Android on the rise! • Expanding options! • iPhone steady • Traditional platforms reduction • Windows Mobile 7 Will iDevices Open Up? • Maybe. Where are all the Tablets? • iPad is leading the way JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 23

Closing… Blog: http://inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com/ Twitter: @JosephLabrecque Email: Joseph.Labrecque@du.edu Thank you… JOSEPH LABRECQUE - MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010: WHERE ARE WE? 24

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